Sep 11, 2012

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California Civil Attorneys: New Labor Law Protects Big Worker Group
U.S. Politics Today
LibertyBell Law Group's California civil attorneys know the new labor law, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights (AB889), seeks to protect domestic workers, but enforcing it is challenging. The new labor law provides workers with overtime pay, meal and rest ...
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Denying unemployment benefits is now good news?
Tampabay.com
"If you just look at the number of applicants that were disqualified in the first seven months this process was in place, it tells you something is wrong," said George Wentworth, a senior staff attorney with the National Employment Law Project. "The ...
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NHL players union to use Quebec labor law to stop lockout on Canadiens
Gant Daily
Montreal, Quebec, Canada (4E Sports) – If needed, the National Hockey League Players' Association said Quebec labor law can be used to prevent the league and team owner from locking out Montreal Canadiens' players on Sept. 15. According to NHLPA ...
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Hatch Act complaints up 144 percent over a decade
Daily Caller
Complaints about illegal political activity among federal employees received by the Office of Special Counsel have shot up 144 percent over a decade, according to a review of OSC annual reports to Congress by the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC. The number ...
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Daily Caller
Employment law seminar offered
The Sparta Independent
SPARTA — A seminar for local human resource professionals and employers will be held Sept. 18 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Perona Farms in Andover. Conducted by Ursula Leo, Esq., and Jessica Jansyn, Esq., members of the Employment and Labor ...
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The Sparta Independent
Employment firm sued over judge's removal
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
By Dan Wiessner. Sept 10 (Reuters) - The former chief judge of the New York State unemployment insurance appeals board has filed a lawsuit against Raff & Becker, claiming he was terminated after complaining about the law firm's alleged decades-long ...
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Thomson Reuters News & Insight
New California laws aimed at banning religious bias
Business Insurance
The bill that Gov. Brown signed into law on Saturday and that goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2013, also prohibits employers from segregating employees from customers and the public when accommodating religious beliefs and practices. "This bill is ...
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The limits of compassionate care
Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
If the employee doesn't come back to work after the legislative leave period and wants to take more unpaid leave, is it frustration of employment? Jeffrey R. Smith is the editor of Canadian Employment Law Today, a publication that looks at workplace ...
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Dave Carothers Named Among Best Lawyers in America® 2013 and San Diego ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP is a California law firm specializing exclusively in labor, employment and immigration law. CDF has distinguished itself as one of the top labor and employment law defense firms in California, with its focus on ...
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Tougher oversight of labor management vowed
EastDay.com
Xin said the human resources and social security authorities will continue to strengthen law enforcement and inspection of companies' behavior in labor management. Authorities "will provide more guidance and services for enterprises and encourage them ...
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WORKPLACE: Religious garb bill signed into law
Press-Enterprise (blog)
AB 1964, a bill assigned that numerical designation specifically to coincide with the year the federal Civil Rights Act became law, is designed to strengthen California's Fair Employment and Housing Act by protecting workers against religious ...
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Press-Enterprise (blog)
Ramada in Grantham to host an employment law summit
Grantham Journal
The key issues covered include an employment law update, a review of the Agency Workers Regulations, and a look at the dangers of social media in the workplace. Mark Dodds, of Roythornes' said: "It's a great opportunity for HR mangers to get up to ...
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Dems on Labor: Warm, But Fuzzy
In These Times
Where 2008's platform pledged to "fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act" (the anti-union-busting law that labor has been clamoring for), 2012's is more vague: "We will fight for labor laws that provide a fair process for workers to choose union ...
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In These Times
Employment Equity a moral imperative - Mildred Oliphant
Politicsweb
Employment equity is therefore not only a moral and human rights imperative, it is a pre-condition for the achievement of sustainable development, economic growth and equality in the country, which should be supported by descent work initiatives. Pro ...
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Democratic platform is strong on workers' rights, mixed on trade
Workday Minnesota
4 by its convention in Charlotte, N.C., sends a strong message for worker rights and a mixed message – from labor's point of view – on trade, reading the 74-page document shows. The platform endorses "fair and free trade." It also pledges Democrats ...
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NHLPA using Quebec labor law to stop lockout
CSNChicago.com
While the NHL seems all but destined for its third lockout since the 1994-95 season, the NHLPA is ready to use a Quebec labor law to try and avoid it. The NHLPA plans to go before provincial labor boards in Quebec and Alberta in an attempt to stop ...
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MEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY: Former director fined by AG, barred from ...
Wicked Local
Through today's action, he will pay a fine to the commonwealth and be barred from public employment for six years. Moving forward, we believe that all Housing Authority staff should be required to participate in procurement law trainings to better ...
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Samsung accused of sex discrimination in China plant
Register
Rights group China Labor Watch (CLW), which has been something of a thorn in the side of the chaebol in recent months, claimed to have obtained a photo of a recruitment poster at the Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology (TSTC) factory in northern China.
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Three steps to judging whether a disciplinary measure is legal
The Japan Times
Though there is no direct limit on periods of suspension in laws related to labor, the period must be deemed appropriate. In cases where suspension from work is unpaid, this issue would be examined very strictly, as the sanction is effectively ...
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Law Sector Gains 1500 Jobs in July Only to Lose 1400 in August
JDJournal.com
The 1,500 legal sector hires of July have been all but neutralized by the 1,400 losses of August — according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and as reported at Am Law Daily and the wall Street Journal Law Blog. This leaves the overall market at 1 ...
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Who's the Boss? The Worst Post-Citizen's United Ruling Yet
New Republic (blog)
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New Republic (blog)
ADCORP HOLDINGS LTD : Jobs recession to further stress SA's already ...
4-traders
Sharp regards restrictions on the use of temporary workers as the most problematic of South Africa's proposed additional labour laws and regulations. "Specifically, a temp who earns less than the threshold and who is employed for more than six months ...
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DWF helps LJMU Lecturer explore the World of Work
Liverpool John Moores University
Clare commented, "This was a great opportunity to work with LJMU and help Alison to reinforce her understanding of how the academic theory of employment law applies in practice to client needs. Our aim was to provide Alison with an insight into how a ...
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Ministries to terminate security firm's contract over labour law breaches
MaltaToday
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech announced the contracts department would be terminating all ministerial contracts with a security firm which had been found in breach of employment regulations. Fenech said the contracts department was informing all ...
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Tracy's leading role
NW Evening Mail
She trained with Burnetts and had previously worked in Carlisle as part of the firm's employment law team but she is returning to be head of the west Cumbria office, based at West Lakes Science and Technology Park, Whitehaven. Tracy said: "Back in 2005 ...
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NW Evening Mail
Joined-up legal offerings need better sector specialisation, says Michelmores HRD
Recruiter
As law firms look at offering increasingly "joined-up legal advice", specialisation of individual employees to create teams specific to a sector is key, according to Colette Stevens, HR director of law firm Michelmores. Stevens, speaking to Recruiter ...
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Union vows fight on easing firing of state workers
Haaretz
The draft law is to be submitted to the cabinet for approval as soon as possible. "Any unilateral change in the status of government workers or their employment conditions will meet a fierce response on the legal, public and organizational level," said ...
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More than half UK workforce unaware of impending pensions auto-enrolment ...
Out-Law.com
The largest employers will have to begin enrolling eligible workers into a suitable workplace pension scheme, or the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), from 1 October; while smaller employers will follow in a staggered implementation programme ...
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Blogs13 new results for Employment Law
 
IRS Issues Rules on "Full-time Employees" and 90-day Waiting ...
By Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits
These are the 2014 rules that require employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees to offer health coverage or pay money to the government. Penalties, or "assessable payments" in the parlance of the law, are based on the ...
JD Supra Labor & Employment Law
New York Public Personnel Law: Entering a plea of Nolo ...
By noreply@blogger.com (The Public Employment Law Press)
New York Public Personnel Law. Summaries of, and commentaries on, selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State ISSN 1937-4895 ...
New York Public Personnel Law
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog: Fired for What!? - Full Moon ...
By Philip Miles
I posted a new entry on the Employment Law Information Network (ELinfonet): Supreme Court Holds that 3rd Party Retaliation Exists… but When?... My New Post on ELinfonet: SCOTUS Defines Class Action Glue in Wal-Mart v. Dukes ...
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog
Testing employees for legally prescribes medications must be done ...
By Jon Hyman
Testing employees for legally prescribes medications must be done carefully. A recent settlement announced by the EEOC points out the risks that exist if you include lawfully prescribed medications in your drug testing programs. According to ...
Ohio Employer's Law Blog
Worker Wage-and-Hour Suits Rise in Difficult Labor Market | Valiant ...
By Valiant
(The following is an article from Businessweek magazine) Lawsuits by U.S. workers contesting wages and hours, including demands for overtime pay, reached a.
Valiant Workforce Management Solutions
Obama's "Employment Creation" Program: Massive Outsourcing of ...
By Kevin Zeese
Not only did he and his secretary of state fail to renegotiate NAFTA, but now they are negotiating the largest corporate trade agreement in history that will outsource jobs, lower wages and undermine, environmental, consumer and labor laws.
Global Research
GCHQ chief set to appear at employment tribunal - Contact Law Blog
By Adam Fletcher
Filed under Employment law, Legal news, September 11, 2012 by Adam Fletcher, No Comments. Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Iain Lobban, may appear as a material witness at an employment tribunal ...
Contact Law Blog
Expert Insight: Bob King, Esq. of Legally Nanny® | eNannySource
By admin
Bob: Legally Nanny ® is the leading law firm representing household employers and domestic employment and homecare agencies. We are committed to helping parents hire their nanny legally, maximize their tax savings, and provide them ...
eNannySource
Caught in the crossfire of two laws - OverdriveOnline.com
By James Jaillet
At the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in August in Dallas (which coincided with The Great American Trucking Show), employment law attorney Eddie Wayland, a partner with King and Ballow, said the trucking industry, specifically ...
Overdrive
John's Labour blog: TUC 2012: Trade Union Rights - Why is Britain ...
By John Gray
Sarah Veale from the TUC spoke about being sympathetic to the view that workers want to left alone by employment law. Unions are about addressing collective concerns rather than individual. Individual representation is important but it is ...
John's Labour blog
Hatch Act Complaints Up 144 Percent Over a Decade | Tully ...
"While these suspensions are certainly severe, federal employees need to be aware that a Hatch Act violation is a terminable offense," said John P. Mahoney, partner and chair of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group at Tully ...
Albany NY Lawyer | Washington...
Sex Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Family Responsibilities ...
By Reginald Bailly
These are three real-life examples of "caregiver" discrimination from a recent report, "Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination," by the AARP Public Policy Institute and the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of ...
GESTBIZ
Workplace Religious Freedom Law
By The California Blogger
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate based on sex, race, color, religion or birthplace for employment, but an increasing number of lawsuits are being filed against employers exploiting loopholes. The California Workplace ...
California News Blog - Californiality...

Web4 new results for Employment Law
 
The Employment Law Group® Law Firm ... - EIN Presswire - EIN News
The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Principal Nicholas Woodfield Ranked Among Best Lawyers 2013 in the Labor and Employment Law Category ...
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The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Principal ... - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - - Each year Best Lawyers® recognizes the leading attorneys in a variety of ...
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Latino officers' workplace discrimination claims dismissed | Denver ...
On Sept. 5, a federal judge dismissed many of the remaining claims of workplace discrimination in a suit filed in 2008.
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