Sep 8, 2012

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High Court to Say if Public Employees' Pension Change Is Legal; Teacher Union ...
The Ledger
A group of unions — led by the state's teacher union — want the high court to strike down a new law that is forcing employees to pay 3 percent of their salaries for part of their retirement costs. But during the hourlong hearing, justices appeared to ...
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Florida's unemployed face tough times ahead
Chicago Tribune
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating the changes, based on a complaint filed in May by the National Employment Law Project and Florida Legal Services. But new rules, from the agency that runs the state's unemployment insurance system, could ...
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Georgia flouts federal order, withholds lunch ladies' unemployment benefits
Christian Science Monitor
What Georgia is doing "is unusual because most states don't want to threaten all their funding in a situation where it's pretty clear that they're on the wrong side of the law," says Maurice Emsellem, a policy director at the National Employment Law ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Florida's unemployed face tough times ahead
Reuters
George Wentworth of the National Employment Law Project also voiced concerns about growing obstacles to unemployment insurance in Florida, saying the benefits system was especially deficient for people who don't have computers or are not computer ...
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WORKPLACE: Lawsuit filed by Darden Restaurant servers
Press-Enterprise
The ballot initiative carried by 61 percent of the Arizona vote, but the National Labor Relations Board, the five-member board of presidential appointees that enforces labor law, sued Arizona over it last year. The suit claimed it encroaches on federal ...
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HR law: With a title or not, you might be in human relations
Las Cruces Sun-News
28, for the 28th year, is the Employment Law Update where you can spend a day learning current issues and practices, tips, advice and, probably most important, how to keep your business in line with the law as it pertains to employees. "Human resource ...
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California Governor to sign into law pro-Sikh legislations
Indian Express
The other legislation clarifies the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to ensure that employees receive equal protection under law, specifically protecting religious observances such as the turban, hijab and yarmulke. In a statement, the Governor's ...
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Half Of America's Unemployed Workers Are Collecting No Unemployment Benefits
ThinkProgress
Currently, only half the unemployed are collecting benefits at all, according to the National Employment Law Center: While it is natural to assume that most unemployed workers are eligible for UI benefits, at most, only two‐thirds of all unemployed ...
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ThinkProgress
Economists: US high unemployment rate due to leadership failure
Press TV
While a majority of American jobs lost during the downturn were in the middle range of wages, a majority of those added during the recovery have been low paying, according to a new report from the National Employment Law Project. Huffington Post. DT/HJ ...
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Darden Restaurant Lawsuit: Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn ...
Lawyer Herald
Two employees of Darden Restaurant Inc. filed a class action suit against all Darden restaurants including Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and Longhorn Steakhouse for violating federal labor laws, by paying consistently paying its employees below minimum ...
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Lawyer Herald
PERA dismisses lawsuit against city, UCH
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
"PERA is asking the court to determine that in order for Memorial to terminate its affiliation with PERA, the parties must comply with the law, which includes paying for the retirement benefits already earned by Memorial employees." "In particular, the ...
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The Rise in Pregnancy Disability Regulations
Accountingweb.com
In order to treat employees with pregnancy-related disabilities fairly and legally, employers need to understand the laws that impact their companies, how those laws intersect with existing company policies, and what they need to do in order to head ...
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Accountingweb.com
LEGAL HELPLINE
Gulf Times
The Labour Law also provides that an employer may not terminate a female employee's employment due to her availing of maternity leave. It further provides that the employer may not serve notice of termination of contract during the maternity leave ...
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Collective Bargaining: Mythical Right Turned Constitutional In Michigan?
OpenMarket.org
The legislature's exercise of its power to enact laws relative to the hours and conditions of employment shall not abridge, impair or limit the right to collectively bargain for wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment that exceed ...
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Why you can't feel job-market improvement
MarketWatch
Analysts at the National Employment Law Project, a New York-based advocacy group, have found that the majority of the recession's job losses were in middle-wage occupations, but most of the recovery's growth has been in lower-wage occupations.
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Stockton bankruptcy case could test security of public pensions
Modesto Bee
Once you enter employment, the retirement benefit cannot be changed," said Amy Monahan, a pension law expert at the University of Minnesota. The biggest test of that theory is in Stockton, which filed for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy protection June ...
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Swift Aviation Group Sued by EEOC for National Origin and Religious ...
The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and
A Phoenix aeronautical services company violated federal law by subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment because of his Middle Eastern/Arab national origin and because he is Muslim, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...
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Whatcom County berry grower faced dilemma: Pay fine or lose crop
TheNewsTribune.com
As the U.S. Department of Labor press release explained it, a Whatcom County blueberry grower and his farm labor contractor had admitted to violating child labor and minimum wage laws, and had agreed to pay hefty fines. But as Marvin Van Mersbergen ...
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Health care law crucial for vulnerable among us
Asbury Park Press
If someone can afford health insurance or obtain it through employment, that is satisfactory. However, society must support individuals who are unable to afford their own health insurance. Enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an ...
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Ballot proposals finalized for voters
Detroit Free Press
"Invalidate existing or future state or local laws that limit the ability to join unions and bargain collectively, and to negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements, including employees' financial support of their labor unions. Laws may be ...
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Local People
Staunton News Leader
... areas of Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law and Ms. Welsh was selected in the practice areas of Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment and Workers' Compensation Law ...
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US court rules severance pay not subject to employment tax
Chicago Tribune
The decision could trigger a flood of claims for severance-pay employment-tax refunds by companies that had involuntary layoffs, said Emin Toro, partner at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP. "I am aware of dozens of Fortune 500 companies that could ...
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Unemployment numbers hobble Wall Street rally
Washington Times
Already forgotten by the algos, apparently, Mario Draghi's "unlimited" bond buying plan (yet to be agreed to by European governments) is now yesterday's news, replaced today by dismal employment numbers from Washington. Defying expectations (probably ...
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Washington Times
Akram Faizer: Stimulus blocked deeper meltdown
Knoxville News Sentinel
Akram Faizer is an assistant professor of law at Lincoln Memorial University's Duncan School of Law. He is a member of the New York Bar. ... President Barack Obama inherited the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression and nearly ...
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Courts Take An Expansive View Of The "Functional Equivalent" Doctrine
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What is the statutory authority on which the Minister of Legal Affairs relies ...
Stabroek News
That Minister had caused letters from his ministry to be issued to employees inviting them to indicate their desire to be employed by the Registry as an entity incorporated under the Act without having carried out the provisions of the said section 7 ...
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Fashion Week in Legal Terms
Forward (blog)
Models seek help negotiating their contracts or changing agencies. It also hosts a summer boot-camp where anyone, not just law students, can take courses on intellectual property and employment issues. The institute's lectures, like one titled "The 10 ...
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Forward (blog)
French Employment News – What You Missed During the Summer
JD Supra (press release)
Article 30 of the public finance act (modifying the 2012 budget) substantially reduced the threshold above which severance indemnities (including legal and conventional termination and retirement obligations) for employees and officers (including ...
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Roetzel Attorney Denise Wheeler to Speak at James M. Johnson Physician ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization, Ms. Wheeler focuses her practice on representing employers in all types of employment law issues. Ms. Wheeler holds an AV(R) Preeminent(TM) rating from ...
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Back to Work, with Cigars
Huffington Post
And Title VII, the basic federal law prohibiting gender discrimination in employment, prohibits employers from treating men any differently from women with respect to leave or any other term or condition of employment. Follow Joan Williams on Twitter: ...
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The Historic Overhaul of the Access to Public Records Act
GoLocalProv
Legislation passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor took effect on September 1, making significant improvements to the Access to Public Records Act (more commonly known as the open records law), will fix that. ... public now will be ...
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Blogs9 new results for Employment Law
 
C03 Trade union and employment rights : Congress Voices
By Congress Voices
Congress is appalled that the UK remains the country with some of the weakest employment laws and the most restrictive trade union rights in the developed world. Anti-trade union laws continue to restrict trade union freedom and current ...
Congress Voices
Uniform Opposition of the Workers to the ... - Iran Labor Report
By admin
Studying the draft bill of the amendments to the Labor Law, the points of contention by the labor community and comparing this draft to the exiting Labor Law show the scope of the anti-labor and anti-production policies of the administration.
Iran Labor Report
Hiring 'gut decisions' are dangerous; back them with clear, objective ...
By The HR Specialist: Employment Law
by The HR Specialist: Employment Law on September 7, 2012 1:00pm in Hiring,Human Resources. Most managers want to choose the best candidate for the job. But assessing what constitutes "best" can often feel a bit subjective. That's OK.
Business Management Daily
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Updates - CLE, Continuing ...
By webmaster@ali-aba.org (ALI-ABA)
Employment law is evolving rapidly. To stay current with all the recent developments and to be competitive in this field, you need cutting-edge instruction on changes in the law, strategies, and tactics that are valuable for both plaintiff and ...
ALI-ABA.org: Upcoming Courses
HR Dept launches to support SME employers in Newark and West ...
We offer an employment law advice line, insure our clients against tribunal costs provided our advice has been followed and our services are affordable to smaller businesses. Our recent client survey found over 9 out of 10 clients would ...
DNCC
JURIST - Paper Chase: Judge rules dismisses challenge to Arizona ...
By Michael Haggerson
Ten Wisconsin unions filed a lawsuit [JURIST report] in federal court in June 2011 challenging the state's new collective bargaining law. According to the plaintiffs, the Wisconsin bill discriminates among groups of public employees and ...
Paper Chase
OFCCP Audits Focus on Veteran Hiring « The National Law Forum
By National Law Forum
Tina A. Syring-Petrocchi of Barnes & Thornburg LLP recently had an article regarding OFCCP Audits published in The National Law Review: Although the new veterans hiring rules have been delayed, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will ... Many companies and their advocates have argued that this runs contrary to equal employment opportunity since it results in preferential treatment of veterans as well as imposes a significant burden on employers.
The National Law Forum
What Oklahoma knows, but Obama doesn't: Protect public-sector ...
By Tina Korbe
To most Americans, a job is a job is a job — but, in the quest to generate employment for the more than 12 million Americans currently out of work, statists betray a prejudice in favor of public-sector jobs, while free-marketeers betray a .... Obama, in his infinite wisdom, decided it was preferable to ignore the law (and common sense and fair play) and hand the UAW tens of billions of taxpayer dollars so they could continue to receive their bloated, uncompetitive salaries and pensions.
Hot Air » Top Picks
Introduction to Labor Studies and Employment Relations Rutgers ...
By konopka
Strom, A. (2006) "U.S. Labor Law," in Current Economic Issues, edited by the Dollars and Sense Collective, Economic Affairs Bureau, 17-21. Week 12, November 20: Collective Bargaining Simulation. Week 13, November 29: Immigration Old ...
School of Management and Labor Relations

Web5 new results for Employment Law
 
HRMA Employment Law Seminar to Feature Compliance Issues
Attendees review employment laws standards (Title VII, ADA, ADEA) and, using recent cases ...
www.gwinnettchamber.org/hrma-employment-law-seminar-to...
Employment Law
According to a report that has just been released by the National Employment Law Project, 58 percent of the jobs that have been created since the end of the ...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/tag/employment-law
Employer Education Breakfast Seminar: Introduction to Employment ...
Introduction to Basic Employment Law. (Including the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law). Tuesday ... In order to get a basic overview of Employment Laws.
www.ctdol.state.ct.us/seminars/emp_ed/EmplLaw100912.htm
Employer's omission of deployed service ... - Employment Law Daily
An employer's omission of Arkansas Army National Guard member, who was deployed in Iraq at the time, from a list of employees provided to a successor ...
www.employmentlawdaily.com/.../employers-omission-of-dep...
EEOC's employment discrimination strategy draws praise, criticism ...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is frequently mentioned on our New Jersey blog, since it often brings e.
www.trentonemploymentlawblog.com/.../eeocs-employment-d...


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