Sep 18, 2012

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Employment law reforms are licence to treat people badly - and still pay less
The Guardian
Two years into the coalition, the attack on employment rights is gathering pace. The government have already made it more difficult to claim unfair dismissal: an employee now needs two years' service instead of one before they can bring a claim. This ...
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The Guardian
Murphy's Law Did Republicans Blow It?
urbanmilwaukee
The city's Employment Retirement System was created by state law in 1937 and was amended in 1947 to allow a "city of the first class" (Milwaukee) "the largest measure of self-government with respect to pension annuity and retirement systems." The state ...
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Act 10 decision unlikely to be upheld on appeal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
So here is the issue: Colas concluded that Act 10 violated the First Amendment and equal protection rights of employees for whom a union is legally recognized as an exclusive bargaining agent as opposed to those who are not represented by such an agent.
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Legal opinion: When can an employee be dismissed due to a breach of trust and ...
PersonnelToday.com
The employment tribunal had to wrestle with the question of what, in law, was the potentially fair reason for dismissing her. Was it a loss of trust and confidence, which might constitute what lawyers refer to as "some other substantial reason" for ...
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Court: Conn. FMLA applies only to firms with enough in-state workers
Waterbury Republican American
The high court ruled that workers in other states can't be counted toward the minimum requirement of 75 employees the leave law requires. The 15-page decision, which was released Monday, upheld a determination by the the state Department of Labor in a ...
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Cumbrian law firm Burnetts launches new tribunals service
NW Evening Mail
Head of Burnetts' employment law team, Kuba Strycharczyk, said they were increasingly seeing business owners turning to legal expenses insurance to protect against claims and this led to them being directed to call centres in Manchester and Liverpool.
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NW Evening Mail
Setting the Agenda: Unions & Labor
City & State
Whereas in some sessions the most significant pieces of legislation pertaining to labor are pro-union—measures like 2010's Domestic Workers Bill of Rights and the Wage Theft Prevention Act—in 2012 the main issue of debate revolved around a measure ...
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Why Students At Boise's New Law School Face A Tough Future
Boise State Public Radio
Average salaries for lawyers have been dropping and law grads outnumber available jobs. In June the American Bar Association released its first comprehensive study of employment for new attorneys. Just over half of 2011 grads had a full time law job ...
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Workers Standing Up for Their Rights in Record Numbers
Lawyers.com Blog (blog)
Ten years ago, 2,035 suits were filed under the federal law, which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards for employees in both the private and public sectors. The numbers gradually rose over the decade, ...
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Study shows rise in US youth population neither in workforce nor school
World Socialist Web Site
A report released by the National Employment Law Project found that jobs averaging pay between $7.69 and $13.83 made up the majority of those added back during the so-called "recovery," while jobs paying significantly higher made up the majority of ...
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69 Fil-Ams win discrimination case in California
Philippine Star
The Consent Decree also requires the hospital to hire an external Equal Employment Opportunity monitor to ensure compliance with its terms, as well as train all staff to comply with equal employment laws and the new Language Policy. The federal lawsuit ...
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Dewey proposes $220k in bonuses for finance staff on wind-down team
Legal Week
Dewey & LeBoeuf's bankruptcy estate has argued that three employees in the firm's finance department who have stayed on to help with the wind-down process are entitled to a bonus of $220,000 (£135,000), reports The Am Law Daily. In a filing made last ...
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Legal Week
Graduate recruitment: getting to grips with the rights and wrongs
PersonnelToday.com
Here, Sara Booth, employment specialist at Shoosmiths LLP, looks at how recruiters can select the best candidates without falling foul of the law. Graduate recruitment programmes require a significant investment of time and resources. The process does ...
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California Hospital to Pay $975000 to Settle Racial Harassment, Discrimination ...
Workforce Management
The EEOC said the hospital's English-only language policy was used to harass and discriminate against Filipino employees in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case involved claims from about 70 current and former Filipino ...
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UK secures support 'to block female quotas'
People Management Magazine Online
Conservative spokesperson on women's rights in the European Parliament and London MEP Marina Yannakoudakis, added: "This shows that member states are tired of Brussels interfering in employment law and trussing up their businesses in red tape ...
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Ont. Human Rights Commission releases consultation report on human rights ...
Canadian HR Reporter
For employers, OHRC has made recommendations around creating employment opportunities, reviewing all policies to remove discrimination and human rights training. The report also sets out 26 commitments that the OHRC is making to advance human ...
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Law Enforcement Career Fair October 2
Western Illinois University News
MACOMB, IL -- If you are looking for possible employment or internships in protecting and serving citizens, come to the annual Western Illinois University Law Enforcement and Justice Administration (LEJA) Career Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 ...
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Memphis City Council to Vote on Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinance
Human Rights Campaign Backstory (blog)
The Memphis City Council will vote Tuesday on an employment non-discrimination ordinance for the city's workers. Civil rights groups such as the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP) are battling to ensure the law is fully inclusive, regardless of whom you ...
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Human Rights Campaign Backstory (blog)
Emanuel Asks Court to Stop Teacher Strike as Union Balks
Bloomberg
State law "requires the board of education to go to the labor relations board," according to Malin, director of the law school's Institute for Law and the Workplace. The law provides an exception for filing with the circuit court if there is a "clear ...
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Fed: Industrial Rights Claim 'Will Be Costly'
Police Oracle
"One of the consequences of being given the right to take industrial action is that future pay awards and other changes to our conditions might no longer reflect the unique employment status of police officers." The document concludes with a question ...
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Police Oracle
Business underwhelmed by employment reform changes - EFF
SteelGuru
Commenting on the employment law reform announcement to be made, Mr Steve Radley director of Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, said that "Today's announcement provided welcome confirmation that government is refocusing on some of ...
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Filipinos win settlement in English-only case
Jefferson City News Tribune
... Regional Medical Center in Kern County of banning them from speaking Tagalog and other Filipino languages while letting other workers speak in their native languages, including Spanish, the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission announced ...
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In the courts, equality trumps tolerance
Spiked
Her reliance on anti-discrimination laws failed before an employment tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal for much the same reasons as Ladele's. In fact, the Court of Appeal found a further reason for dismissing her reliance ...
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Management still holds clout following collective bargaining reversal
77Square.com
Colas ruled Friday that the law, championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative allies, violated school and local government employees' constitutional rights to free speech, free association and equal representation. It affects local ...
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Lib Dem to take drugs live on TV
Politics.co.uk
... employment reforms and discuss the challenge of unemployment. FSB discuss how small firms are tackling unemployment and welcome the reforms to employment law. They also prepare for the party conference season with a focus on unemployment, and ...
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Walmart's Human Trafficking Problem
World Policy Institute (blog)
We pointed out that Phatthana's actions appeared to violate provisions in Walmart's "Standards for Suppliers," rules the company demands of all suppliers, including provisions related to compliance with labor laws, guarantees that labor is voluntary, ...
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World Policy Institute (blog)

Blogs10 new results for Employment Law
 
Call for Papers: NKLR Symposium on Labor/Employment Law ...
By laborprof lpb
Call for Papers: NKLR Symposium on Labor/Employment Law & Informatics. Inform The Northern Kentucky Law Review and Salmon P. Chase College of Law seek submissions for the Law + Informatics Symposium on February 15, 2013.
Workplace Prof Blog
European employment contract | Law Teacher
Labor law, also referred to as employment law, is the organization of laws, directorial rulings, and guides which attend to the lawful rights of, and limitations...
Law Teacher
Public employees continue to lose their First Amen
By Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
We concentrate in the areas of civil rights, employment rights and benefits, workplace harassment, police misconduct, First Amendment and appellate practice. We are admitted to practice in the courts of the State of New York, the Southern, ...
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read more - Hispanic National Bar Association
By sramirez
Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, he was a Partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department of a leading law firm in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a frequent and featured speaker on Labor and Employment issues. Additional appointments ...
Hispanic National Bar Association
Conventus Law » Blog Archive » Australia – High Court Overturns ...
By editor
The decision is an important and welcome development for employers, particularly in the current environment where adverse action is the claim of choice for many employees and unions, and often a fall back option where there is no other ...
Conventus Law
Last Legal Form Of Discrimination - Employment Discrimination ...
By Richard B. Cohen
The BBC reports that "[c]urrently, MPs detained under the Mental Health Act for more than six months are stripped of their seat." Tory MP.
Employment Discrimination Report
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal and Pa. Law Weekly - Typepad
By Brian Harris
Welcome to your Tuesday morning round-up of stories in today's edition of The Legal Intelligencer, which also includes this week's edition of Pennsylvania Law Weekly. All of the links below will take you directly to ... an otherwise low-demand market for legal work. As reporter Gina Passarella writes, labor and employment work rose 4.7 percent in the second quarter and is one of the only practice areas that has been consistently positive in terms of demand over the last year-and-a- half.
The Legal Intelligencer Blog
CRS: WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW ...
By noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky)
Legal protections for employees who report illegal misconduct by their employers have increased. dramatically since the ... Whistleblower Protection Act. While state law may also provide whistleblower protections for. employees, this report ...
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Affirmative Action Blog Spot: Meyer Tool will pay $325,000 to 60 ...
By AAAA
Under the terms of the consent judgment, Meyer Tool not only will provide financial remedies and job offers to the affected workers, but also will maintain employment records as required by law, provide equal employment opportunity training ...
Affirmative Action Blog Spot
Filipino Americans win discrimination case in California - InterAksyon
By Philippine News Agency | Xinhua
The Consent Decree also requires the hospital to hire an external Equal Employment Opportunity monitor to ensure compliance with its terms, as well as train all staff to comply with equal employment laws and the new Language Policy.
Interaksyon.com

Web9 new results for Employment Law
 
It's All Fun and Games . . . Until It Isn't - Delaware Employment Law ...
Miseta v. Stardock, (E.D. Mich.), is a great example of what not to do as an employer in response to a claim of sexual harassment made by an employee.
www.delawareemploymentlawblog.com/.../its-all-fun-and-gam...
Labor and Employment Law Newsletter: Sept. 2012 | The National ...
In recent years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been aggressively investigating and litigating claims involving the application ...
www.natlawreview.com/.../labor-and-employment-law-newslet...
Employment law reforms attacked
Employment law reforms announced by Vince Cable will allow company bosses to "exploit and bully" workers, unions have claimed. The Business Secretary ...
m.yahoo.com/.../fire-plans-dropped-230822205.html?....
What Is the Value Proposition in Business Law Firms? : New Jersey ...
This article from Law.com presents interesting survey findings taken from data supplied by some of the 200 largest firms in the U.S. For big firms, expenses are ...
employment.lawfirmnewjersey.com/.../where-is-the-value-in-b...
Sikhs Initiated California's Employment Law | SikhNN, Sikh News ...
From right to left: Darshan Singh Mundy, public relations officer at the Sacramento gurdwara, California Gov. Jerry Brown, and Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada ...
www.sikhnn.com/.../sikhs-initiated-california's-employment-la...
The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center's Claudia Center
Come meet The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center's Claudia Center and Elizabeth Kristen, the attorneys who successfully argued that Section 3 of the ...
ems.law.berkeley.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data...
Employment law business ebook free - 15 ebooks - free download
PowerPoint - Social Networks and Employment Law eBook.ppt ... Read file ... Issues for Small Business Reference Materials Basic employment law ... Read file ...
www.getbookee.com/employment-law-business-ebook-free/
29th Annual Employment Law Conference - Events - Press Democrat
Find info about 29th Annual Employment Law Conference, happening on October 25 at Vintners Inn Event Center. 29th Annual Employment Law & Human ...
events.pressdemocrat.com/.../281676845-29th-annual-employ...
2012 American Employment Law Council Annual Conference
This annual conference focuses on challenges facing employers and the global implications of managing a multinational workforce. The presentations, panels ...
www.goodwinprocter.com/.../2012-American-Employment-L...


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