Sep 30, 2012

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Mexican Congress Passes Pro-Business Labor Reform
Forbes
After several decades of waiting, Mexico may finally see a real reform to its labor laws. Congress-members from the right-of-center PAN and the PRI worked together to pass the law, a bill that is expected to boost investment and help spur economic growth.
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Forbes
Open records law changed; employee contracts now open
Block Island Times
As of September 1, new legislation is in effect that makes significant changes to the state's Access to Public Records Act. Most significantly the law now makes public various records that were previously considered private, such as employment ...
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Labor board: Massey violated laws at WV mine
State Journal
CHARLESTON (AP) — Massey Energy and one of its subsidiaries unlawfully refused to hire former unionized employees at a West Virginia mine in order to avoid union obligations, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled. In its decision announced ...
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Labor attorney joins LightGabler
Ventura County Star
LightGabler LLP, an employment and intellectual property law firm, has announced that Angela V. Lopez has joined the firm as an employment and labor law attorney. Lopez practices in the areas of employment law advice and employment litigation, and ...
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Demand to return unemployment payments was shock to CAPE bus driver
Evansville Courier & Press
House Enrolled Act 1450, signed into law in May 2011, eliminated unemployment benefits eligibility for employees receiving regular time off and for employees employed for any week on an on-call or as-needed schedule. It also reduced the average weekly ...
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NBPA's Hunter received raise to $3 million during lockout
CBSSports.com (blog)
The public scrutiny has been on allegations of nepotism stemming from union relationships with a financial firm where Hunter's son, Todd, is a partner; the employment of Hunter's daughter, Robyn, and daughter-in-law, Megan Inaba, on the union staff ...
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ADVICE: Handling the Family Medical Leave Act
Press-Enterprise
Howard B. Golds is a partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP in Riverside where he is a member of the law firm's labor and employment practice group. Primarily a litigator in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, Golds also provides ...
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NSHS grad selected for law journal
News Item
Throughout her 10 years of practice, Swatski has represented a range of corporate clients in the areas of products liability, employment law and construction. Her diverse representations include an international coffee retailer, a medical device ...
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Braun: Human trafficking a dark, expansive international issue
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Rutgers law professor James Gray Pope, who introduced a discussion on trafficking of people for cheap labor, said slavery was "just one step away" from current efforts by international corporations to reduce their costs by moving plants to nations ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Business Milestones
Winston-Salem Journal
... elder law, tax law; Robin J. Stinson, family law, family law mediation; Kevin G. Williams, commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, trusts and estates litigation; Charlot F. Wood, commercial litigation, employment law – individuals ...
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Balancing Varied Interests In Mining
Manila Bulletin
The said review shall be based on guidelines and parameters set forth in the specific mining contract or agreement and other pertinent or applicable laws, rules and regulations, such as the Mining Act of 1995 and the Labor Code. The DENR is also ...
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Why Ethiopian Domestic Workers Insecure in Gulf
New Business Ethiopia
Like the employment categories for indigenous and migrants the public and private sectors governed by two different polices. The private sector is governed by Kalafa "sponsorship" system. This law governs all migrant labour. The migrant labour policy ...
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Pregnancy Discrimination In The Workplace Target Of New EEOC Crackdown
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- During the past week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed four pregnancy discrimination related lawsuits and settled a fifth -- just weeks after the government's workplace discrimination law enforcement arm ...
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A delicate juggling act
The Star Online
Its objective is to promote national and international exchange of ideas and information and developing collaboration among experts in the fields of labour, employment and employee benefits law. I left home in the afternoon of Sept 19 and only checked ...
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The Star Online
Some new laws take effect in Maryland Monday
WTOP
Employers will be prohibited from requiring or requesting employees or applicants to disclose their user names or passwords to access personal Internet sites and We-based accounts as a condition of employment. SPERM AND EGG DONATIONS. Sperm or ...
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Strasbourg opens door for new militant strikes
Telegraph.co.uk
"What events in Strasbourg show is the need right now for tighter laws on vexatious strikes that have little or no support amongst hard-working transport employees in London." Critics of the judicial intervention pointed out that none of Britain's main ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Todd Akin's orthodoxy
Reailty-Based Community
But on one point he's entirely orthodox: his disapproval of employment-discrimination laws. When he says: I believe in free enterprise. I don't think the government should be telling people what you pay and what you don't pay. I think it's about freedom.
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Business Digest: McGowan joins local law firm
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The health law event is hosted by the Tennessee Bar Association. The session will provide insights regarding who may employ physicians, formation of physician-owned entities, issues in employment contracts, compensation models, becoming a shareholder ...
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Capili: Legal basis of Realty Brokerage Practice (III)
Sun.Star
Should there arise a conflict between the Owner/Seller and the Broker and it requires the latter to institute legal action to prosecute a claim for compensation or commission/professional fee in a court of law, the affirmative burden of proof is upon ...
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High Court puts end to adverse action controversy
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court was controversial as it created a perception that union officials were immune from disciplinary action so long as they were acting in their capacity as union officials and not employees at the time of ...
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Darden lawsuit shines light on restaurant industry's pay practices
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Focusing on that proposition, a lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Miami accused Darden Restaurants Inc. of violating federal laws by underpaying thousands of waiters at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster, Bahama ...
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PHILIPPINE immigration: HOT TOPICS IN IMMIGRATION LAW
Pacific Daily News
DACA is an act of prosecutorial discretion which results in the issuance of an employment authorization document (EAD) for an approved requestor. This government initiative does not provide an avenue for the legalization of one's immigration status but ...
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Homeless Utah man sues American Fork over panhandling ordinance; won ...
The Republic
Utah code makes it illegal to "sit, stand or loiter on or near a roadway" in order to solicit a ride, money, employment or other business. But a federal judge ruled in March the law was unconstitutional and shouldn't be enforced. Evans said the law ...
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Business People
Tulsa World
Koljack advises clients on general commercial litigation, bankruptcy and employment law. She received law and business degrees from the University of Oklahoma. Moschovidis has a law degree from OU and a bachelor's in international business from the ...
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Program Aims to Help Businesses Avoid HR Landmines
KRZK Radio
Participants will gain a working knowledge on a wide variety of human resources topics with sessions covering: key elements to the employment life cycle, essential unemployment knowledge, legal landmines to avoid and legal updates on employment law.
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Saudi- Articles of law: Obscured, forgotten
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN - Arab News) A PROBLEM that has long struck me and for which I do not have an answer is that I often come across articles of law in various systems that include binding provisions or stipulate the rights of certain parties. Yet these provisions ...
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Defense contractor's worker stole military technology for China
Examiner.com
A jury on Thursday convicted an employee of a defense contractor for exporting sensitive U.S. military technology to the People's Republic of China (PRC), stealing military secrets, and making false statements to federal law enforcement, according to a ...
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Examiner.com
OFWs also target of Aquino 'Cybercrime' Law
Mindanao Examiner
29, 2012) - Saying that overseas Filipino workers are also likely target of the folly of the Cybercrime Law, the migrants' right group Migrante-Middle East on Saturday called on fellow OFWs around the world to register their strong opposition against ...
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Mindanao Examiner
Profile: Policy-oriented Hill wants major reforms for Montana
Helena Independent Record
Received law degree from Concord Law School in 2005 and passed California bar exam. Past employment: Managed surety bond office for St. Paul Cos. in Great Falls 1971-77; partner, Montana International Insurance in Helena, 1973-84; started and ran ...
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Women's pioneer Lilly Ledbetter to visit SCSU
St. Cloud Times
In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The law makes it easier to file complainants with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The law states that the time statute starts every time a new pay stub is issued ...
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Mitt Romney Invests in Global-Tech Sweatshop in China
Truth-Out
Today at Global-Tech, every single labor law in China is violated: primitive, filthy dorm conditions are the norm; routine 15- to 16-hour shifts prevail, along with grueling 105- to 112-hour, seven-day work weeks. Eight hundred student interns — many ...
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Updates
Imperial Valley News
SB 996 by the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement – County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: heart trouble presumption. · SB 1225 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) – Intercity rail agreements. · SB 1274 by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) ...
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Ledogo - Jonathan Should Create a Committee of Experts to Look At the PIB and ...
AllAfrica.com
I have not seen this happening, nor is local employment going on. The laws propose that 95% of all employment in the company is supposed to be in the direction of a Nigerian content, while five percent is left for expatriates on international ...
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In Business
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Messa practices commercial litigation, labor and employment law, and insurance coverage and defense. 1 Greg Jones has joined the Williams Kherkher Law Firm as a principal and will continue to focus his practice on commercial/business litigation. 1 ...
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US job growth, manufacturing grow soft
MarketWatch
The critical monthly employment report, as usual, will attract most of the attention on Wall Street and in Washington. Net hiring in September was likely lax again — and a softer manufacturing sector may be one of the reasons. The state of U.S ...
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Sweeney's minimum-wage ballot bid seen as shrewd
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Whenever it goes to the ballot, it does quite well," said Jen Kern, who is managing the campaign to increase the minimum wage for an advocacy group called the National Employment Law Project, based in New York. Ballot questions also energize voters, ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Seeking asylum? No spirit of Geneva here
Haaretz
Until 2009, Israel had no written refugee policy, relevant case law, or legal aid for migrants, and only a scarce few state employees were trained in international refugee law. Since its immigration policy only referred to Jews under the Law of Return ...
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Haaretz
NBPA chief Billy Hunter made $3 million, a 25% raise
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
National Basketball Players Association executive director Billy Hunter was paid $3 million from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012, a $600,000 -- or 25% -- raise over the previous year, according to NBPA documents filed Friday with the U.S. Labor Department ...
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Blogs1 new result for Employment Law
 
New York Public Personnel Law: Selected reports and information ...
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

Web6 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment Law in the Upcoming Supreme Court Term - The Legal ...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term, and is currently scheduled to hear arguments on three notable employment law cases over the coming ...
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If an employment law doesn't apply to your organization, what ...
If an employment law doesn't apply to your organization, what vulnerability do you have if you comply with it anyway? From time to time I've seen employers ...
www.linkedin.com/answers/hiring.../1053618-15292292
N.J. Facebook Privacy Law Moves Ahead - Delaware Employment ...
New Jersey's Facebook-Privacy law was released today by a Senate committee. The bill, like the laws passed in Maryland, Illinois, and California would bar ...
www.delawareemploymentlawblog.com/.../nj-facebook-privac...
Workplace Prof Blog: Hass on DSM-5 & Employment Law
University of California-Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law • University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law Other Academic ...
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"2012 Labor & Employment Law Update" - Complimentary Webinar ...
The legal landscape of the U.S. workplace is ever-changing and 2012 has been no different. Join FordHarrison attorney Chelsie Flynn for a complimentary ...
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2012-10-17 | Labor & Employment Law Review and Update
Labor & Employment Law Review and Update Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8 30 a.m. – 4 p.m.. Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel 777 Waterside Dr., Norfolk, ...
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