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| Workers to swap rights for shares in radical UK employment law shake-up printweek.com Owner-employees will relinquish rights including unfair dismissal, redundancy, flexible working and time off for training; they will also need to give 16 weeks' notice of a firm date of return from maternity leave, rather than the usual eight. In ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Know Your Rights: Employment Discrimination ChicagoNow (blog) Welcome to the fifth installment of my "Know Your Rights" series. This week I cover employment discrimination. Much to many people's surprise, Chicago has a Human Rights Ordinance that prohibits among many other things, employment discrimination. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How the Recession Has Impacted the Area of Employment Law LBNstudio Tammy Marzigliano, partner at Outten and Golden, LLP, an employment law firm in New York, talks with the Employment Law Channel about how the recession has made an impact on law firms, specifically employment law firms. Employment law is a big ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Latest developments in Employment Law bdaily Employment Law has been especially dynamic in recent months, presenting a challenge to businesses who must keep abreast of the legislative changes. Here is a snapshot of some current developments: Pensions. Pursuant to the Pensions Acts of 2008 and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Steve Bell on George Osborne's 'employment rights for shares' plan - cartoon The Guardian (blog) Its a simple lie to talk about "gold plated employment rights". Employment rights in the UK are weak compared to many other EU nations. And contrary to what the right-wing often claim, unfair dismissal law provides no legal impediment to employers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Unions slam George Osborne's plan for workers to give up employment rights in ... Scottish Daily Record Osborne announced a scheme that would give workers shares in their employers' company in exchange for giving up a string of employment rights – including limiting maternity leave. The new owner-employee contract will allow firms to award shares worth ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| leave and holiday entitlements for UAE employees Emirates 24/7 Full-time employees working in the UAE are entitled to leave and holidays as per laws in the country, which broadly include annual or recreation leave, sick and maternity leave. However, the structure of holidays and the range differ for public and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King criticises shares-for-rights proposal Telegraph.co.uk Mr King said trading employment rights for company shares is "not what we should be doing" and could worsen the levels of trust between the public and businesses. He called on the Government to instead focus on cutting employment costs and national ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Full Text: Judicial Reform in China (7) Global Times Amendment Eight to the Criminal Law promulgated in 2011 eliminated the death penalty for 13 economy-related non-violent offences, accounting for 19.1% of the total death penalty charges. It stipulates that death penalty shall generally not be used for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Blog: The shares-for-rights conundrum - A fair exchange? HRZone.co.uk (blog) Is the lure of owning an amount of shares, and not paying capital gains tax on the profit that those shares make (if any) a fair exchange for surrendering some of your employment rights? The Chancellor's proposal has about as much detail as a child's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tories in job-rights-for-shares bid The Press Association Workers are to be given a chance to receive shares in their company in return for giving up some of their employment rights, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. The voluntary employee-ownership scheme was unveiled at the Conservative ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Know your workplace rights: What laws protect employee privacy? Visalia Times-Delta Most employment-related privacy issues are not actually covered by state or federal laws. Some laws require employers to ensure confidentiality of Social Security numbers or similar information, typically to prevent identity theft. Otherwise, most ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CIPD attacks Osborne's share plans Workplace Savings & Benefits CIPD employee relations adviser Mike Emmott warned that the plan, in which employees swap employment rights for company shares, could create a two-tier labour market in which employers had "little to gain". He said there was little evidence to suggest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SWAP RIGHTS FOR COMPANY SHARES Equities.com BUSINESS leaders last night raised doubts about the government's plan to let employers opt out of large chunks of employment law in return for handing workers shares in their firm. Chancellor George Osborne yesterday told the Conservative party ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Requirements for Religious Holidays Human Resource Executive Online Answer: Employees often request days off for religious observances/holidays. Although there is no federal law that requires an employer to give employees days off for religious holidays, employers may not treat employees more or less favorably because ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Employer Bonus Offers and Importance of Terms LBNstudio Katherine Blostein, attorney associate in Outten Golden's Executives Professionals Practice Group, talks with the Employment Law Channel about the importance of having clearly defined terms in an offer letter or bonus letter than an employee receives. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Osborne unveils plan to trade job rights for shares Manchester Evening News Workers will be asked to surrender gold-plated employment rights in exchange for shares in the companies they work for, under plans revealed by Chancellor George Osborne. Staff who take up the new employee-owner status would be exempt from capital ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Osborne delights Tory right with speech Financial Times The idea revives some of the controversial employment law reforms proposed last year by Adrian Beecroft, a venture capitalist and Tory donor. Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat business secretary, blocked Mr Beecroft's plan to let employers fire staff ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A guide to navigating Japan's exotic legal-eagle menagerie The Japan Times Got an employment-related problem? There is a whole profession devoted to these, the shakai hoken rōmushi, or "labor and social security attorney," as they have recently started to call themselves in English. Professionals with this qualification can ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New York Labor Law Amendment Will Expand Permissible Wage Deductions Mondaq News Alerts (registration) The amended law permits deductions from employees' wages to repay advances of wages and to recoup overpayments stemming from clerical or mathematical errors, with the employee's written consent. It also expands the enumerated exceptions to include ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fired for being too old? Know your rights Yahoo!7 News Your company's human resources department can't give you a list of laid-off employees -- even if someone there wanted to do so. Turning over that information violates a whole host of laws, including one that protects privacy. If you do persuade your ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eliminating 'double-dipping' would be costly Charleston Gazette In the audit, the legislative auditor's office had proposed that the Legislature should either eliminate any restrictions on post-retirement employment, completely ban retired state employees from working for the state, or revise state law to come up ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New Provisions Of California′s False Claims Act Mondaq News Alerts (registration) California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law AB 2492, amending California's False Claims Act to better conform it to requirements of the federal False Claims Act.1 In addition to amending definitions of "conduct" that would fall under the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Client Alert: WARN Act and Sequestration—What Course to Follow ... By Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP The WARN Act notice regarding a facility closing or layoff focuses on "loss of employment" which is, among other things, termination that is not voluntary, is not retirement, or is not based on "cause." Determining whether a WARN Act notice is appropriate includes identifying the number of employees to be terminated and their ... Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is a regional law firm with a global perspective. The firm has more... View Profile » ... JD Supra Labor & Employment Law | ||
| Intermittent Leave for Foster Care & Adoption? Only If Employer ... By Daniel Schwartz I've said it before many times: One reason employment law is so interesting is that just when you think you've figured things out, you can rediscover little quirks in the law that you may have overlooked on first glance. Not all intermittent leave is ... Connecticut Employment Law Blog | ||
| Chancellor announces shares for (loss of) employment rights scheme By Adam Fletcher Yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference, Chancellor George Osborne announced plans to allow companies to offer workers shares in exchange for losing employment rights, according to The Independent. Beginning in April next year, ... Contact Law Blog | ||
| Tories in jobs rights for shares swap « FMWF By Tabitha Cole But unions condemned the proposal, which will see employees give up their rights to statutory redundancy pay and protection from unfair dismissal as well as the ability to request flexible working, in return for between £2,000 and £50,000 ... FMWF | ||
| Turning employees into shareholders | Kiwiblog By David Farrar The chancellor then sprang a surprise with his plan to swap shares for rights. Workers could buy up to £50,000 in shares of the company they work for with all profits being tax free. In exchange employees would abandon their rights on unfair ... Kiwiblog | ||
| New York Public Personnel Law: Filing an appeal to the ... By The Public Employment Law Press New York Public Personnel Law. Summaries of, and commentaries on, selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State ISSN 1937-4895 ... New York Public Personnel Law | ||
| One Nation of Shareholders Without Legal Rights? | Jobsworth by ... By Michael Scutt In Osborne's case though, his primary motivation isn't to make us all entrepreneurs but to remove fundamental employment rights. The proposal is said to be aimed at any companies, but particularly small and medium sized businesses looking ... Jobsworth by Michael Scutt | ||
| Give us your feedback on XpertHR International country guides ... By Sarah Anderson Recruitment and selection; Pay and benefits; Employment rights; Contracts of employment; Training and development; Equal opportunities; Industrial relations; Health and safety; Termination of employment. We would be interested in getting ... XpertHR - Employment Intelligence | ||
| Secret tape exposes Panasonic Singapore's Employment Agent ... By Leo Khaw In fact, the workers admitted that the recruitment fees were never paid to the local EA – all the fees were paid by the workers directly to their employment agents back in China, which lie beyond the reach of our laws. In the embedded video ... TOC News | ||
| 'Beauty Bias' Could Land You in Hot Water for Discrimination - HR ... By Deanne Katz, Esq. Beauty isn't a protected class under federal law. But having a disproportionate number of attractive employees could show evidence of other unlawful discrimination. Nevertheless some states do protect job candidates and employees from ... In House | ||
| The Share Centre Blog » Osborne's fix: create more shareholders By Michael Baxter Of course, it depends in part on what you think about employment law. If you think employers are being stifled by red tape, and that they are terrified of taking on new staff because of the impossibility of getting rid of them if they are not ... The Share Centre Blog | ||
| New owner-employee contracts | CompactLaw Blog By CompactLaw Admin The simple proposal is that employee give up certain key employment rights in return for shares in a business. Encouraging share ownership and employees having a vested interest in their employer can only be commended. But (a big but), ... CompactLaw Blog |
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| LexisNexis® Labor & Employment Law Community Podcast: Dmitriy ... LListen to our award-winning legal news and practice area podcasts related to labor and employment law. www.lexisnexis.com/.../lexisnexis_ae00_-labor-_2600_-emplo... | ||
| - UK/EU Employment Law for USA-Based HR Professionals Program Overivew: On the morning of 17 October 2012 we will be running the next in our series of UK/EU employment law workshops for US HR professionals ... www.nehra.com/.../388-ukeu-employment-law-for-usa-based-... | ||
| 2012 Employment Law Program for ACC West Central Florida ... 2012 Employment Law Program for ACC West Central Florida - Tampa, FL. October 11, 2012. Shane T. Muñoz. WHEN Thursday, October 11, 2012. Registration ... www.fordharrison.com/8745 | ||
| CHILD LABOR LAWS - Alabama.gov ersons under 14 ears of a e SHALL NOT BE EMPLOYED ... 'Children of parents who own their own business are NOT exempt from Alabama Child Labor Law ... labor.alabama.gov/docs/posters/ext_childlaborlawposter.pdf | ||
| Missouri Employment Lawyers: MO Lawyer, Attorney, Attorneys, Law ... Find Missouri Employment lawyers, attorneys, law firms - MO Employment Lawyers. lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practicestate/...law.../missouri | ||
| Paul Hastings: Events Detail: Employment Law Briefing ... commission payments compensation incentivize employees. https://www.paulhastings.com/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=1443 |
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