Oct 4, 2012

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Union County bank violates anti-discrimination laws, former exec says
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The alleged practices at Union County Savings Bank appear to be a clear-cut violation of federal anti-discrimination laws, said Grant Hayden, a professor at Hofstra Law School who specializes in employment discrimination law. "It's not even a close ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Fox Hypes Incorrect WARN Act Charges To Stoke Sequestration Fears
Media Matters for America (blog)
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires federal contractors to inform their employees of the impending loss of their jobs 60 days prior to layoffs. Both Varney and Krauthammer misrepresent the law's requirements by arguing ...
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8 Law Schools You Shouldn't Waste Your Money On
Business Insider
We've compiled data from the Wall Street Journal and the American Bar Association/Law School Admissions Council on eight schools with the worst employment and bar exam passage rates. These statistics are representative of the law school graduating ...
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Business Insider
Equal employment board sues Hermiston farm
TheNewsTribune.com
A Hermiston farm that calls itself the country's largest onion grower has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for alleged gender-based harassment and retaliation. River Point Farms is accused of violating federal law when a ...
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Shrinking Law Schools
Huffington Post
There are simply too many lawyers and too many law students in the United States nowadays. Only about half of recent graduates of law schools, of which there also are too many, are securing permanent full-time employment in the legal profession at this ...
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Walmart workers on strike
Salon
But in a summer report, the National Employment Law Project argued that the cost-cutting Walmart requires of its contractors makes abuse inevitable. “Walmart controls its supply chain, but it has no legal responsibility,” said Lichtenstein. “That's ...
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Strike-hit Indonesia to improve labor conditions
Reuters
Business leaders said more flexible labor laws would foster job creation. At the same time, they say labor unrest makes Indonesia a less attractive investment destination because it exacerbates concern about the rule of law and uncertainty over ...
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State Labor Dept. clarifies unemployment rules
WRCB-TV
Recent changes to Employment Security Law redefine what is considered suitable and revise the standard based on the length of time unemployment benefits are received. If the Agency finds a claimant has refused otherwise suitable work based solely upon ...
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McCarter & English recruits Joseph Bachelder, shuttering his firm
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Joseph Bachelder, a prominent lawyer known for representing executives in lucrative employment matters, has joined the New Jersey law firm McCarter & English as special counsel in its New York office, the firm announced on ...
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A local law school prof is at the forefront of the debate over contraception ...
Las Vegas CityLife
Under the president's health-care reform law, churches don't have to provide free birth control to their employees, but all other employers do — including church-affiliated institutions such as hospitals and universities. The Roman Catholic Church and ...
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Las Vegas CityLife
Protecting Europe's posted workers
Times of Malta
In order to ensure that the rights of such workers are protected and to avoid “social dumping”, the EU has since 1996 legislated to ensure that there are harmonised rules in place which regulate the terms and conditions of employment of such posted ...
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Legal Aid marks 50 years of advocacy
Winston-Salem Chronicle
Many former and current Legal Aid employees reminisced about the agency's history, which began in 1962, when lawyers from the local Junior Bar Association started the Legal Aid Society of Forsyth County. Over the years, the agency expanded to serve ...
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Winston-Salem Chronicle
Appeal court reviews NICs
International Law Office
An Isle of Man employer must pay not only Class 1 employee National Insurance contributions (NICs), but also Class 1 employer NICs, even though its employees may work wholly in Great Britain. This was the finding of the Staff of Government Division ...
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White House Discouraging Layoff Warnings In Days Before Election
Huffington Post
In July, the Labor Department told contractors it would be "inappropriate" for employers to send such warnings because it is still speculative if and where the $110 billion in automatic spending cuts might occur. By law, about half the cuts would be in ...
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The final whistle for frivolous claims?
PersonnelToday.com
It will be interesting to see whether or not the employment tribunal will break the mould and award significant compensation should his claim be successful. But is this the correct direction for UK law? Some business leaders are wary of any extension ...
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SJHS Administrators Face Uncertain Employment Future
KCOY.com
SANTA MARIA - Two St. Joseph High School administrators convicted of the misdemeanor offense of failing to immediately notify local law enforcement about alleged sexual assault involving students now face an uncertain future as educators. Both men ...
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EEOC - U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSIO : Unit ...
4-traders
PHOENIX - Unit Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Unit Drilling Company, violated federal law when they refused to hire women to work for the company's drilling operations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in ...
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Bucshon helps pass law for military members
Brazil Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Monday, the United States House of Representatives passed the Military CDL Act to help veterans gain employment. It was expected to be signed into law by President Barack Obama and become law no later than Oct. 10. The bill ...
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Sticky Data in Item Pricing 'Study'
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Michigan was the last state in the nation to have the antiquated law before it was repealed in 2011. Amidst the anti-business rhetoric in the study — retailers are said to have “sold out” employees so the “well off” could get richer and we are told ...
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Newsletter Employment Law
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
In the 3rd quarter of 2012 the labour courts of first and second instance passed a multitude of decisions regulating issues that were still unresolved at the practical level. One of these decisions is that of the Regional Court [Landesarbeitsgericht ...
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Allow law to develop, views welcome
Malay Mail
The definition of "wages" is also cross-referred to the definition of wages in the Employment Act 1955, as the case of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak Labour Ordinances, respectively. The rationale of having to define "wages" in Act 732 and ...
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Business Association Adds Legal Service
San Diego Business Journal
The San Diego Employers Association is a nonprofit organization that advises on attracting, coaching and training a more efficient workforce, in addition to labor negotiations, discipline and termination. Janice Brown founded the Brown Law Group in 2003.
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Terry Smith's book examines Blacks' relationship to first Black president
The Cincinnati Herald
A well known employment and labor law and voting rights scholar, Professor Terry Smith was a professor of law at Fordham University, where he taught civil procedure, employment law, labor law and public sector labor law, and voting rights. Professor ...
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Romney campaign uses Henderson official's comments to attack federal health ...
Las Vegas Review - Journal
The low-quality video has been posted on the Internet and shows Human Resources Director Fred Horvath telling employees the cost of their health insurance premiums will increase by about $500 a year because of the federal health care law, commonly ...
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Littler beefs up Atlanta immigration practice
Atlanta Business Chronicle
The nation's largest labor and employment law firm representing management has added a group of three attorneys and 11 paralegals to its Atlanta-based Global Mobility and Immigration Practice. Dave Williams: Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle ...
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Mitt Romney's Obamacare Jobs Claim Contradicts Romneycare Reality, CBO ...
Huffington Post
If the national experience under Obamacare mirrors what happened in Massachusetts under Romney's similar health care law, job losses won't be a major issue. Employment trends in Massachusetts since Romneycare took effect have mirrored national ...
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Company news: Mitchell J. Katz named Best Lawyer in America 2013
Syracuse.com
... NICHOLAS J. D'AMBROSIO JR., Albany, employment law — management; LOUIS P. DILORENZO, New York City, labor law — management; HERMES FERNANDEZ, Albany, health care law; and EDWARD P. HOURIHAN JR., Rochester, construction law.
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Syracuse.com
Rabbi Cartel Violates Antitrust Laws
First Things (blog)
“When a synagogue wants to hire a rabbi,” he explains, it confronts a tightly organized labor market. Individual rabbis are prohibited from seeking employment independently, and instead are required to apply only for jobs through their professional ...
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Indonesian Workers Demand an End to Outsourcing
Jakarta Globe
“The source of all these strikes and demonstrations is the labor law and the government's inability to monitor and implement the law,” said Sofjan Wanandi, chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo). “Outsourcing is allowed and regulated ...
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Jakarta Globe
Rise of the lockout: another sign of labor's slide
Salon
Under U.S. labor law, when union contract negotiations break down, management can lock workers out until they reach an agreement. In other words, if you won't give up as much as your boss wants at the bargaining table, he can put you out of work until ...
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Child labour: 'Factories must be inspected for underage workers'
The Express Tribune
SPARC National Manager for Child Rights Gulnar Zahid said children employed in the informal sector were most likely to become bonded labourers. She said the Labour Department's own data showed there were 3.3 million child labourers in Punjab, more ...
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The Express Tribune
What's New? California's Major 2012 Employment Laws Affecting Private Sector ...
JD Supra (press release)
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) is amended to provide that, for purposes of the Act, the term "sex" also includes breastfeeding or medical conditions related to breastfeeding. The amended law states that the changes made by this bill to the ...
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A Federal Judge Upholds the Women's Health Regulations of the Affordable ...
Justia Verdict
Over 20 years ago, in Employment Div. v. Smith, the Supreme Court surveyed its existing free exercise cases and summarized the “vast majority” with one principle: laws that are neutral and generally applicable are subject to rationality review. In ...
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Justia Verdict
Dallas lawyers answer legal questions for free
Pegasus News
On these designated nights, anonymous lawyers are available to answer questions in many law-related areas ranging from divorce and child support matters, to wills, insurance, employment, and criminal law matters. Residents needing assistance should ...
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October 3, 2012: Employment Law - Business Immigration Update
JD Supra (press release)
On June 18, 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 36, which mandates E-Verify in various phases for private employers with 25 or more employees. The law exempts seasonal temporary employees employed for 90 days or less ...
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Calif. Labor Dispute Laws Unconstitutional, Ralphs Says
Law360 (subscription)
... Grocery Co. urged the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule that state laws limiting companies' ability to get injunctions against union activity were unconstitutional, arguing that speech related to labor disputes did not deserve special ...
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Law and Order
STLtoday.com
LOUIS > Whistle-blower wins verdict • A federal jury in St. Louis this week awarded $210,000 to a former MasterCard manager who claimed he was fired for complaining about allegedly improper employment practices that, he says, could cost the company ...
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FWA gives social media clarity in rejecting Linfox
supply chain review
The full bench's decision appears also to reinforce some leeway − in employment law at least − for employees' use of social media to be shielded from employer action. The appeal came after the company lost out in a FWA decision last December that it ...
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Blogs2 new results for Employment Law
 
Whistleblowing – Employment Law Blog | Current Awareness
By sally
Employment Law Blog, 4th October 2012. Source: ... Website. Current Awareness is a blog from the Inner Temple Library providing up-to-date information on new case law, changes in legislation and legal news from England and Wales.
Current Awareness
When is Appearance Discrimination OK? - Free Enterprise
By Andrew Lu
There is no such thing as appearance discrimination under federal laws. Employers are generally free to hire only the pretty people. But if you do base all of your hiring and employment decisions on looks, you may be opening yourself up to a ...
FindLaw News - Top Stories

Web5 new results for Employment Law
 
What's New? California's Major 2012 Employment Laws Affecting ...
The members of the California State Senate and Assembly introduced 1899 bills this year, and the legislature passed and sent to the governor 568 of them.
www.littler.com/.../whats-new-californias-major-2012-employ...
Employment Law Compliance: What Do You Really Need To Know?
Overwhelming. Stressful. Don't know where to start. Too much to ever know. October 17, 2012 These are some of the ways that employers have described ...
www.adp.com/.../webinar-employment-law-compliance.aspx
Labor and Employment Law
Bringing together practitioners on all sides of issues in arbitration, courts and state and federal agencies ABA Annual Employment Law Trial Advocacy ...
www.bostonbar.org/.../aba-annual-employment-law-trial-advo...
Employment-Related Laws Enacted in Calif.
The 2012 session of the state legislature has concluded, and a number of employment-related bills have been sent to Gov. Jerry Brown for signature or veto.
www.shrm.org/LegalIssues/.../California-Laws-Enacted.aspx
Employment Law | Van Siclen, Stocks & Firkins - Attorneys serving ...
employment law Each and every person wants to love what they do and where they do it. Similarly, every employer hopes for an ideal staff. Unfortunately, this is ...
www.vansiclen.com/practice-areas/employment-law/


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