Nov 30, 2012

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Option to pay insurance breaks law, unions argue
DesMoinesRegister.com
Terry Branstad and his administration broke the law in July when they gave state employees the option to pay 20 percent of their health insurance costs, three unions argued in a hearing Thursday. State law prohibits changes to core employee benefits ...
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Mexican President Calderon Signs Labor Law Overhaul
Hispanically Speaking News
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, set to leave office in less than 48 hours, on Thursday signed a labor law overhaul he said will foster competitiveness and productivity while strengthening workers' rights. In a ceremony at the Los Pinos presidential ...
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Hispanically Speaking News
New employment law partner at LKD
National Post
Lily Germain has left Morency Law firm to join Langlois Kronström Desjardins as a partner in the firm's business and employment law department in Montreal. Ms. Germain's expertise includes purchase and sale transactions, mergers and acquisitions and ...
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Take this job and shove it - cashing in on bad behaviour?
New Zealand Herald
Employment Law Specialist Craig Mundy-Smith, Senior Associate at Bartlett Law on some recent cases where workers have told their bosses what to really do with their job. Swearing at the boss and telling them where to stick their job seems like fair ...
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EEOC 2012 Report Shows Fewer Discrimination Suits, More Investigations
Corporate Counsel
Commission chair Jacqueline Berrien introduced the report, saying the lower numbers reflect the EEOC's refocused efforts "in recent years on the efficient and effective enforcement of the nation's equal employment laws." But Maatman said the figures ...
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Exploitation In Sefat
FailedMessiah.com
The City of Sefat has reportedly done little to keep these kids in school, and it has reportedly done nothing to enforce Israel's Youth Employment Law which sets the minimum employment age at 15 and which also sets minimum wage rates. The Jewish Agency ...
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Wal-Mart faces suit over lost wages at Calif. warehouse
The Bay Citizen
"Wal-Mart employs a network of contractors and subcontractors who have habitually broken the law to keep their labor costs low and profit margins high," said Michael Rubin, with Altshuler Berzon in San Francisco and one of the lawyers for the workers.
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The Bay Citizen
Gov't asks for extension of stay on labour law ruling
CTV News
They say the essential services law violates the Charter by forcing some employees to stay on the job. The unions are also asking the appeal judges to overturn a lower court ruling that says the government's Trade Union Amendment Act doesn't violate ...
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CTV News
New California Employment Laws Will Go Into Effect Soon
EIN News (press release)
California workers will be affected by a number of new employment laws, including a prohibition against employers asking for employees' personal social media passwords. November 30, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- California workers gained some ...
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Threats to Fire Workers Raise Legal Issues Under Healthcare Law
JD Supra (press release)
While individual employees may lack a legal remedy for wrongful termination or demotion, the federal government might because employers with 50 or more employees who do not offer affordable coverage will be required to pay a penalty. Firing employees ...
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Making public defenders King County employees riles many
The Seattle Times
Bob Boruchowitz, professor at Seattle University Law School and former director of The Defender Association for 28 years, calls any proposal bringing the independent contractors under county employment "disturbing." "King County has one of the best ...
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Lawyers question bullying recommendations
Lawyers Weekly
Rachel Drew (pictured), a Brisbane-based employment law partner at TressCox Lawyers, questioned the viability of a national system and said allowing employees to litigate would be tricky. "It's a very difficult issue to say there should be some legal ...
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Detroit Lions Face Employment Discrimination Suit
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The employee is a 49-year-old resident of Dearborn, Michigan. The woman's suit alleges age and gender discrimination under Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. This anti-discrimination law was written and passed in 1976. It prohibits employers ...
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Employer posting requirements under New Jersey law
Lexology (registration)
Employers are mandated under New Jersey law to display official posters informing their employees of the law relating to employee rights and responsibilities. An employer that fails to comply with these requirements may face monetary fines and other ...
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RJW Slater & Gordon partner: Parental leave reforms are revolutionary
Russell Jones & Walker
New parental leave laws are set to have a huge impact on the British employment law landscape. That is according to Samantha Mangwana, a principal lawyer (partner) in the employment department here at RJW Slater & Gordon, who believes the ...
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Business chamber faults citizenship law
Illawarra Mercury
By GREG ELLIS. Nov. 30, 2012, 4 a.m.. Business chamber faults citizenship law. The Illawarra Business Chamber has raised concerns about a new law requiring employees to provide a birth certificate or passport to their employer to verify their citizenship.
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Redlands Jo-Ann's employee terminated during cancer treatments
Los Angeles Daily News
Kevin Erwin, an attorney with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Bernardino who focuses on labor and employment law, said that while an employee is entitled to a certain amount of medical leave, they need to provide their employer with a ...
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Michigan eyes right-to-work measure
Washington Times
In February, Indiana became the Rust Belt's first state — and the 23rd nationwide — to approve a right-to-work law, even as thousands of labor supporters packed the Statehouse in Indianapolis and staged protests again the measure. Already in Michigan ...
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Washington Times
Individuals Lose Once Again At The Hands Of Mandatory Arbitration
ThinkProgress
Even though the employees both lived and worked in Oklahoma, their arbitration agreement subjects them to the laws of Louisiana (the state where the company is based). To face the allegations against them, these hourly wage workers must now take off ...
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Getting out in front of health care
The Hour
"Employee wellness will be an aspect of everything we do in employment law," he said. "Good employees come in all shapes and sizes, so be careful not to exclude good employees _ and not just for health reasons." Wellness programs should be voluntary, ...
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Insurance Wholesaler Socius Insurance Services, Inc. Hires Laura R. Zaroski as ...
Sacramento Bee
As an attorney with an expertise in EPLI, in addition to her role as a producer, Zaroski will act as a resource with respect to Socius's Employment Practices Liability book of business. While employed as a partner at a Chicago based law firm, Zaroski's ...
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11KBW welcomes 7 new members as part of its growth strategy
Lawyer Monthly Magazine
Paul Greatorex has a busy and successful practice in the areas of public law (including human rights), education law and employment law, as well as general business law. Other areas of specialisation include mental capacity and community care cases, ...
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What's legal and illegal
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - A strike is the "cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any essential service acting in combination, or a concerted refusal to continue to work or to accept employment," says the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act. Bus ...
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to streamline trade laws
Coastweek
"The new law will help re-engineer Kenya's trade regime in order to expand regional and international trade, so as to expand employment opportunities," Wetangula said during the opening ceremony of the Awareness Workshop on Kenya's Strategy on the ...
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CAREER TRACKER: Lawyers on the move - Nov. 29, 2012
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Perkins Coie partner Robert Bauer, who was general counsel to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, will return to New York University School of Law as a teacher. His spring 2013 seminar will focus on the future of political ...
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Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Employer's distribution of a memo tying reduction in hours to employee's wage ...
JD Supra (press release)
The Appellate Division reversed the trial court's grant of judgment dismissing plaintiff's claim under the Conscientious Employees Protection Act ("CEPA"), and also remanded the issue of whether New Jersey's Wage and Hour Law is preempted by federal ...
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Language conflicts trend higher in workplace
San Francisco Chronicle
The EEOC attributes the trend to a more ethnically diverse labor force — about 45 million Americans speak a language other than English at home. Civil-rights advocates say workplace environments have grown more hostile in states enacting tough new ...
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Union's blockade of restaurant was legal, but some of its actions were not
The Copenhagen Post
Following the ruling that 3F's blockade against Vejlegården – if not its tactics – was within the law, the employment minister, Mette Frederiksen (Socialdemokraterne), said that the right to picket was a valued part of the Danish work model. "Even ...
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Michigan Could Become 24th Right-to-Work State
Michigan Capitol Confidential
"A right-to-work law makes Michigan home again," said Labor Policy Director F. Vincent Vernuccio. "It means Michigan will be home to more and better jobs for our state, it means Michigan's children and grandchildren will be able to stay here and not ...
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Tuesday was a banner day for gay rights in our region. A rainbow banner.
STLtoday.com
In the categories of nondiscrimination laws, relationship recognition, employment policies, municipal services and programs, St. Louis ranked with such cities as San Francisco, Seattle and New York. In deliberations on the St. Louis County ordinance ...
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LA, Long Beach Top WeHo in HRC Ranking of Gay-Friendly Cities
WEHOville (blog)
The HRC survey of 137 cities considered such factors as a city government's relations with LBGT residents, its recognition of same-sex partnerships, whether it has laws that bar discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on ...
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WEHOville (blog)
Youngstown State University Limits Part-Time Hours To Avoid Obamacare Rule
Huffington Post
Under the law, an employer must provide healthcare coverage to anyone working for thirty or more hours a week. YSU's solution is to ensure that non-union part-time employees work no more than 29 hours. For immediate implementation, Human Resources ...
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Blogs5 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment law: Social media 'gaffes', the law and managing staff ...
By Peta Fluendy
Employment law: Social media 'gaffes', the law and managing staff. Posted by Peta Fluendy on Friday, November 30th, 2012 at 8:00 am. Internet trolls are out in full force deliberately trying to shock and a steady stream of offensive gibberish ...
FMWF
Bill on Bankruptcy: Patriot Coal Case Kicked From Manhattan To St ...
By Bloomberg Law
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg Law) -- The decision sending the Patriot Coal Corp. reorganization to St. Louis...
JD Supra Labor & Employment Law
The California Employment Law Blog: American Express Co. v ...
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
New York Public Personnel Law
By The Public Employment Law Press
Friday, November 30, 2012. Recent rulings and recommendations by OATH Administrative Law Judges. Summaries published by the NYC Office of Administrative Tribunals and Hearings. Employee alleged to have refused to work overtime ...
New York Public Personnel Law
Federal consumer protection laws at stake in upcoming Supreme ...
By Christine Hines
The decision will impact whether consumers will be able to go to court to enforce federal laws meant to protect them. Under binding mandatory, or "forced" arbitration – the language in many employment and consumer contracts (think cell ...
CitizenVox

Web8 new results for Employment Law
 
Networking: Webinar covers Nevada employment laws | Reno ...
Sutton Hatmaker Law Corp. will present 'How to Avoid Costly Documentation/ Record Keeping Lawsuits and Liability' from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 6 as part of its ...
www.rgj.com/.../Networking-Webinar-covers-Nevada-employ...
French researchers protest against new employment law - Physics ...
Science: A French law passed in March designed to increase job security may have exactly the opposite effect. Researchers across France have been writing ...
blogs.physicstoday.org/.../french-researchers-protest-against-n...
New California Employment Laws Will Go Into Effect Soon
November 30, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- California workers gained some protections in this year's legislative session. While not as many employment- related ...
www.24-7pressrelease.com/.../new-california-employment-law...
Employment Law Blog - Holiday Bonuses for Employees
The Davis Brown Law Firm is an Iowa law firm with offices in Des Moines, West Des Moines and Ames. Founded in 1929, Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts ...
www.davisbrownlaw.com/davis-brown-employment-and-labo...
Employment Law - Chauvel & Descalso, LLP
Our firm handles employment law and litigation matters. We primarily represent employers and business owners in providing legal advice relative to the myriad ...
www.chauvellaw.com/our-services/employment-law/
Employment Law - San Francisco Intellectual Property Attorney
San Francisco Employment Law Attorneys. The attorneys at Makman & Matz LLP have experience representing clients in labor and employment disputes in ...
www.makmanlaw.com/Practice-Areas/Employment-Law.shtml
Small Business Check-up: Employment Law & Human Resources ...
Small Business Check-up: Employment Law & Human Resources | Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board.
www.nvworkforceconnections.org/?event=small-business...
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