Nov 7, 2012

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Non-Union Workplaces Face New Employment Law Challenges From NLRB
Corporate Counsel
Just the name—the National Labor Relations Board—may evoke images of backroom negotiations, cigar smoke circling overhead, fists banging on the table while arguing over wages, "no layoff clauses," or mandatory overtime. A relic of days gone by?
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Corporate Counsel
Michigan voters reject all proposals; emergency manager law repealed
Detroit Free Press
Stand Up for Democracy, the group fighting to repeal the law, is backed by the large public employee union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The repeal of Public Act 4 reignites a controversy over whether the former ...
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Lawyer Marketing Firm One SEO Company Launches News Website for Leading ...
Sacramento Bee
One SEO Company announces the launch of a new website, designed to aid a Dallas employment law firm in its mission to provide clients with convenient access to effective legal representation. By One SEO Company. One SEO Company. Last modified: ...
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Bullying and using employees for political purposes is objectionable
The Hill (blog)
Less discussed is how the decision elevated corporations' political rights over their employees'. Numerous corporations have evidently concluded that it is now perfectly legal to impose management's political views on the workforce, stamping on the ...
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The high cost of preventing employees from unionising
International Law Office
The Supreme Court is given extensive powers to redress the violation of an employee's rights under the act by making such orders as it considers just and equitable. Redress may include an order for reinstatement of an employee, restoration of benefits ...
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Concern over worker rights plan
Irish Times
Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary said that nobody wanted to see the delegalising of employment law. However the burden and amount of regulation was not just affecting those in employment but those out of employment as people, particularly small employers, ...
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Irish Times
Michigan unions' gamble doesn't pay off
Detroit Free Press
Stand up for Democracy, the group fighting to repeal the law, is backed by the large public employee union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The third labor-backed initiative was Proposal 4, dealing with home health ...
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False self-employment: new rebuttable presumption
International Law Office
The government is continually fighting against social fraud and, in particular, one of its manifestations – false self-employment agreements. Parties sometimes conclude an agreement for independent services with a view to avoiding the stringent ...
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ECHR Finds UK Failed to Protect BNP Member's Rights
Huffington Post UK (blog)
R could not bring an unfair dismissal claim as he did not have the necessary continuous employment and the Race Relations Act did not offer any protection against the interference with his Article 11 rights. The Court considered that a legal system ...
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OK to place limits on meal break activities
Business Management Daily
OK to place limits on meal break activities. by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on November 7, 2012 10:00am in Employment Law,Human Resources. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employees are supposed to be relieved of all duties during ...
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Chambliss Ranked In 2013 Best Law Firms
The Chattanoogan
... /Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Health Care Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation - Eminent Domain & Condemnation, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Tax Law, Trademark Law, and Trusts & Estates ...
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'Miss Alice' loses employment case appeal
Otago Daily Times
In a decision released in June, Employment Court Judge Graeme Colgan found Dr Moodie had unjustifiably dismissed former employee Elizabeth Strachan and deliberately set out to ruin her career - two years after the original hearing was held. Dr Moodie ...
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Make sure training is available to all
Business Management Daily
Make sure training is available to all. by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on November 6, 2012 2:00pm in Discrimination and Harassment,Human Resources. Everyone who is qualified should have a chance to participate in your training programs.
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Commerzbank given green light to appeal bonus case
The Global Legal Post
By allowing the appeal to proceed, the Court of Appeal has indicated that the bank may have an arguable case against the claim made by the investment bakers, according to London-based specialist employment law firm, GQ Employment Law.
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Seafarer has no cause of action in NLRC disability claim
International Law Office
... this period until he is declared fit to work or his temporary disability is acknowledged by the company to be permanent, either partially or totally, as his condition is defined under the POEA Standard Employment Contract and by applicable ...
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Stracener edges Hoffman in El Dorado County judge race
Sacramento Bee
Stracener has experience as an attorney in labor employment law, as a senior litigator for the state, as a legal adviser to the Public Employment Relations Board and in private practice, which included education law. He served as a small claims court ...
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Shrewsbury couple practices law, volunteerism
Community Advocate
Catherine is an intellectual property lawyer and a registered patent attorney. Shehzad practices in the areas of employment law and business litigation. But amid the demands of practicing law and raising small children, the two say life would not be ...
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Midland oil company, Hispanic workers settle harassment suit
Business Management Daily
Midland oil company, Hispanic workers settle harassment suit. by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on November 6, 2012 12:00pm in Discrimination and Harassment,Human Resources. Three employees of Midland-based crude oil producer Blue ...
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Government seeks views on whether NEST pension scheme constraints restrict ...
Out-Law.com
It has put out a call for evidence on the effects of the low-cost scheme's annual contribution limit and restrictions preventing employees from transferring their existing savings into the scheme. Views will be sought until 28 January. "We are already ...
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BLR's Susan Schoenfeld interviewed for NBC News story on nonvoters
HR.BLR.com
Susan Schoenfeld, J.D., a Senior Legal Editor for BLR's human resources and employment law publications, was quoted in a new article by NBCNews.com on the topic of the reasons why nonvoters don't make it to the polls on Election Day. For a Limited ...
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HR.BLR.com
Human rights victory for BNP bus driver
UK Human Rights Blog (blog)
He was dismissed after six months employment for a number of reasons including that he would present a risk to the health and safety of his co-workers and passengers and jeopardise the reputation of his employer. All the reasons were connected with his ...
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Courts greenlight Commerzbank challenge in key bankers bonus case
Legal Week
Commenting on the decision, former Linklaters lawyer Paul Quain, now a partner at GQ Employment Law, said: "This is a major case for all the banks, which will affect what bank bosses can say about bonuses in team meetings to motivate staff ...
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Legal Week
Michigan Proposal 2 Results: Voters Reject Collective Bargaining Amendment
Huffington Post
The measure would have also overridden state laws regulating hours and conditions of employment to the extent that those laws conflicted with collective bargaining agreements. Big bucks went into campaigning both for and against the issue. According to ...
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BNP Member Arthur Redfearn Wins European Human Rights Case Over Sacking
Huffington Post UK
The judgment added: "A legal system which allowed dismissal from employment solely on account of an employee's membership of a political party carried with it the potential for abuse and was therefore deficient." The court heard how Mr Redfearn worked ...
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Wednesday at the 2nd Circuit: crucial Goldman discrimination case
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
(Goldman did not challenge the right of the other two employees to bring class action claims.) Only one day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of mandatory arbitration clauses that contravene state consumer laws in its April 2011 ruling ...
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Thomson Reuters News & Insight
GLBT rights supporter Obama wins second term
Gay NZ
In 2003 Romney vetoed a bill funding hate-crimes prevention in Massachusetts. His stance on ending discrimination in employment has been changeable. The Human Rights Campaign had said Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, represented a ...
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Gay NZ
Attention California Employers: New Employment Laws Affecting Your Business ...
JD Supra (press release)
With the stroke of several employee-friendly pens, Governor Brown enacted a number of new laws in California that take effect on January 1, 2013. These laws further expand the rights of employees in California, and further increase the burdens on ...
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Employed Or Self-Employed?
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Only if his status was that of an employee would he be entitled to claim these, under Jersey's Employment Law. Initially the man had indisputably been self-employed, but the position became less clear when some of the circumstances changed and a verbal ...
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Michigan Voters Reject Collective-Bargaining Protection
Bloomberg
The amendment would have blocked so-called right-to-work laws in which union membership cannot be a condition of employment. Opponents, led by business groups, said the measure would have increased taxpayer costs by overriding dozens of laws, ...
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More Challenges From Hurricane Sandy: Wage-Hour Issues And Related Matters
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
As just one example, New Jersey law provides, "No employer shall terminate, dismiss or suspend an employee who fails to report for work at his or her place of employment because he or she is serving as a volunteer emergency responder during a state of ...
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A Reform for the Apprentice?
bdaily
Paul Clark, Employment Law solicitor at Short Richardson & Forth LLP commented, "It will be interesting to see how the changes proposed by the recent MPs report affect the present two forms of apprenticeship and the implications for employers and ...
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Blogs5 new results for Employment Law
 
ADA warning for bosses: You're not qualified to diagnose employees'
By The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law
ADA warning for bosses: You're not qualified to diagnose employees' mental illness. by The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law on November 7, 2012 8:00am in Discrimination and Harassment,Human Resources. The ADA ...
Business Management Daily
Assisting Victims of Hurricane Sandy | Leonard, Street and Deinard ...
By Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee
Although our main office is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, we have clients located in other parts of the country, and ourselves have an office in Washington, D.C. Some of our clients have employees who have been hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. Employers want to help their employees, and employees not affected by the ... Published In: Administrative Law Updates, Labor & Employment Law Updates, Tax Law Updates. Send Print Report. DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this ...
JD Supra Labor & Employment Law
3 Responses to Does employment protection encourage innovation?
By Rick
They concluded that laws limiting employment-at-will (or hire-and-fire) encourage employees to take risks, leading to more innovation. Laws against unfair dismissal thus lead to more innovative firms: Laws affecting employment and dismissal ...
Flip Chart Fairy Tales
Legal to Fire a Worker Over Political Beliefs? - Free Enterprise
By Andrew Lu
So under federal law, private employers are generally able to base employment decisions like terminations and suspensions on someone's political beliefs. Keep in mind that there may be some exceptions -- for example, legitimate political ...
FindLaw News - Top Stories
Read the Latest Issue of 'Your Job & The Law' Newsletter | Lawyers ...
By Jennifer E. King
The Lawyers.com employment law forums should be one of your first stops if you're grappling with a job-related legal problem or issue. Covering topics including discrimination, labor unions, workers' comp and sexual harassment, these ...
Lawyers.com Blog

Web9 new results for Employment Law
 
Events / Recent Event - DGA Members Learn about Employment Law
A Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan Currency Training Seminar: The Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan held another installment of its "Currency ...
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Mobile Kiplinger - Myths and Realities of Employment Law
The workplace is governed by a thicket of employment laws that cover everything from when people get paid to how organizations can properly administer office ...
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Nexsen Pruet: Employment Law Update: Recent Cases Address ...
Employment Law Update: Recent Cases Address Employer Efforts to Protect Confidential Information In recent months, both the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, ...
www.nexsenpruet.com/publications-675.html
Discussion Group Call – New Voices in Labor and Employment Law ...
The Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) is pleased to host the first annual "New Voices in Labor and Employment Law" program during the ...
sealslawschools.org/?p=1175
Other Areas - The Fell Law Firm
Location. The Fell Law Firm 3021 E. Renner Road., Suite 140. Richardson, TX 75082 972-488-8177 - phone 972-664-0470 - fax ...
felllawfirm.com/other-areas/
2013 Employment Law Update
At Ultimate Software, delivering the best HR and payroll software to help you improve your workforce management is our exclusive focus. Whether you are ...
www.ultimatesoftware.com/.../70160000000UyE4?from=men...
Employment Law | Monteleone & McCrory, LLP
Monteleone & McCrory has substantial experience in the field of employment law , representing both employees and employers in a variety of employment ...
www.mmlawyers.com/practice-areas/employment-law/
Employment Law CLE Courses - Online Continuing Legal Education ...
Online CLE MCLE for Array Attorneys. Array Continuing Legal Education (CLE) that is accredited in Array.().
https://www.lawline.com/cle/index.php?category=210,212...
Why the Comcast Supreme Court Case Matters in Employment Law ...
Did you know that Comcast's recent Philadelphia lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court has legal roots in employment law? Well, that might be a slight ...
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