Dec 5, 2012

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New treaty governing employment laws applicable to CERN
International Law Office
On October 10 2012 a new treaty was signed by Switzerland, France and the European Union that will unify employment laws at the European Nuclear Research Council (CERN). Until now, a treaty between Switzerland and France dating from September 13 ...
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Jackson Lewis, Dorsey Tap Firm Veterans For Top Posts
The American Lawyer
Two Am Law 100 firms are getting new leaders, with labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis naming litigation head Vincent Cino to succeed Patrick Vaccaro as chairman, and Minneapolis-based Dorsey & Whitney choosing corporate and transactions ...
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Shares for rights consultation an early Christmas present
PersonnelToday.com (blog)
The report cites their response as "the employee would, in effect, be giving up employment rights for nothing". Brilliantly, business organisations suggested that employees who leave on good terms get market rate for their shares and that employees who ...
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Employees suing UBS in overtime case sent to arbitration
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
NEW YORK, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has sided with a UBS AG request for arbitration in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking overtime pay brought by three former financial advisers at a brokerage unit of the bank. The ruling by U.S. District ...
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News: Govt pursues shares-for-rights scheme despite lack of support
HRZone.co.uk
The government has decided to press ahead with its plans for 'employee-owner' contracts despite a lack of support among either employers or employees. A consultation by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills revealed that most organisations ...
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Supreme Court rules on reinstatement of dismissed board member
International Law Office
The ombudsman asked the Supreme Court whether a dismissed member of a management board of a company, who was employed under an employment contract and who was terminated in breach of the law, could claim reinstatement to his job under the ...
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Investigate or else! When harassment surfaces, HR inquiries and action could ...
Business Management Daily
If you can't find a way to end persistent workplace harassment, a court may conclude that your organization acted recklessly in denying an employee's civil rights. That may mean you'll owe a huge punitive damages award. If it looks like simple efforts ...
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New law won't protect marijuana smokers at drug-free work places
The Wenatchee World Online
WENATCHEE — A state law that goes into effect Thursday makes it legal for adults to possess one ounce or less of marijuana, but beware the impact on your job. Attorneys who specialize in employment law are recommending that their clients keep policies ...
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Tech Company CrowdFlower Denies Labor Violation
Mission Local
CrowdFlower contends that such laws don't apply to this new form of labor where individuals around the globe complete micro-tasks for compensation that can range from conventional currency or airline miles, to online gaming points. It's an unresolved ...
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Mission Local
LawDocsXpress Announces Nationwide Contract with Top Ranked Labor and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Dec 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Atlanta-based LawDocsXpress ( www.lawdocsxpress.com ) announced a new national contract to provide 100 percent of the legal word processing services and overflow legal secretarial services to one of the ...
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Law 101 for Inventors: Legal Protection and Why You Need It
Inventorspot
Get Familiar with Employee Laws. If you plan to do some hiring in the future, then you should spend some time learning about employee laws. Some of the areas that you need to concentrate on include employee compensation rules, OSHA regulations, ...
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Mexico Enacts Important Reforms to the Federal Labor Law
JD Supra (press release)
Mexico's Federal Official Gazette today published a Decree that reforms and repeals various provisions of its Federal Labor Law (FLL). The reform will become effective on December 1, 2012, with some exceptions which are discussed below. The FLL had not ...
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Marion Barry's quest to help ex-offenders
Washington Post (blog)
Making matters worse, more than 90 percent of employers may be conducting these criminal background checks, according to the National Employment Law Project. With all the barriers to employment that many people with criminal records face, including ...
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Revoking the right to use a company car
International Law Office
Clauses in which the employer retains the right to revoke the company car "at any time" are invalid, according to case law of the Federal Employment Court, since they unreasonably disadvantage the employee (Section 308 No 4 as read with Section 307 of ...
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Sask. government overhauling labour laws
CTV News
Saskatchewan's labour laws will be overhauled after the government introduced new legislation Tuesday. The Saskatchewan Employment Act consolidates 12 existing pieces of labour legislation into a single omnibus bill. Labour Minister Don Morgan says ...
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The top 5 legal issues currently facing US employers
PersonnelToday.com
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can help employers to spread brand awareness, recruit new employees and stay on top of industry trends. But, if used carelessly, they can result in violations of state and federal laws. The law in this area is just ...
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ADA alert: Make sure job descriptions spell out essential functions
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Illinois Employment Law on December 5, 2012 10:00am in Employment Law,Human Resources. You don't have to accommodate disabled employees who can't perform the essential functions of their jobs under any circumstances.
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Company Cedes Twitter Account to Ex-Employee
CFO.com Magazine
Kravitz's attorney, Cary Kletter of Kletter Law Firm, says the case presents a lesson, even though there was no judicial decision. "Companies and their employees who work on social media should establish very clear guidelines at the beginning of the ...
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Fifth Circuit defines 'in the course of employment' for Jones Act cases
International Law Office
In Beech v Hercules Drilling Company(1) the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the meaning of the phrase "acting in the course of employment" when considering whether an employer is liable for the negligent acts or omissions of an employee who ...
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Lawmakers put onus on building contractors
swissinfo.ch
Construction firms employing workers from European Union countries will in future be responsible for making sure their subcontractors follow Swiss wage and employment laws or face penalties. The House of Representatives passed the law on Wednesday ...
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swissinfo.ch
Streamlined dismissal proposals raise serious questions for employers
HRmagazine.co.uk
As part of the review of employment law aimed at creating more flexibility for employers and employees – as well as an environment where enterprise can thrive – the Government has set out proposals, following its consultation around ending the ...
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HRmagazine.co.uk
Perkins Coie Employment Vet Departs For Lee Tran In LA
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (December 04, 2012, 8:50 PM ET) -- A longtime Perkins Coie LLP attorney who has litigated suits running the gamut of employment law has jumped to Lee Tran & Liang APLC in Los Angeles to lead the firm's employment practice group, ...
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Gammon Joins Methodist in Business Development
Memphis Daily News
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC has been named Law Firm of the Year in the 2012-2013 U.S News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" ranking in litigation – labor and employment as well as employment law-management. In addition, Ogletree ...
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Memphis Daily News
UK HR ebrief: employment law changes in 2012: the lull before the storm?
Lexology (registration)
As the end of the year approaches, we have summarised 2012's key employment legislative changes and case law below. The results are revealing. Despite a slew of Government proposals during the year, there has been less actual change implemented in ...
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Labour law changes timely
StarPhoenix
There is no question that Saskatchewan needs to modernize its current stable of labour laws. Ultimately, for any labour legislation to be without controversy requires the commitment of employers and employees to harmony. As regulations get drafted, it ...
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SMRT strike – it's about employees, not nationalities
Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)
What would in fact matter more and be a more meaningful exercise is for all of us to delve into the employment and labour rights issues. If we get stuck with arguing whether Singaporeans support the strike or not, we would have lost an opportunity to ...
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Employers should ask about mental health issues
National Post
Employees are often uncomfortable confiding in their employer about psychiatric issues, if they are even cognizant of them. As a result, the law has evolved the little known "duty to inquire" as to an employee's mental state if you have reason to ...
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National Post
Shegerian & Associates Helps Former Rite Aid Employee Successfully Appeal ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, Dec 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney with Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination ...
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Victory For Small Business: Lawsuit-Spawning Disabilities Rights Treaty Blocked
OpenMarket.org
... not lead to any changes in U.S. law. But as Olson notes in The Daily Caller, the Convention does indeed prescribe mandates that go beyond anything in the current Americans with Disabilities Act, including employment coverage for the smallest ...
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Maryjo Pirages joins Holmstrom & Kennedy
Rockford Register Star
She is practicing in the areas of employment and labor law, estate planning and administration, healthcare law, business transactions, and commercial litigation. Holmstrom & Kennedy is a century-old, 17-lawyer firm providing a full range of legal ...
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Embezzlement Is Old School - Employee Data Theft
JD Supra (press release)
By Practice: Business; Business Organizations · Finance & Banking · Intellectual Property · International Law & Trade · Labor & Employment Law · See All Practices ». By Practice: Personal; Criminal Law · Family Law · Personal Injury · Wills, Trusts ...
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TEPCO: Half of contract workers at Fukushima work under dodgy conditions
Asahi Shimbun
The employment security law prohibits a subcontractor from recruiting people for the purpose of just getting them to work for a client company. This means the subcontractor, not the client, is responsible for giving on-the-job instruction and providing ...
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U.S. Senate Rejects Treaty on the Rights of the Disabled
Bloomberg
The U.S. Senate rejected ratification of a treaty intended to grant equal access for the disabled to employment, health care, education, physical accommodations and legal protection under international law. The 61-38 vote fell short of the two-thirds ...
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Blogs3 new results for Employment Law
 
Kate Middleton's Royal Baby: 5 Legal Issues - Employment Law ...
By Deanne Katz, Esq.
Employment policies. Once you're comfortable telling people at work about your pregnancy, your first stop should be Human Resources to find out your company's policies. Under federal law, all women are entitled to up to 12 weeks of unpaid ...
Law and Daily Life
The NHL Labor Lockout: How Did We Get to Day 80 - Sports Law Blog
By Marc Edelman
Today is Day 80 of the NHL lockout, and it is beginning to feel as if the entire 2012-13 hockey season may be cancelled, much like it was in 2004-05. Michael McCann recently blogged about all of the NHL game cancellations. But, how did ...
Sports Law Blog
Senate Rejects U.N. Disabled-Rights Treaty. Good! | Cato @ Liberty
By Walter Olson
The employment provisions of the current federal ADA apply to employers with more than 15 employees, but Article 27 (1)(a) would seem to prescribe doing away with any such threshold; it requires states to "Prohibit discrimination on the ...
Cato @ Liberty

Web9 new results for Employment Law
 
California Employment Law Firm | California Labor Laws: The Elf ...
California Labor Laws: The Elf Edition. ... California Employment Attorney John McCarthy Logo. Law Offices of John F. McCarthy. "Dedicated to your needs ...
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New California Labor Law Will Aid Breastfeeding Employees
Sacramento, CA: 2013 will be a watershed year in the state of California for breastfeeding mothers. That's when a new California labor law goes into effect t...
www.lawyersandsettlements.com/.../california-labor-law-lawsu...
New California Employment Laws For 2013 | Legal Alerts | Allen ...
The firm's core specialties include employment and labor law, wage/hour advice and counsel, class action litigation, real estate, commercial finance, bankruptcy ...
www.allenmatkins.com/.../3_12_2012_New-California-Emplo...
EEOC's Detroit Field Office, Mexican Consulate enter collaboration ...
The U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) announced on November 29 that its Detroit Field Office has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ...
www.employmentlawdaily.com/.../eeocs-detroit-field-office-m...
$7.7 million for discrimination? The price is right | Minneapolis ...
One present and serious form of workplace discrimination we have yet to mention is that which expecting mothers experien.
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National Mediation Board issues report on 2012 activities ...
The National Mediation Board has issued a report detailing its activities and accomplishments during the recently concluded Fiscal Year 2012. In its 78th year .
www.employmentlawdaily.com/.../national-mediation-board-is...
Labor & Employment Law CLE Luncheon - Milwaukee
Labor & Employment Law CLE Luncheon - Milwaukee. Quarles & Brady LLP. 411 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2350. Milwaukee , WI. 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. CT ...
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Event Description - Labor and Employment Law Section
An In-Depth Discussion of Current Trends and Issues in Employment Law. Presented in cooperation with NJSBA's Labor and Employment Law Section ...
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Irrelevant Union Information Requests Now Burden Employers ...
Irrelevant Union Information Requests Now Burden Employers. Posted: November 30, 2012. Under the National Labor Relations Act, unions can obligate ...
masudlaborlaw.com/.../irrelevant-union-information-requests-...


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