Nov 4, 2012

Google Alert - Employment Law

News35 new results for Employment Law
 
Employers advised against automatic hiring ban on people with criminal ...
Business Insurance
... your tray up to your room for room service, because there's more opportunity to commit crimes" in the latter case, said Sheila B. Gladstone, chair of Austin, Texas-based law firm Lloyd, Gosselink, Rochelle & Townsend P.C.'s employment law practice ...
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Accord on tax for city employees in dispute
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Administrators contend the agreement expired in 2011 after city councilors voted to let a collective bargaining agreement with non-uniform employees expire. The vote came on the heels of the repeal of a state law mandating recognition of non-uniform ...
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From factories to farms, labor union champions rights of Palestinians in Israel
+972 Magazine - Independent commentary from Israel and the Palestinian territories
The Women's Platform is the largest section of the union, dedicated to promoting the rights of Arab women workers. Fadwa spoke of pervasive work-related problems affecting Arab women, explaining that "many are simply unaware of their labor rights, or ...
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The same but different
Global Times
Trade union officials talked to the worker, explained the labor laws about work injuries and told him that he would have to show medical certificates if he continued to refuse to work and sought compensation. In another case, Li dealt with a worker who ...
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What's a QRF?
Coos Bay World
Of the employees, 75 percent msust have a documented disability that prevents them from engaging in competitive employment. To prevent QRFs from competing with private firms, state law limits the services a QRF can provide. The prices charged for goods ...
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Seminar on supervision set
Ventura County Star
In this interactive seminar, Karen L. Gabler, employment law partner at LightGabler LLP of Camarillo, will discuss the supervision of employees, including promoting the right people to supervisory positions, and the effective and lawful supervision of ...
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Employment Law, UK Edition: Employment Law Merry-Go-Round
JD Supra (press release)
There is a lot going on in the world of coalition-led employment law and we set out below a round-up of some of the main upcoming changes of which you need to be aware. Settlement Agreements It is hardly ground breaking stuff but the Government has ...
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Nashville People in Business: Nov. 4
The Tennessean
Dennen concentrates his practice in the areas of health care law, intellectual property law, estate and probate, employment law, corporate and transactional law and litigation. He has represented clients in a range of matters including in ...
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At the mercy of a flawed system
Cyprus Mail
Charalambidou said she has two cases pending at the Supreme Court where the advisory committee agreed that the employee's rights had been violated and still recommended the domestic worker leave Cyprus, which Shakallis adopted. "But how can you ...
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Cyprus Mail
Call for corporate manslaughter law ahead of Pike report
TVNZ
Under current laws, companies may be fined up to $500,000 for knowingly taking an action that is reasonably likely to cause serious harm, and up to $250,000 for failure to comply with the health and safety in employment act. Legal expert Susan Watson ...
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President Obama Is Our Only Choice
Huffington Post (blog)
With a freshly energized Tea Party, ultra-conservatives and Christian evangelicals providing strong headwind for Romney, he will wink and nod at the renewed assault on affirmative action, voting rights and equal opportunity employment laws, the ...
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DES to recover fraudulent payments with new tax recovery program
Ansonrecord
These initiatives, along with program changes and modifications of Employment Security Law will assist in stopping fraud and improve the unemployment insurance system in North Carolina. Copyright 2012 The Anson Record. All rights reserved. Share This ...
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Kelly Bullis: Doing business in Nevada
Nevada Appeal
As it turns out, federal law requires all employers to report certain information on newly hired employees to a designated state agency. The "designated state agency" for Nevada is the Nevada Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment ...
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Elections 2012: Q&A with Stillwater City Council Ward 3 Candidate Tom Weidner
Patch.com
I have been involved in negotiating compensation packages with employees for the last 17 years at my law firm. While it's always important to offer competitive compensation packages, both employers and employees must but recognize the total cost of ...
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Forsyth sheriff defends firing in motorcycle raffle kerfuffle
Business Management Daily
Russell calls it retaliation—as well as a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Russell claims he was fired eight months after returning from a tour of Iraq after he bought $100 in tickets in a raffle run ...
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Former SC police officer says Navy violated his privacy rights
Charlotte Observer
"If Carter disclosed Reed's then-alleged misconduct to (Charleston), a local law enforcement agency, as part of his attempt to verify Reed's employment and disciplinary history, Carter did so for the purpose of making the important decision whether to ...
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Equal Opportunity Employment Agency Updates Complaint Process Rules
Melodika.net (press release)
The EEOC is a federal agency that enforces the country's equal opportunity employment laws. These laws prohibit employers from discriminating against employees or job applicants in hiring, firing, promotion, benefits and other employment decisions.
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Crossing the line
Irish Examiner
It's taken decades to establish the rights of women in the workplace. As the pioneering chairperson of the Employment Equality Agency, from 1977 to 1993, Sylvia Meehan campaigned on equal pay, maternity leave and against sexual harassment.
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Fisher & Phillips Earns Another First-Tier Ranking from US News - Best Lawyers ...
Melodika.net (press release)
In addition to the Denver office, a further 16 of the firm's offices received "Metropolitan First-tier Rankings" for Employment Law, Labor Law and/or Litigation. They are Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Columbia, Fort Lauderdale, Irvine, Kansas City, Las ...
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Illinois Supreme Court Recognizes Privacy Tort and Holds Employer Liable ...
JD Supra (press release)
112530 (Oct. 18, 2012). The court not only confirmed that the tort of intrusion upon seclusion is recognized in Illinois, it also applied principles of agency law to find an employer liable for the torts of a non-employee private investigator because ...
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Letter: Chico needs clean sweep on council
Mercury-Register
It is no mystery what most hard-working, law-abiding, taxpaying, family-oriented citizens want from their city leaders. That would be a police and fire department with the right tools and presence to protect us, navigable roadways, quality employment ...
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Home health care proposal draws support, concern
The Morning Sun
The measure is a bid to counter the law passed earlier this year that spurred a lawsuit by Service Employees International Union Healthcare Michigan, which had been the bargaining unit for home health care aides before the law was enacted. A federal ...
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A LOOK AT DUNCAN HUNTER'S RECORD
East County Magazine
... record, legislation, campaign finances, campaign promises, and ratings from a variety of interest groups ranging from senior citizens, women and immigrant groups to business groups, educators, labor, gun rights, environmental, and veterans ...
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East County Magazine
Former State Attorney General Sues Law Schools for Age Discrimination
Melodika.net (press release)
Spaeth alleged that the schools passed over his applications for employment, instead hiring younger, less qualified candidates as law professors in violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, known as the ADEA. Spaeth, who is in his ...
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Thomas Peele: Port of Oakland must stop behind ridiculous nonexistent exemption
Inside Bay Area
They're claiming, somehow, that the privacy rights of employees who took your money and stuffed it in G-strings trump the public's right to know. It is hard to think of a more flagrant violation of the Public Records Act, the law meant to provide ...
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Employers should accommodate obese workers to avoid disability claims
Business Insurance
Martha J. Zackin, of counsel at law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C. in Boston, said if an employer has a performance issue with an employee who is morbidly obese and the employee claims discrimination based on disability or ...
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Unlimited paid time off? One company hopes it pays off
Green Bay Press Gazette
Managers also must ensure that the policy is administered equitably, said Emily Pontius, an attorney at Faegre Baker Daniels in Des Moines who concentrates in employment law. Employers face problems if workers perceive that some employees are ...
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Proposition 37 could spur lawsuits
TheReporter.com
If Proposition 37 passes and survives on appeal, "you're looking at full employment for lawyers without a doubt," said law professor David Levine at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and who is not affiliated with either campaign.
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Attorneys William Roberts and Brian Haney Join Preti Flaherty's Boston Office
PR Web (press release)
Brian M. Haney practices as a Director with Preti Flaherty's Litigation Group, as well as the Labor and Employment Law Group. Brian's practice focuses on complex business and commercial litigation as well as employment litigation and counseling.
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PR Web (press release)
Macomb County: Laughingstock of the Nation
AmericaJR.com
The incumbent Prosecutor is the chief law enforcement officer for Macomb County, and the democratically elected policymaker for his/her political office. All appointed employees of the incumbent Prosecutor must implement the policies of his or her ...
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AmericaJR.com
Employers Cannot Keep Employees From Voting, or Threaten Employees to ...
Melodika.net (press release)
"Under Pennsylvania law, an employer cannot use either scheduling practices or other threats of actions to dissuade its workers from voting, said Attorney Samuel J. Cordes a downtown Pittsburgh labor and employment lawyer who has represented ...
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Row over Christchurch principal's sacking
Radio New Zealand
An employment law specialist and mother of a student at Christchurch Girls' High school says questions need to be asked about why the school's principal has been sacked. Principal Prue Taylor was dismissed on Friday following what the board says was ...
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Regulations eased on long-distance bussing
Deutsche Welle
Through the 1970s, the German Federal Railways as well as Deutsche Post operated numerous long-distance bus lines. Thereafter, however, most connections were stopped. The laws on the books meant that private carriers were only allowed to open up ...
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Deutsche Welle
business people New Hires and promotions
Tulsa World
Jackson graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law and will practice in the areas of wage and overtime law, employment law, personal injury, and tort litigation. Roytman graduated from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego and will ...
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Firearms training only part of police institute's curriculum
Chillicothe Gazette
The institute is open to two types of students — those who already are associated with a qualifying law enforcement agency and open-enrollment students who are seeking employment in law enforcement. The current class of cadets includes auxiliary ...
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Blogs3 new results for Employment Law
 
New Oklahoma Gun Laws Go Into Effect | XpertHR - Partnered with ...
By XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis
Oklahoma's new gun laws go into effect today, November 1, 2012. The new laws will allow employees to have a gun in their car even on an employer's privately owned property and allows citizens with proper permits to openly carry their ...
JD Supra Labor & Employment Law
Sleeping on the job? No unemployment benefits — Business ...
By The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law
Employers that fire a worker for being caught sleeping on the job may not be liable for unemployment compensation benefits. On-the-job snoozing can be ... by The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law on November 4, 2012 8:00am ...
Business Management Daily
Okun law on GDP components « Economy View
By kkalev
One interesting part of that analysis is a calculation of Okun's law while decomposing GDP into its components and computing the impact of each one on total unemployment change. The exercise is quite elegant and explains a large part of ...
Economy View

Web7 new results for Employment Law
 
Secrets of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Annual Conference ...
The American Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Annual Conference is going on right now in Atlanta, Georgia. As I've recapped on this blog before ...
www.ctemploymentlawblog.com/.../secrets-of-the-aba-labor-e...
1 - Employment Law Daily
By Matt Pavich, J.D. In two recently released memos, the NLRB's Division of Advice has recommended dismissing charges against two separate employers over.
www.employmentlawdaily.com/.../nlrb-memos-delve-into-law...
Perkins Coie - Events - - Fall 2012 Labor & Employment Law ...
Fall 2012 Labor & Employment Law Breakfast Seminars. Seminar. 7:30 a.m. - 9 00 a.m.. The Bellevue Club, 11200 112th Avenue Southeast / Bellevue, WA ...
www.perkinscoie.com/fall-2012-labor--employment-law-brea...
Hospitality and Employment Law, Faculty in Residence ...
Hospitality and Employment Law, Faculty in Residence. Profile Icon. Learn More about this Employer in their Profile. Your LinkedIn Network. Save Icon ...
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175688785
Quarles & Brady LLP - Arizona Voting Leave Law
Arizona Voting Leave Law. Labor & Employment Law Alert Eric Johnson With Election Day quickly approaching, employers must be mindful of employees' right ...
www.quarles.com/arizona_voting_leave_law_2012/
Employment Law - UC Davis Extension
Explore the historical development of the dual doctrines of labor-management relations (collectively bargained terms and conditions of employment) and social ...
extension.ucdavis.edu/.../description/?...A...
New Laws Impacting Employers With California Employees in 2013 ...
Several new laws that expand the rights of California employees take effect in 2013. Key areas include: the reasonable accommodation of religious attire and ...
www.dwt.com/New-Laws-Impacting-Employers-With-Califor...


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