Oct 10, 2012

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News26 new results for Employment Law
 
Q&A: Helping Low-Wager Workers Fight Employment Discrimination
Bloomberg BNA
California has among the nation's toughest labor laws prohibiting discrimination, but Claudia Center, of the Legal Aid Society's Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) in San Francisco, says her organization and its clients still need the Equal Employment ...
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Employment Law – Are You Up To Date?
isleofman.com
One of the Island's leading employment lawyers, Caren Hyde, Counsel at Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC, has given a free employment law update to the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Isle of Man Members' Network at its latest event.
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Over simplistic to think employees will sign rights away
The Lawyer
Staff recruited from 6 April 2012 do not have the right to bring an unfair dismissal claim until they have been employed for two continuous years, which allows the employer a long time to assess their suitability and could diminish enthusiasm for the ...
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Yes, We Can Fight Inequality: 3 Ways Washington Can Create Living-Wage Jobs
The Atlantic
Many of the laws that set core standards in our labor market - the minimum wage, health and safety regulations, and the right to organize chief among them - have either stagnated or weakened over the past three decades. At $7.25 an hour (or $15,000 a ...
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UK workers offered shares in return for rights
The Australian
The catch for the employees, and an attraction for many employers, is that in return the worker would have to surrender a wide range of employment rights that are protected by law. Workers would give up their protection against unfair dismissal, their ...
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BLS and Parkinson's Law
Canada Free Press
The rise in the total of those employed is governed by Parkinson's Law, and would be much the same whether the volume of the work were to increase, diminish or even disappear. The validity of this recently discovered law must rely mainly on statistical ...
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Employees in state attorney's office misused database
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
SARASOTA - Two employees in the State Attorney's Office misused a government database to access private information about law professor John Torraco, a candidate for state attorney. Court officials and law enforcement officers have lost jobs, dropped ...
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Health-care law spurs test of more part-time workers
Tulsa World
Under the new health-care law, companies with 50 or more workers could be hit with fines if they do not provide basic coverage for full-time workers and their dependents. Starting Jan. 1, 2014, those penalties and requirements could significantly boost ...
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The Trouble With Tobacco Testing
Human Resource Executive Online
There may be some legal issues around organizations testing their employees for tobacco use, but whether the benefits outweigh the costs largely depends on a company's culture. By Jill Cueni-Cohen. Over the past few ... But in a recent webinar ...
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Human Resource Executive Online
Are you using illegally dispatched employees?
International Law Office
It is common practice in Korea for a company to bring in the employees of a subcontractor to work at the company's facilities along with its own regular employees. However, this practice can expose a company to legal risks, including labour disputes ...
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Robert Dold's Unemployment Bill Offers $7000 Subsidy For Hiring Long-Term ...
Huffington Post
Though his bill is sympathetic to workers, Dold may not get much love from labor advocates. Rick McHugh, a staff attorney with the National Employment Law Project, said existing job training funds should not be redirected for unproven subsidies, and he ...
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California clarifies when employees can access personnel records
HR.BLR.com
Employees can access their records at work, and former employees can review them where they are stored. However, former employees who have been terminated for violations or a law or workplace policy regarding harassment or workplace violence may ...
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Osborne urged to reconsider employment law proposals
Russell Jones & Walker
Watering down employment law rights is a step in the wrong direction for the government and companies alike. That is the opinion of Mike Emmott, employee relations adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, who has called on ...
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Industry reaction to George Osborne's shares for rights scheme
GrowthBusiness.co.uk
'Offering shares as a way of trading off employees rights is based on a negative scenario. Qumin.co.uk does offer employees the opportunity to obtain company shares, but in exchange for good performance. You get something for demonstrating commitment ...
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Trading shares for workers' rights
Financial Times
There is also a danger in linking employee share ownership with the surrender of employment rights. Share ownership has played a positive role in increasing workers' engagement with their companies. The risk is that employees would begin to associate ...
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Anne Hunter Williams '92 Joins the Higgins Firm
DePauw University
Williams joins the firm's Employment Law Practice Group and "will focus her practice on representing employees in wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination and whistleblower cases, as well as negotiating severance packages and reviewing ...
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6 things to know about Proposal 2; Collective bargaining
Michigan Radio
The amendment would affect the rights of workers in private companies and workers in the public sector. If you work for a private company, the right to collectively bargain is upheld by federal law (the National Labor Relations Act). But the NLRA does ...
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Nocturnal nation building: The passage of RA 10151
BusinessWorld Online Edition
This is especially true in the field of labor and employment. This is specifically why under labor law; women are considered a special class of employee who entails added standards of employment and working conditions to accommodate their unique needs.
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Women Primary Victims of Violence in Northern Mali, Says UN Rights Official
AllAfrica.com
"Women are the primary victims of the current crisis and have been disproportionately affected by the situation in the north," Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic said in a news release. "Their human rights to employment, ...
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'Rights-for-shares' scheme divides print opinion
printweek.com
Government plans to allow workers to trade employment rights for tax-free shares under new "employee-owner" contracts from April 2013 have split opinion in the print industry. The radical overhaul of UK employment law was announced by the chancellor ...
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IFTA counsel Sheik launches law firm
Variety
The new firm -- Kramer Holcomb Sheik -- is located in Century City with business, intellectual property, entertainment law, consumer and tort, and labor & employment law services. Shahrokh previously served as counsel at the Independent Film ...
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STAMPER BROWN: 7.8 Percent Unemployment Is Nothing to Brag About
The Aurora Sentinel
Moreover, a study performed by the National Employment Law Project found that although more than half of the jobs lost from first quarter of 2008 through first quarter of 2010 were "mid-wage occupations" most of the jobs created by the Obama ...
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Tina Eckert Appointed to Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Resource Board
Naples Daily News
Eckert is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. Eckert's practice focuses on the management side of labor and employment law. Her experience includes defending employers in various industries on ...
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Does the Workers' Compensation Act Immunize Hospitals Against Medical ...
Legal Examiner
It is well established in Canadian law that Hospitals (usually) cannot be sued for the negligent acts of doctors who have privileges at the hospitals. Doctors are (usually) considered to be "independent contractors" not employees. Hospitals (usually ...
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Physician Contracts Need to Ensure They're Free Agents
The Hospitalist Online
Physicians often have medical interests other than clinical practice. A restrictive employment agreement could quash those endeavors. Physician employment agreements play an integral role in establishing the legal, financial, and operational structure ...
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Can You Be Fired for What You Post on Facebook?
KOWB
A recent National Labor Relations Board hearing found that "overly broad" company policies regarding employees' social media activity is unlawful, but not protected by federal labor laws. Sound a little confusing? Let us help out: The ruling comes ...
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Blogs9 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment Law – Are You Up To Date? | Isle News : Isle of Man
By James Qualtrough
One of the Island's leading employment lawyers, Caren Hyde, Counsel at Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC, has given a free employment law update to the ACCA.
Isle News : Isle of Man
Dutra v. Mercy Medical Center - The California Employment Law Blog
By Steven G. Pearl
Superior Court (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1143, held that section 132a does not provide the exclusive remedy for disability discrimination and that employees may pursue claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and common law ...
The California Employment Law Blog
Please indulge me while I shill - Ohio Employer's Law Blog
By Jon Hyman
The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager's Guide to Workplace Law is a practical handbook designed to help managers and business owners navigate the ever-changing maze of labor and employment laws, rules, and regulations…
Ohio Employer's Law Blog
Politics In The Workplace - 27 Days To The Election : Social Media ...
By Michael Schmidt
Social Media Employment Law Blog - Current and Developing Issues in Social Media and Employment Law · Home · General Social Media/Employment Law Discussion; Politics In The Workplace - 27 Days To The Election ...
Social Media Employment Law Blog
BASD approves changes to employee handbook
By Ed Nadolski
The section on employment law now mirrors a state law change, as the district can refuse to hire or terminate an individual who has been convicted of a felony. "It would not be considered discrimination," said BASD Superintendent Peter Smet.
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Owner-employees – worse news than Beecroft? « IDS eye – blog ...
By Joe O'Donnell
10 October 2012 in Contracts of employment, Employment law, Redundancy, Unfair dismissal | Tags: Conservatives, contract, employment, UK. Few marketing executives would clamour for an endorsement from Adrian Beecroft given the ...
IDS eye - blog from Incomes Data...
IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS: [IWS] Hart Publishing: 3 ...
By noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky)
There has been an enormous expansion of individual employment rights in Britain but their practical impact in terms of delivering fairer workplaces can be questioned. Taking as its starting point the widespread acknowledgement of problems ...
IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS
A lawyer explains Jerry Sandusky's sentence and Mike McQueary's ...
By Bobby B. Wheel
I can also tell you that the defamation and misrepresentation suits are unlikely to succeed, not in the least because the law firm that McQueary hired specializes in employment law. If he were truly serious about those claims then he probably ...
SBNation.com - All Posts
WGNA's "Ask the Lawyer" – Graig Zappia | Tully Rinckey PLLC
Tully Rinckey Employment Law Attorney Graig Zappia engages WGNA listeners, and answers questions regarding the statute of limitations on a wrongful.
Albany NY Lawyer | Washington...

Web10 new results for Employment Law
 
Labor & Employment Law Alert - Potential ... - Barnes & Thornburg
Download a PDF of the Labor & Employment Law Department, "Potential Opportunity for Refund of FICA Taxes Paid on Supplemental Unemployment Benefits ...
www.btlaw.com/alert-potential-opportunity-for-refund-of-fica...
Employment Law Basics: ADEA and the Dangers of Age - TLNT
Employment laws can be confusing and downright scary. They don't have to be. As a public service, from now until my special Halloween webinar Answers to ...
www.tlnt.com/.../employment-law-basics-adea-and-the-danger...
Bullard Law to Host Annual Labor & Employment Law Briefing |
Business leaders and HR professionals have an opportunity to attend the upcoming Labor and Employment Law Briefing presented by Bullard Law on October ...
www.xeniumhr.com/.../bullard-law-to-host-annual-labor-empl...
Employment Law and HR Issues in M&A - News - Mayer Brown
Employment Law and HR Issues in M&A. 1 October 2012. Acquisition International Magazine. Bylined article by London Employment partner Chris Fisher and ...
www.mayerbrown.com/Employment-Law-and-HR-Issues-in-...
Maryland Employment Lawyers - FindLaw Lawyers Directory
Find Maryland Employment lawyers, attorneys, law firms - MD Employment Lawyers.
lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practicestate/...law.../maryland
Webinar: Answers to the World's Scariest Employment Law Questions
After spending this fast-paced hour, you'll walk away with: answers to difficult legal questions, up-to-the-minute information on the latest employment law ...
www.manpower.us/.../Worlds-Scariest-Employment-Law-Que...
Employment Law - Arcadier & Associates PA
If you are a small- to medium-sized business with legal matters involving charges of discrimination, a civil action, wage and hour claims, drafting or enforcement ...
www.wamalaw.com/employment-law.html
Restatement of the Law Third Employment Law - American Law ...
Restatement of the Law Third. Employment Law. Council Draft No. 8. (October 5, 2012) subjects covered. cHAPter 4 Principles of Employer Liability for Harm to ...
extranet.ali.org/.../Employment%20Law%20CD8%20-%20onl...
Employment Law - Daytona Beach Criminal Defense Lawyer
Have you experienced workplace discrimination? Contact an employment law attorney at Damore, Delgado, Romanik & Rawlins in Daytona Beach, Florida.
www.communitylawfirm.com/Employment-Law/
Conversation Among Employment Law Practitioners and ADR ...
October 10, 2012. Conversation Among Employment Law Practitioners and ADR Professionals. Seattle. 1 CLE credit. BY KCBA CLE Department; 206-267-7057 ...
www.wsba.org/.../Conversation-Among-Employment-Law-Pra...


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