Nov 9, 2012

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Dallas Employment Lawyers of Clouse Dunn LLP Launch Updated Website
Sacramento Bee
8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Dallas, TX – The Dallas employment law firm Clouse Dunn LLP recently announced the launch of an updated website dedicated to providing convenient access to information about business and employment law matters.
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Continuing the Fight for Transgender Rights
Huffington Post (blog)
A few months earlier the Transgender Law Center led a landmark case that resulted in an EEOC ruling that extended employment protection rights to transgender individuals throughout the country. Despite the significant gains in the movement for ...
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San Diego challenges state law on pensions
North County Times (blog)
The state law that takes effect Jan. 1 mandates that new hires get Social Security on top of the 401(k). "This lawsuit is all about local control and the right of a charter city to negotiate terms and conditions of employment with our labor unions ...
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Weekly Review: How Will Obamacare Change Employment Landscape?
NASDAQ
Much of the recent discussion centers on the Obamacare definition of full-time employment: The law defines a full-time worker as an employee who works at least 30 hours per week with respect to any month. My interpretation is that any business must ...
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After Obama Win, Will Companies Follow Through on Layoff Threats?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Deborah Weinstein, an employment lawyer at The Weinstein Firm, a Philadelphia employment law firm advising businesses and a lecturer on employment law at Wharton, attributes the trend of executive email blasts to the 2010 "Citizens United" Supreme ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Scott: Whistleblower law provides valuable protection
Calgary Herald
If passed, this bill will provide new protection from reprisal for public sector employees and an avenue for ethical disclosure for all Albertans who find wrongdoing in the public sector. Once in place, this new law will apply to employees working for ...
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NTUC to push for Employment Act to cover white-collar workers
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has proposed that employment laws be expanded as early as next year to cover the majority of Singapore's white-collar workforce. Currently only white-collar workers drawing a monthly salary of ...
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Tread carefully when unions settle wage claims
Business Management Daily
The U.S. Department of Labor generally takes a dim view of any attempt to negotiate away employees' rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). For example, unions can't say "no thanks" to the minimum wage or overtime pay during collective ...
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Beware bias peril built into applicant tests
Business Management Daily
Beware bias peril built into applicant tests. by The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law on November 9, 2012 8:00am in Discrimination and Harassment,Hiring,Human Resources. Do you use off-the-shelf pre-employment tests to screen applicants?
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Houston defense firm pays up in 'regarded as disabled' case
Business Management Daily
BAE must train its managers and HR professionals on equal employment opportunity compliance, disability discrimination law and responsibilities regarding reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants. Note: Don't play doctor. Assume that ...
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Gruber Hurst Honored Among Top Ranked Law Firms in Texas
Sacramento Bee
... labor and employment litigation; Metropolitan Tier 2 rankings in intellectual property litigation and patent litigation; and a National Tier 3 ranking in labor and employment litigation. To compile the "Best Law Firms" listing, researchers with U.S ...
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Challenge to laws that let schools hire on the basis of religion
Belfast Telegraph
A court case heard yesterday will mark the first shot in a battle challenging laws which allow teachers here to be appointed on the basis of their religion. Northern Ireland's exemption from fair employment law is unique in Europe and is believed to ...
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Obamacare Layoffs: Georgia Businessman Claims He Fired Workers Because ...
Huffington Post
"It's possible that employees could have some protection under various laws that exist," said Risa Lieberwitz, professor of labor and employment law at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Federal law offers fines and ...
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Tell supervisors: Never discourage FMLA leave
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on November 8, 2012 2:00pm in FMLA Guidelines,Human Resources. FMLA leave can cause major headaches for supervisors. After all, they have to make sure the work gets done while an employee is out.
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Cooling-off periods for non-EU/EFTA nationals in Switzerland
International Law Office
The 120-day work permit is not mentioned in the law, but is available in practice. It does not require the employee to take up residence in Switzerland. The 120-day permit is commonly used by employers that need to assign employees sporadically to ...
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Obama's reelection cements his healthcare law
Los Angeles Times
And employers are stepping up warnings that the law's mandate requiring them to provide health benefits to full-time employees may prompt some to shift more workers to part-time, depressing employment. Adjusting the law has been all but impossible over ...
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One-third of Costa Rican workers lack benefits
The Costa Rica Star
State of the Nation researchers consider workers under 20 years old and more than 55 to be most vulnerable to having their rights violated. This also illustrates how vulnerable their employment situation is. Commentary: Lest one feel that this reporter ...
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Career Almanac
Charlotte Observer
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. was named "Law Firm of the Year" in the Litigation – Labor & Employment and Employment Law – Management categories in the 2013 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms." Smith Moore ...
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Column: Civil Service Culture Type and Conditions of Employment
Bahrain News Agency
Employment in the Kingdom of Bahrain is divided into four main categories and is based on the executive regulations of the Civil Service Law number 48 for 2010. The categories include permanent employment which entails an open-ended contract based on ...
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Bahrain News Agency
New York And New Jersey Might Be Struggling After Sandy But Law Firms Are ...
Business Insider
Those positive numbers have to come as a relief after dismal employment statistics revealed the industry saw little to no growth last quarter and has been stagnant for some time. DON'T MISS: New Law School Ranking Totally Upends The Old List > ...
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Business Insider
Mayor's pension plan would be harmful to Jacksonville
Florida Times-Union
... financial relief and greater long-term costs. Tad Delegal is a lawyer certified by The Florida Bar as an expert in Labor and Employment Law and has represented police, firefighters and other public and private sector employees for more than 20 years.
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The National Labor Relations Board's Division Of Advice Endorses Appropriately ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The Advice Memoranda, which you can access here and here, appear to come in response to a flurry of activity in February when the NLRB challenged the employment at-will policies of two employers. First, an Administrative Law Judge issued a decision ...
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Interest of Migrant Workers in China Better Guaranteed
CRIENGLISH.com
Later, an implementation of the labor contract law in 2008 began to benefit migrant worker populations, which the labor law failed to cover. And China's social insurance law adopted by the government in 2010 ensures the coverage of social insurance for ...
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An Agenda for Fighting Income Inequality at the Local Level
Keystone Politics
Of Jake's recommendations, I am most enthusiastic about reforming felony employment laws, cracking down on wage theft, and bringing back Philly's ill-fated Wage Tax Rebate. I think the other recommendations are vulnerable to two main categories of ...
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Open Meetings Law question turned over to attorney general
Grand Island Independent
In the emails, Council President Peg Gilbert had forwarded information to the full council from ICMA about the dues and she raised a question whether the council should pay the dues because they are nontransferable to another city employee should Brown ...
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Amended foreign worker law takes effect today
Business Times (subscription)
The Ministery of Manpower said on its website yesterday that the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Amendment) Bill takes effect from today. The amendments will strengthen its enforcement capabilities and ensure compliance with work pass rules -PHOTO: ...
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Business Times (subscription)
Sports Law, Spaw, Lorts: Chris Christie Edition
Above the Law
... and humbly, the thoroughbred horse racing industry's future is in serious jeopardy and many employment opportunities are at risk and the government's policy is causing unnecessary expense associated with the record keeping which must be eliminated ...
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Above the Law
Four Potential Employment Law Impacts of Obama's Next Four Years
JD Supra (press release)
ENDA — The Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which would prohibit employers nationwide from discriminating against employees based on their sexual orientation, has been discussed a lot. But with same-sex laws passing in Maine and Maryland, the ...
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McAfee & Taft EmployerLINC Employee Benefits Law Alert: Year-end IRS ...
JD Supra (press release)
Employers with employment agreements, severance policies, and other non-qualified deferred compensation agreements that contain language conditioning any payment on employee action, such as the execution of a release of claims, need to take action ...
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26% of Costa Rica Employers Do Not Abide by Minimum Wage Law
The Costa Rican Times
Though there was a reduction from 2009, currently 26.5% of private employers do not pay their employees the minimum wage set by Costa Rica employment laws. In 2009 the percentage was 28.9 and over the last year it was at 26.5% said the Ministry of ...
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The Costa Rican Times
WORKPLACE: Cities dealing with their own minimum wage
Press-Enterprise (blog)
According to the California Labor Law Blog, a respected collection of employment law developments, the San Jose rule goes into effect 90 days after the election is certified. That means probably some time in March. Also, San Francisco has had a ...
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Press-Enterprise (blog)
Changes to Employment Law Hailed as Solution to Struggling British Economy ...
Melodika.net (press release)
Thomas Mansfield( http://www.thomasmansfield.com/ ), a nationwide firm of independent employment law solicitors, says both employers and employees need to be aware of the changes and how they will affect each party. It advises employees to seek legal ...
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Byrnes Mill officer defied ban on full-time work after plea
STLtoday.com
BYRNES MILL • When Edward Locke Jr. pleaded guilty last year of hiring an unlicensed officer during his tenure as Bella Villa's police chief, his sentence included probation and a two-year ban on full-time employment as a law enforcement officer. But ...
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How Will the 2012 Election Results Impact Labor, Employment and Benefits ...
JD Supra (press release)
The legislative death of the EFCA gave life to administrative efforts to make dramatic changes to labor law. Through rulemaking and NLRB decisions, employers have seen the carefully crafted balance in labor relations law shift precipitously in favor of ...
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President vetoes amendments to law on personal data protection
Interfax
The law foresees the cancellation of the obligatory state registration of personal databases, keeping of which is related to the provision and implementation of employment, as well as those of the members of public, religious, professional societies ...
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Blogs6 new results for Employment Law
 
Workplace Prof Blog: Labor and Employment Law Prof Job Posting ...
By laborprof lpb
Find Labor & Employment Law Profs ... Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal ... (Canada)) for bringing to my attention a new job opening for a labor and employment law professor at a Canadian law school starting July 1, 2013.
Workplace Prof Blog
The National Labor Relations Board's Division of Advice Endorses ...
By Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits
The Advice Memoranda, which you can access here and here, appear to come in response to a flurry of activity in February when the NLRB challenged the employment at-will policies of two employers. First, an Administrative Law Judge ...
JD Supra Labor & Employment Law
Bulls-Hit Ranch Labor Scandal Ensnared Florida Homeless | MyFDL
By Michelle Chen
The rumor at the Labor Pool – I never found out if it's true – is that Labor Pools like ours, selling the labor of others, well, the rumor is that selling someone's labor is considered Slavery under New Jersey law. (It really hurts a person's pride ...
Firedoglake
Unions Lose Big in Michigan | Via Meadia
By Walter Russell Mead
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 ...
Via Meadia
Back to the 19th century | Progress | News and debate from the ...
By Nick Thomas-Symonds
Yet their latest move is so far-reaching, it turns back the clock on employment rights to the 19th century. When Ed Miliband chose to quote Benjamin Disraeli in his 2012 conference speech, even the most ardent Labour supporter could not ...
Progress | News and debate from the ...
Moritz Legal Information Blog: What do the States' New Marijuana ...
By IMattson
Colorado and Washington both passed marijuana legalization laws on Tuesday, and other states have similar laws on the books. But does that ... Labor & Employment Law Alert: Medical Marijuana and Zero Tolerance Drug Testing Policies ...
Moritz Legal Information Blog

Web4 new results for Employment Law
 
CalChamber Releases List of New Employment Laws Affecting ...
(November 1, 2012) The California Chamber of Commerce has released a list of new employment laws scheduled to take effect in 2013 or earlier that will have ...
www.calchamber.com/.../11012012-calchamberreleaseslistofn...
Labor & Employment Law - Major Books About Michigan Law ...
Quick guide to finding books. You can find out where an item is shelved by call number; find out where various shelving locations (Ref. Coll., Oversize, etc.) are ...
libguides.law.umich.edu/content.php?pid=326159&sid...
DLA Piper, Global Law Firm | Events | Employment law update
News alerts, employment and pension law updates, employment guidance toolkits and checklists. Global Product Liability. Showcases the depth of capabilities ...
www.dlapiper.com/employment-law-update-11-16-2012/
McDonalds Franchise in Israel Violates Shabbos Employment Laws
The Israeli franchise for McDonalds will face legal proceedings for employing Jewish youths in its branch at Golani Junction on shabbos in violation of Israel ...
www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=144325


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