Oct 2, 2012

Google Alert - Employment Law

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Dishonesty at work – a capital crime?
Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
By Jeffrey R. Smith. Honesty is the best policy. This applies to everyday life, but it especially applies to employees when dealing with their employers. There are numerous legal cases that demonstrate that dishonesty is one of the things that can most ...
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Border agents asked about hookers, drugs, alcohol use
CBC.ca
The Canadian Human Rights Commission guide to screening and selection in employment says to avoid, for example, asking whether the applicant drinks or uses drugs and whether the applicant is receiving counselling or therapy. The survey also asks ...
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The future is bright for employers
bdaily
Marc Jones, employment partner at law firm Turbervilles, shares his expertise on employment law reform, and explores the changed affecting the fall out of a broken employment relationship. The annual statistics for claims in employment tribunals (ETs ...
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IRS Gets A Share Of Most Legal Settlements
Forbes
If a contingent fee lawyer is to receive 40%, the tax law assumes the client received 100% and then paid the lawyer. But unless the case is 100% for physical injuries, an employment dispute or involves your trade or business, you may have no way to ...
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Legal Q&A: Recording disciplinary and grievance meetings
PersonnelToday.com
There are circumstances when both employees and employers may want to record formal meetings, for example in the hope that this supports their position should a claim be raised in the future. Employment lawyer Hayley Johnson considers the extent to ...
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California warehouse workers return to work
World Socialist Web Site
In June, a study by the National Employment Law Project said that Wal-Mart deliberately strove to drive down wages and benefits for US warehouse workers in order to cut down the costs of logistics. Two subsidiary companies at the Mira Loma warehouse ...
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Employers struggling to get to grips with agency worker rules one year on says ...
Out-Law.com
The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), which came into force on 1 October 2011, gave temporary agency workers the same rights as directly employed staff doing the same work to "basic working and employment conditions", such as pay and holidays.
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FPB calls for debate on employment law
XLN Telecom
The Forum of Private Businesses (FPB) is calling for a debate on employment law at the Labour Party Conference, due to take place next week in Manchester. Alexander Jackman, senior policy adviser at the organisation, was particularly keen to emphasise ...
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New report by Tamkeen Center: Poor Implementation of Jordanian measures to ...
Migrant Rights
Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights stated in its report issued today that although Jordan is one of the first countries in the region to have passed legislations that protect migrant workers in the labor law, by including domestic workers in ...
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Migrant Rights
California Social Media Privacy Laws Give Students, Employees Online Rights
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
California employees and students should not have to choose between their job or their education and maintaining control of their own personal information. By enacting these laws, California has taken an important step in that direction. We hope ...
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Does inequality prevent economic growth?
Salon
As part of an event celebrating the National Employment Law Project, I participated in a panel moderated by Bob Herbert, former oped writer for the NYT (an extremely compelling one at that, whose themes were race, poverty, inequality, and justice) and ...
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Lunch Pail Republicans, Labor-Backed Group, Bankrolls GOP Candidates For ...
Huffington Post
In the platform it ratified in Florida this summer, the GOP for the first time endorsed the idea of a national right-to-work law, which would weaken organized labor by barring contracts making union membership a condition of employment at companies. On ...
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EEOC Educates Students about Discrimination and Harassment
Justice News Flash
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to address this issue. To help educate youth about their employment rights and responsibilities, the EEOC recently released a video and accompanying classroom guides to educate working-age ...
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Congress Passes CDL Act for Vet Employment
Military.com
Both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Defense have identified this law as a barrier to employment for veterans. The Military CDL Act allows active duty military personnel to obtain a CDL in either the state where they serve or ...
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Two York attorneys form new partnership
Yorkdispatch.com
Formed by two attorneys from York and Reading, Summers Nagy Law Offices at 35 S. Duke St. practices in several areas of law, including claims and litigation, civil litigation, transportation law, land use/zoning, labor and employment, business and ...
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Domestic Workers Bill Killed In California By Jerry Brown Veto
Huffington Post
30, ending a three-year grassroots campaign that mobilized more than 8,000 workers and sent groups to the state capital 15 separate times to end decades of exclusion from labor protection laws. "Seeing the domestic workers who have sacrificed so many ...
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Officials of more than 600 firms charged with SSS law violations
Business Mirror
The law requires employers to report workers to SSS within 30 days from start of employment and to promptly remit monthly contributions of employees. Employers are also required by law to present their records for inspection by SSS or its authorized ...
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USCIS Announces Employee Rights Toolkit Online Resource to Educate ...
ESR NEWS
For example, as reported earlier in the ESR News blog, a North Carolina law enacted in 2011 that will continue to be phased in over the next year – House Bill 36 (H.B. 36) – requires businesses in the state with 500 or more employees to use E-Verify ...
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$188K Settlement in Hiring Discrimination Case
Occupational Health and Safety
The settlement has been approved by the department's Office of Administrative Law Judges. "I am glad we were able to achieve a fair resolution in this case," Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith said in the DOL news release. "Our economy cannot afford ...
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Justice upholds restraint clause
Fraser Coast Chronicle
Lisa Aitken is an accredited specialist in workplace relations law and the principal of Aitken Legal, a law firm specialising in employment law for employers. aitkenlegal.com.au. The information in this column is intended as a guide only. Liability ...
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Is a Day of Reckoning on the Horizon for Workplace Bullies?
Above the Law
The anti-bullying movement is moving into the employment law world, as several states consider adding bullying to the existing discrimination law canon. Is this a good idea? Let's take a look at the details and possible consequences for schoolyard ...
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Above the Law
Attend a Career Expo Oct. 9 in Atlanta
Patch.com
The Georgia Department of Labor and South Atlanta High School's Law and Social Justice Parent-Teacher-Student Association will co-sponsor a resource and career expo Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Atlanta. The expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Rosel ...
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Reforming Employment Law - More Or Less Red Tape?
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
As you will know from our previous bulletins, the Government has proposed a number of reforms to streamline employment process and to boost employer confidence. On 14 September 2012, Business Secretary Vince Cable provided further details on which ...
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Minneapolis office shooting timeline and FAQs
FOX 9 News
An attorney who has been practicing labor law for nearly 30 years says the timeline of events from the Accent Signage shooting shows the company did what employers should do when terminating a worker. An attorney who has been practicing labor law for ...
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More Than 65 Arrests by Foothills Law Enforcement Coalition during Anti-DUI ...
Seymour Herald (blog)
The Foothills Law Enforcement Coalition against Impaired Driving has completed compiling their statistics for their unified efforts during the Labor Day campaign to combat Driving Under the Influence of alcohol or drugs. In all, 65 persons were ...
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Court After Obamacare Weighs Same-Sex to Race-Related Laws
San Francisco Chronicle
... network of progressive lawyers and law students. In addition, the court will consider cases involving drug- sniffing dogs, employment discrimination, class-action lawsuits and government surveillance of international phone calls and Internet ...
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In One Paragraph, Ben Bernanke Reveals The Massive Difference Between The ...
Business Insider
At the Federal Reserve, we implement policy to promote maximum employment and price stability, as the law under which we operate requires. Using monetary policy to try to influence the political debate on the budget would be highly inappropriate. For ...
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Business Insider
Unemployment Stories, Vol. Ten: 'It Wouldn't Matter if I Just Disappeared from ...
Gawker
... abuse and breaking of labor law at work but have had to keep my mouth shut to get my paychecks which were never more than 700 a month. I honesty don't know what to do with myself and feel like life is not worth living sometimes. I just don't see ...
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Marriage Act debate criticizes legal precedent
The Flat Hat
The Act has been criticized as a violation of equal protection laws, while preventing same-sex couples from qualifying for government programs such as employment benefits and hospital visitation rights. The act further allows states without same-sex ...
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TN Human Rights Commission Board approves 50th Anniversary Celebration ...
Out & About
The Tennessee Human Rights Commission Board of Directors has approved plans at its September board meeting to increase visibility and understanding of the Commission in coordination with the agency's 50th anniversary in September 2013. Commissioners ...
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Bernanke says low rates will help employment, Fed review a bad idea
NBCNews.com (blog)
The chairman cautioned Congress against adopting a law that would allow it to review the Fed's interest-rate policy discussions. The House has passed legislation to give Congress' investigative arm broader authority to audit the Fed, including ...
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Rocklin superintendent disappointed in retaliation ruling
Sacramento Bee (blog)
Rocklin Unified School District Superintendent Kevin Brown said he is disappointed in last week's Public Employment Relations Board decision that found the school district retaliated against four nurses. Brown said he will recommend that school ...
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Freedom to Breathe law marks fifth year
Worthington Daily Globe
Paula Bloemendaal, tobacco control and policy coordinator for Southwest Health and Human Services, said the Freedom to Breathe law has been an overwhelming success, with an 85 percent drop in exposure to secondhand smoke since the law took effect on ...
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New parents now have new rights: Changes to parental leave
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
... remaining provisions of the Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Dad and Partner Pay and Other Measure) Act 2012 (Act) commence, giving rise to new rights of employees who have become parents and associated rights for employers.
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Health Care Legal News - September 28, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 8
JD Supra (press release)
Ctr., the Court upheld the ability of a physician whose employment agreement was improperly terminated by a hospital to recover lost professional fees as part of the damages for the hospital's breach... - STAGE 2 MEANINGFUL USE FINAL RULE IS HERE!
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Good News For Maine's Hospitality Industry – A Mandatory Service Charge Is ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Finally, the law imposed a new notice requirement on employers, requiring them to notify customers that the service charge does not represent a tip for service employees. Bottom Line: This decision brings some much needed peace to the hospitality industry.
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Blogs6 new results for Employment Law
 
The California Employment Law Blog: Governor Brown Acts On ...
By Steven G. Pearl
As you probably know, Governor Brown has acted on a very large number of bills over the last week, and many of them impact employment law. The following is a list, compiled by DFEH Director Phyllis Cheng. I will review a few of these bills ...
The California Employment Law Blog
Bring Pot Brownies to Work, Prepare to Get Fired - Employment Law ...
By Deanne Katz, Esq.
bankruptcy; California; child custody; child support; civil rights; discrimination; divorce; employment law; estate planning; Facebook; family law; gay marriage; gay rights; health care; immigration; marriage; New York; same sex marriage; taxes ...
Law and Daily Life
New York Public Personnel Law: School district may be held liable ...
By The Public Employment Law Press
The Public Employment Law Press: This Lawblog is prepared by NYPPL Consultants. NYPPL Consultants assist public employers, public employee organizations and attorneys in matters involving New York State public personnel law.
New York Public Personnel Law
Inside the Law School Scam: Slaves of DC
By LawProf
Most people, after all, can't afford to work for free while plugging a resume gap with a phony "judicial clerkship" that is likely to swell the employment stats collected by some lucky law school's office of career services (what do you want to bet ...
Inside the Law School Scam
PM John Key defends Hollywood studio tour | Stuff.co.nz
By KATE CHAPMAN
Critics suggested Mr Key's visit showed further cosying up to the United States after government agencies supported the case against Dotcom and a rewrite of employment law to suit moviemakers. But Mr Key said New Zealand could do better ...
Stuff.co.nz - Politics
Pay attention: NLRB issues its second social media decision in a ...
By Jon Hyman
In Karl Knauz BMW, the Board concluded that the firing of a BMW salesman for photos and comments posted to his Facebook page did not violate federal labor law, because the activity was not concerted or protected. For the background on ...
Ohio Employer's Law Blog

Web3 new results for Employment Law
 
Labor and employment law questions for White House candidates ...
Labor and employment law questions for White House candidates. by Walter Olson on October 1, 2012. Various bloggers have prepared questions for Romney ...
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Employment Law
Employment Law The Seattle employment lawyers at Olive|Bearb are committed to helping people who have been harmed by the wrongdoing of corporations ...
www.olivebearb.com/employment-law/
28th Annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor & Employment Law
Once again, the Labor and Employment Law Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association and South Carolina Bar will be holding the premier employment law ...
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