Oct 20, 2012

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Can Your Boss Threaten to Fire You if You Don't Vote for Romney?
The Atlantic
In California, for example, the law states that "no employer shall coerce or influence or attempt to coerce or influence his employees through or by means of threat of discharge or loss of employment to adopt or follow or refrain from adopting or ...
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Labor Unions Try New Tactic After Setbacks In Michigan
Huffington Post
And they've grown increasingly disenchanted with Snyder – particularly over the law that allows the state-appointed emergency managers to void public employee labor contracts in debt-burdened cities and school districts. Snyder has signed other bills ...
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Labor tries new tactic after setbacks in Michigan
The Associated Press
Now, after a series of setbacks at the hands of Republican governors and legislatures, labor is attempting a bold gambit in hopes of regaining some momentum: a first-of-its-kind ballot initiative in the Nov. 6 election that would put collective ...
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Election Season Heats Up—In the Office, Too
Corporate Counsel
So what can, and should, employers do about the political speech of employees in the workplace? Employment law attorney Kelly Kolb says the first rule of thumb is that if the discourse is civil, let it be. "You want an informed electorate," says Kolb ...
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Corporate Counsel
Yes or no? Obama, Romney weigh in on 'right to work' law
MLive.com
Unions have made important contributions to our prosperity, but today they too often stand for the interests of Big Labor instead of for the workers they represent. He will return power to workers, protect their rights, and promote the economic growth ...
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MLive.com
90-day notice must be followed under terms of contract
The National
UAE Labour Law states that an employee should not bear the costs of residency visas and labour cards, but all too often employers add a clause to contracts stating that employees who leave within a certain time are liable to reimburse them. Andrew ...
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The National
Worcester Activists Fighting to Keep Unemployment Benefits Alive
GoLocal Worcester
That is why Horton and the WUAG are joining forces with the National Employment Law Project to put maximum pressure on Congress to enact a new EUC extensions law. "This is all being done on the assumption that the unemployment crisis is getting better ...
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Minimum wage in AZ set to go up 15¢
Arizona Daily Star
The state Industrial Commission announced Friday the new minimum wage for Arizona hourly employees will be $7.80 this coming year, up 15 cents an hour from the current level. It also is 55 cents more than required under federal law. Karen Axsom ...
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KY Human Rights Commission Passes Resolution Opposing Death Penalty
SurfKY News
The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights is the state authority that enforces the Kentucky and United States Civil Rights acts, which make discrimination illegal. The Kentucky Civil Rights Act protects people from discrimination in the areas of ...
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Protecting Passwords from Prying Eyes: Keeping Social Media from Employers ...
American University Intellectual Property Brief
The efforts to protect potential employees and students are yet another piece of the puzzle on the status of privacy law on the Internet. It appears that until we can clarify ownership status, there is little that can be done to uniformly protect our ...
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Nondiscrimination ordinance may see new life
Helena Independent Record
At that meeting, the commissioners discussed an opinion from a Department of Labor and Indus-try lawyer asserting that a ruling by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened the door to complaints to the Montana Human Rights Bureau ...
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Government sets out details of 'employee ownership' contracts, available from ...
Out-Law.com
The scheme was announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne earlier this month. The Government is now consulting on the employment and company law issues raised by the proposals with a view to allowing employers to offer the new type ...
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Employee files FMLA suit? Be sure to check calendar
Business Management Daily
Employee files FMLA suit? Be sure to check calendar. by The HR Specialist: Illinois Employment Law on October 19, 2012 1:00pm in FMLA Guidelines,Human Resources. Employees have no more than three years following an alleged FMLA violation to file ...
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Bill proposes equal pay audits
Financial Times
GQ Employment Law claims that this would make it easier for disgruntled staff to coerce employers into settling frivolous equal pay claims because the potential costs of a pay audit would be high. Darren Isaacs, a partner at GQ Employment Law, said ...
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Pennsylvania LGBT Workplace Discrimination Case Headed for Jury Trial
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
He also said a monetary award for Burnett could help strengthen employment rights for other transgender individuals in the region. "A big monetary award would put employers on strong notice not to discriminate against their transgender employees," he said.
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Local lawyers are named state's 'best'
Vineland Daily Journal
O'Neill was named in the following categories: personal injury, commercial litigation, labor and employment law, criminal defense — white collar, criminal defense — non-white collar, and driving while intoxicated defense. Inclusion in New Jersey's ...
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Did Justices Up for Retention Invent New Workers' Compensation Law Out of ...
Sunshine State News
However, under the common law (i.e., the centuries-in-the making, unwritten body of law that governs tort actions unless explicitly pre-empted by statute), an employer had three nearly-unbeatable defenses available to him: (1) that the injured employee ...
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Sunshine State News
Women lag in top law review jobs
The National Law Journal
Women remain underrepresented in top law review leadership positions, according to data from New York Law School and Ms. JD, a nonprofit organization that supports the advancement of women in the legal profession. Women comprised just 31 percent of ...
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The National Law Journal
Forum Explains How Unemployed Kent Residents with Felonies Can Find a Job
Patch.com
Collateral sanctions are a range of legal restrictions that diminish the rights and privileges of someone convicted of a felony, according to Towards Employment. Senate Bill 337, known as the collateral sanctions reform law, reduces the number of ...
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NLRB Memos Offer Cautionary Guidance on Social Media
New York Law Journal (registration)
Social media use in the workplace catapulted onto the labor law scene in October 2010, when the NLRB filed a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut (AMR), a non-union employer, for discharging an employee who posted negative ...
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Who's the Boss?
New York Law Journal (registration)
Employment law frequently makes distinctions between "supervisors" and non-supervisors. In the context of sexual harassment, the U.S. Supreme Court has developed markedly different standards for imputing liability to the employer depending on whether ...
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Home-based female workers await recognition of their rights
The News International
Research shows that long working hours, poor working conditions, and family pressure badly affect their health whereas more than three fourth of urban employment for women takes place in the informal sector. Coupled with increasing work load, this poor ...
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Election Day is Coming Soon - Do You Know Your Employees' Voting Leave ...
JD Supra (press release)
With Election Day just around the corner, Tuesday, November 6, you may need a quick refresher on your employees' voting leave rights under state law. Voting leave requirements vary by state, but to give you a start, here is a summary of them for ...
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Criminal Background Check Laws Can Complicate Hiring Decisions
New York Law Journal (registration)
Despite the legal complexity, the underlying rule is simple—an employer may not disqualify applicants for employment merely based on a criminal history, unless otherwise mandated by law. Instead, any such disqualification must be job related and ...
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Christie Kizer Burbank Elected Vice-Chair Of Tennessee Bar Association's ...
The Chattanoogan
The Section also produces the nationally recognized annual Tennessee Bar Association Health Law Forum, as well as the Health Law Primer, a seminar for attorneys newer to the health law practice. ... physician recruitment issues, medical staff bylaws ...
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The Chattanoogan
Smoking ban sponsor doesn't like lawsuit deal
San Francisco Chronicle
The law, which took effect July 1, bans smoking inside public buildings and places of employment, but has exceptions for bars and casinos. It also allows nonprofit private clubs such as fraternal and veterans organizations to permit smoking, but only ...
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State Bar suspends law license of Register of Deeds candidate
Charlotte Observer
The hearing panel concluded that Small's actions warranted suspension of his law license, citing multiple offenses, a pattern of misconduct and his refusal to acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct. The panel's order also said Small had ...
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Permanent residence, pre-arranged employment visas now available
Sun.Star
He said the applicant must prove, among others, that he has no derogatory record in any local or foreign law enforcement agency; is not afflicted with any dangerous, contagious or loathsome disease; has sufficient financial capacity to support a family ...
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Jammed Wheels
Outlook
asks Javed Abidi, founder of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, and Disability Rights Group. "Isn't it appalling that India is yet to get a standardised sign language? The nuances of sign language in one city are ...
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Leave in Las Vegas
Human Resource Executive Online (blog)
... accompanies the patient needn't be a trip which was itself neither part of ongoing treatment or [taken] for the purpose of receiving treatment, says Ronald Meisburg, a Washington, D.C.-based partner in Proskauer's labor and employment law department.
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Human Resource Executive Online (blog)
White Police Officer in Ithaca Wins $2M Award in Bias Case
New York Law Journal (registration)
By Joel StashenkoContactAll Articles. New York Law Journal. October 22, 2012. Christopher Miller's complaint, which sought $9 million, argued that "practices, customs and policies" of the Ithaca Police Department "subject male Caucasian employees to ...
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Commerce and Employment coy over baggage pay dispute
Guernsey Press and Star (subscription)
'There is no requirement for a worker or group of workers to be members of a trade union in order for them to notify a dispute under the Industrial Disputes and Conditions of Employment (Guernsey) Law, 1993, however, there is often union involvement.
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Guernsey Press and Star (subscription)
Sokwanele Constitution Survey
AllAfrica.com
Furthermore 52% were in full-time employment. Thus on several counts the ... Huge majorities (92% - 97%) supported the inclusion of statements of principle reflecting a functioning democracy, the rule of law and the supremacy of the constitution ...
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Three compete for Prosecutor in November
Georgetown News Democrat
"I'm an independent - I am not going to run the office so that my political allies, my friends, my family, and employees get special treatment when it comes to violations of the law," Varnau said. "Both previous prosecutors allowed charges to be ...
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POLITICAL TALK AT WORK: Employer Dos, Don'ts, and Be Very, Very Carefuls
JD Supra (press release)
In your spare time, please pay a visit to Jon Hyman, host of the October Employment Law Blog Carnival. Jon's theme this month is 007, and he has video clips from James Bond movies as well as links to more great posts than you can shake a stick martini at.
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Judge allows union suit against right-to-work law
Chesterton Tribune
Mitch Daniels in February violates a clause in the Indiana constitution barring demands for services from someone "without just compensation." The law makes it illegal for unions to require dues or other fees as a condition of employment. Posted 10/19 ...
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Notes from American University Panels on IP, Trade and Development
International IP and the Public Interest
David Langdon said that the USPTO study is not supposed to justify the argument that increased rights will lead to increased employment. Nuance is needed in further research. It is an open question what the next research step should be. Rashmi Rangnath ...
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International IP and the Public Interest

Blogs2 new results for Employment Law
 
The California Employment Law Blog: Elijahjuan v. Superior Court ...
By Steven G. Pearl
My knowledge of employment law, credibility on both sides of the bar, and natural tenacity allow me to resolve cases effectively. Contact Audra Graham at Audra@ADRServices.org or (310) 201-0010 to calendar a mediation. CV of Steven G.
The California Employment Law Blog
Harrassment of union members - WORLD Law Direct Forums
By Luckypuck
A shadow organization, allegedly of the management of Thomasbilt Buses in High Point, N.C. known as Workers Against Unions ( www.endthedues.com ), has.
WORLD Law Direct Forums

Web4 new results for Employment Law
 
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Maryland Employment Law Attorneys - Luchansky P.A.
The Maryland employment law attorneys at Luchansky, P.A. help employees and employers with serious claims such as FMLA, discrimination, and unpaid ...
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Legal Alert: NLRB Takes on At-Will Employment - Ford & Harrison LLP
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Ohio State Sens. Seek To Overhaul Employment Bias Laws - Law360
Legislation introduced Wednesday in the Ohio state Senate aimed at a comprehensive reform of the state's employment discrimination laws has drawn both ...
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