Nov 29, 2012

Google Alert - Employment Law

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Employment Law: Know your documents
The Hour
Remember, when you buy a house it is all about location, location, location. When you have employment concerns, it is all about documentation, documentation, documentation! Stephen P. Horner is an attorney who practices employment and labor law with ...
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Who's the Boss?
The American Prospect
If John was officially your supervisor, according to current employment case law that's grown out of the 1964 Civil Rights Act's Title VII, the restaurant would automatically be liable for what could be defined as sexual harassment, if indeed you can ...
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Healthcare reform (ACA): Proposed guidance on wellness programs
HR.BLR.com
Martin Simon, JD is a Senior Legal Editor for BLR's human resources and employment law publications. Mr. Simon has worked in legal publishing for over 25 years. He worked for 7 years as a legal editor for Prentice Hall, where he wrote and edited for ...
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Dubai Chamber workshop focuses on the legalities of business licencing
Al-Bawaba
Jehad Kazim, Director, Legal Services, Dubai Chamber, stated that the workshop will help businesses understand the licencing requirements prior to setting up, the labour laws and its clauses and will also enable them to understand employment ...
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SCIA workshop offers personnel tools
Tri Parish Times
Employers should be proactive regarding employees. Presenters at the South Central industrial Association Employment Law Day offered that foundational message as they told attendees how best to deal with personnel issues ranging from attendance to ...
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More Employers Creating Social Media Policies for the Workplace
The National Law Journal
"Those were two trends we saw that were notable," says Proskauer partner Katharine Parker, who co-heads the firm's employment law counseling and training group in New York. So whether you're drafting a new social media policy or updating an existing ...
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The National Law Journal
Rule of law
Marianas Variety
If we take the foregoing information into consideration, the employee obviously has acquired what is known in law as civil service "property interest" for continued employment. The appointing authority is prohibited from ending the employee's ...
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It's dangerous to let supervisors set ADA accommodations
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Ohio Employment Law on November 29, 2012 12:00pm in Discrimination and Harassment,Human Resources. Smart employers don't leave it up to a direct supervisor to manage ADA reasonable accommodation. Instead, they work out a ...
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Ariel Weindling Joins Los Angeles Office of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp as Of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Ariel has a unique blend of international corporate, employment and IP law experience, which will be a tremendous asset to our firm as we advise clients in these crucial areas of practice," said Thomas Lambert, managing partner of MS&K. "In particular ...
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NJ Emergency Responder Leave In The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Under the law, "no employer shall terminate, dismiss or suspend an employee who fails to report for work at his place of employment because he is serving as a volunteer emergency responder during a state of emergency declared by the President of the ...
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Predictions vary on effect of St. Louis County's new anti-discrimination law
STLtoday.com
Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is not explicitly prohibited by Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act, said Barbara Seely, regional attorney with the St. Louis office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But, she said ...
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Go to date:
Memphis Daily News
The topic is "Preparing for 2013: A Look Back at Significant Employment Law Developments Over the Past Year and What to Expect in the New Year." Cost is free. R.S.V.P. to rsvp@bakerdonelson.com. Window World will hold its 2012 St. Jude Day, featuring ...
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Legal Advocate
CityLimits.org
Our five attorneys and two legal advocates assist over 3000 low-income individuals and families with diverse civil legal issues such as housing, health care, government benefits, employment law and advance directives. We operate through a ...
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Court: EEOC Can't Breach Statute of Limitations
Human Resource Executive Online
"This court held government to the same timeliness rules applicable to a private party, which is refreshing," says Thomas Lenz, who heads the traditional labor law department at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Cerritos, California. "It is a ...
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After a Black Friday action at Wal-Mart, NYC fast-food workers walk out ...
Salon
Meanwhile, according to a report from the National Employment Law Project, McDonald's profits have increased 130 percent over four years. University of Pennsylvania sociologist Robin Leidner said Tuesday that an industry norm in which "virtually ...
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Employment disputes likely out of local govt reforms - PSA
Voxy
The Public Service Association is disappointed to see ill-conceived local government reform legislation pass into law, and warns it risks creating unwanted employment disputes. The Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill narrowly passed its third ...
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Class Certification Denied: California Court of Appeals Holds That Reliance ...
JD Supra (press release)
Wet Seal, Inc., was brought by former Wet Seal employees against the clothing store alleging that the company violated California law by requiring employees to 1) purchase Wet Seal clothing and merchandise as a condition of employment; and 2) travel ...
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Former county employee files federal lawsuit
Mason City Globe Gazette
Then, Simmers filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. She was notified by the commission of her right to sue on Aug. 29, 2012. She was denied unemployment insurance benefits in January 2012 following two appeals to the Employment ...
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ADAAA could soon protect pregnant workers
InsideCounsel
The rationale was that because the pregnant employees were not injured on the job, they were not "similarly situated" to those eligible for light duty. But it appears that the EEOC may want to litigate this issue and try to change the case law based on ...
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InsideCounsel
Lawsuit expected on migrant driver's licenses
Arizona Republic
State law requires anyone applying for a driver's license to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law. Brewer has argued that the employment-authorization documents issued to deferred-action recipients don't meet state ...
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Background Screening Adds to Misclassification Risk?
Staffing Industry Analysts (registration)
For example, China embraced the European model of employment rights with its 2008 workforce legislation. A key question to consider is whether the end-user should conduct the background screening on agency workers or contractors rather than the ...
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Staffing Industry Analysts (registration)
Public invited to comment on two Employment Bills
Bizcommunity.com
Parliament's portfolio committee on labour has released the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) and the Employment Services Bill for public comment. When these bills come onto law they will have a significant impact on how employers conduct their ...
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Rochester in top quarter nationally in gay equality rating
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Fearing said both policies are a priority for the alliance. Fearing also agreed that the city needs an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a human rights commission, but disagreed with the study that the city should have a liaison in the mayor's ...
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SCHUETTE: Seeing discrimination in nondiscrimination
Washington Times
This amendment, known as Proposal 2, or the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), stands for the reasonable proposition that public contracts, public employment and admission into our public universities and colleges must be colorblind, gender ...
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Washington Times
Comment: The dangers of social media
PinkNews.co.uk
Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, employment lawyer Anna Furness says the recent high profile legal case of Christian housing worker Adrian Smith, who was demoted by his employer for posting remarks against gay religious weddings on Facebook, and also the ...
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PinkNews.co.uk
Obama Set to Unleash Lawsuits to Mandate Racial Preferences
National Legal and Policy Center
"Disparate impact" is at once bad law and a near-guarantee of full employment within the legal profession. It's noteworthy that not a single presidential administration has ventured to challenge it. Only once, briefly, in the mid-Nineties, has Congress ...
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Fiscal Cliff? Crackdown on Using Independent Contractors is Perfect Storm
Forbes
In contrast, paying an employee means a host of obligations including withholding taxes on wages. The IRS gets its money instantly. It's one ... Robert W. Wood practices law with Wood LLP, in San Francisco. The author of more than 30 books, including ...
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Non-Compete Agreements with Arbitration Clauses Get Boost From US ...
JD Supra (press release)
When an Oklahoma trial court, and later the Oklahoma Supreme Court, ruled that a non-compete agreement could be reviewed by state courts, instead of by an arbitrator as contemplated by the parties' employment contract, Oklahoma ran afoul of settled law ...
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States with the Most Unemployment Insurance Losses
24/7 Wall St.
While Congress has extended these programs repeatedly, payments could stop at the end of this year, cutting off insurance for 2 million people, according to the National Employment Law Project. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 10 states where the most people ...
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Overlooked Republican Victories
Huffington Post
And you can forget about any support for employment discrimination laws. Oklahoma's platform even states that "those promoting homosexuality or other aberrant lifestyles should not be allowed to hold responsible positions over children, which are not ...
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The case against legalizing prostitution
Bulletin (subscription)
By claiming that legalization will give prostitutes legal recourses, Culver first assumes the work could classify as employment under the law at all. Let's see if it could. In the U.S., employment is legally at-will in all states except Montana. "At ...
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Blogs5 new results for Employment Law
 
Fired employee reinstated? That doesn't excuse more misbehavior ...
By The HR Specialist: Minnesota Employment Law
Fired employee reinstated? That doesn't excuse more misbehavior or poor performance. by The HR Specialist: Minnesota Employment Law on November 29, 2012 10:00am in Firing,Human Resources. Take heart if you have ever decided to ...
Business Management Daily
Employment Rights of Disabled Persons in Karnataka | Centre for ...
By Shruthi
The Karnataka High Court vide its interim order dated 02.08.2012 has in a significant move ordered the Government of Karnataka to review its list of posts identified for persons with disabilities. Section 32 of the Persons with Disability (Equal ...
Centre for Law and Policy Research
The California Employment Law Blog: U.S. Airways v. McCutchen ...
By Steven G. Pearl
Whether the Third Circuit correctly held -- in conflict with the Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits -- that Section 502(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) authorizes courts to use equitable principles to ...
The California Employment Law Blog
New York Public Personnel Law: E-mails between a public ...
By The Public Employment Law Press
E-mails between a public employer and an applicant for public employment may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law Hernandez v Office of the Mayor of the City of New York, 2012 NY Slip Op 08067, Appellate ...
New York Public Personnel Law
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog: VIDEO: Recap of SCOTUS ...
By Philip Miles
I posted a new entry on the Employment Law Information Network (ELinfonet): Supreme Court Holds that 3rd Party Retaliation Exists… but When?... My New Post on ELinfonet: SCOTUS Defines Class Action Glue in Wal-Mart v. Dukes ...
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog

Web9 new results for Employment Law
 
Federal law and marijuana use at work | Employment Law Daily
Earlier this month Colorado and Washington made the recreational use of marijuana legal under state law and Massachusetts joined the growing number of ...
www.employmentlawdaily.com/.../federal-law-and-marijuana-...
CalChamber to Offer Seminars on Labor/Employment Laws 2013 ...
(November 26, 2012) The California Chamber of Commerce has opened registration for its 2013 labor and employment law seminars.
www.calchamber.com/.../11262012-calchambertoofferseminar...
Employment Law and Human Resources Cumulative Case Briefs
Read commentary in the field of labor & employment law.
www.lexisnexis.com/.../employment-law-and-human-resource...
California Company Faces Claims Of Employment Law Violations ...
Although a California clothing company won a victory by avoiding a class-action lawsuit, it still faces a charge that it violated the state's employment law ...
www.ecjlaw.com/.../california-company-faces-claims-of-empl...
New state pot laws raise questions about employment law | Fox ...
You're watching... New state pot laws raise questions about employment law. Advertisement. Details. Description. Dan Springer reports from Seattle, ...
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EMPLOYMENT LAW ATTORNEY - Regional at Company ...
EMPLOYMENT LAW ATTORNEY - Regional firm seeks mid-to-senior level attorney with experience representing employers in the areas of ADA, FMLA, Wage ...
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Fort Collins Employment Law Attorneys | Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC ...
If you need a Fort Collins employment law attorney, contact Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC at 303-578-4400 to arrange a consultation.
www.rmlawyers.com/Employment-Law/
Downey Brand: Employment Law 2013 seminars
Employment Law Update: Changes for 2013. Since the California Supreme Court's ruling in Brinker last June, the rules have changed for meal and rest breaks.
www.downeybrand.com/news/employmentseminars2013.php
Marijuana and Colorado Employment Law | Hebets McCallin
Unlike most of the cases we cover in this blog however, it is not a criminal question being raised, but rather an employment law question. It is this: Can a private ...
www.hebetsmccallin.com/.../marijuana-and-colorado-employ...


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