Feb 12, 2013

Google Alert - Employment Law

News20 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment law and the small business: How to mitigate risk
Dunwoody Crier
A small, local service company found itself being sued after two of its employees claimed they were entitled to a substantial amount of overtime hours. The employer claimed the men had signed an "independent contractor" agreement the employer had ...
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What Is An Employment Law Compromise Agreement And Why Are Employees ...
MENAFN.COM
Increasingly, UK employees are being asked to enter into employee compromise agreements as more businesses seek to manage out excess staff while at the same time circumnavigate tough UK employment laws. As a triple-dip recession takes hold in the ...
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Non-compete agreement for employee with minority interest in company too ...
Canadian Employment Law Today (subscription)
Restrictive covenants in an employment context are intended to control an individual's competition and conduct in relation to her employer's business after the employment relationship ends. These covenants will only be upheld by the courts if they are ...
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Unions sue to fight Michigan's right-to-work law
Detroit Free Press
"In their haste to enact right-to-work, the Legislature overreached," said Andrew Nickelhoff, general counsel for the Michigan AFL-CIO. "This lawsuit only deals with the act that affects private-sector employees, because they're covered under federal ...
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Employment law on menu at women's business lunch
The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
A talk about employment law changes will be held at a Wessex Business Women's Networking Lunch in Chippenham. Rachel Fereday, partner at solicitors Awdry, Bailey and Douglas, will be talking about recent and forthcoming employment law changes all ...
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Neil Wilson, of Chadwick Lawrence reviews latest employment law changes
Huddersfield Examiner
ON January 17, 2013, a number of announcements were made by the Government relating to the reform of employment law. These are explored in further detail below. With regard to unfair dismissal compensation, the compensatory award is currently capped ...
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Simpson & Marwick | Simpson & Marwick Employment Law Exchange 21st ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
Simpson & Marwick would like to announce the date of our next Employment Law Exchange Forum in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh on 21st March. Our complimentary event is designed to provide delegates with practical guidance and insights into ...
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Jackson, K&L Gates, Seyfarth, Goodwin: Business of Law
Businessweek
The office is the third opened by the employment law firm in the five weeks since Vincent Cino took the helm as chairman on Jan. 1. Cino said the decision to establish a Tampa office was driven by interest in capturing more regional work in Florida and ...
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The Fight Against Social Fraud
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The purpose is of course to escape from the social security legislation for employees. A cooperation structure through a management company may be referred to as an example of an avoidance of the law, to the extent the purpose of the structure is to ...
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DOL Releases New 20-Year Anniversary Survey Of The FMLA
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Twenty years after the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a survey of over 1800 employers and 2,800 employees. Like two prior surveys conducted in 1995 and 2000, the most recent survey ...
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The Affordable Care Act's Employer Mandate And The Collectively Bargained ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Most employers doing business in Massachusetts have been required to comply, since 2006, with the Massachusetts "Fair Share" law. Under the Fair Share law, employers with 11 or more employees are required to provide their full-time employees with ...
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Justice Department Moves to Intervene in Lawsuit Alleging Sex Discrimination ...
eNews Park Forest
The United States determined that this case represents a matter of general public importance and that the Department of Justice should participate in it. By intervening, the United States will ensure that the law continues to protect employees and that ...
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US Labor Department, Pa. at odds over jobless insurance
Philadelphia Inquirer
Beyond the disagreement about the $30 million, "we're seeing a full complement of deficiencies" in the commonwealth's unemployment insurance program, said Maurice Emsellem, policy codirector of the National Employment Law Project, who studied a ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Being parents: Ground for discrimination?
Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
Many are thinking this will open the door to reams of accommodation requests by employees with children and could leave employers in a tough position. It's a very hot topic in the employment law realm — fellow blogger Stuart Rudner, a partner at ...
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Waging War on Work
Right Side News
But laws that restrict or stipulate the terms of voluntary employment contracts stifle economic progress and make life harder for everyone—even those for whom the laws were designed to aid. Minimum wage is the most basic example of such a law.
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Social media, credit report rights for job seekers will be subject of hearing ...
The Union Leader
"We already have laws protecting privacy in employment; you can't ask their race or their age or their medical condition," Rogers said. "If you have a Facebook name and password, you could find out some things you wouldn't be able to find out in an ...
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Back-to-work scheme breached laws, says Court of Appeal
BBC News
Nicola Smith, of the TUC, said this was a good time to take a step back and look again at mandatory back-to-work schemes. Tom Walker, employment law partner at law firm Manches, said: "This judgment upholds what is perhaps the key tenet of employment, ...
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BBC News
In Wage Law Case, Court Must Reexamine Reasonable Attorney's Fees
WisBar
Records showed that the employment law attorneys for Johnson worked 480 hours between April 2006 and December 2010 at rates ranging from $160 to $250 per hour. An outside employment lawyer testified that the work performed was necessary and ...
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Labor Unions Look To Federal Court To Stop Right-To-Work
CBS Local
DETROIT (WWJ) – Michigan's right-to-work law is set to go into effect in late March and labor unions are heading to federal court in an attempt to block the law. Andrew Nickelhoff is an attorney with the AFL-CIO. "Our position is that the right-to-work ...
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CBS Local
Christy B. Bishop recertified as labor and employment specialist
Akron Legal News
Akron attorney Christy B. Bishop, founding partner in the law firm of Thompson & Bishop, has been recertified as a specialist in labor and employment law by the Ohio State Bar Association. She was first certified in this area in 2008. Her law partner ...
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Blogs2 new results for Employment Law
 
Overstaffed? Take logical approach to job cuts — Business ...
By The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on February 12, 2013 4:00pm in Firing,Human Resources. It's an awkward workplace problem: Despite short-staffing, the work is still getting done. It's a sure sign a function might have too many ...
Business Management Daily
PA Unemployment Compensation Benefits Available to Employees ...
By Joel S. Barras
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently overturned 10 years of precedent and awarded unemployment compensation benefits to employees who accepted an e.
Employment Law Watch

Web3 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment Law Newsletter: February 2013 | Low, Ball & Lynch ...
In this edition of our newsletter, we review recently enacted employment statutes and significant amendments to existing employment law. There are new ...
www.jdsupra.com/.../employment-law-newsletter-february-20...
Title VII Protected Activity Just a Mouse Click Away | Employment ...
Most employers know it is unlawful to retaliate (take an adverse employment action) against an employee who engages in an activity protected by Title VII.
www.employmentlawdaily.com/.../title-vii-protected-activity-j...
Helpful Employment Law Links - LawHelp.org
Helpful Employment Law Links ... Includes Hawai`i job listings, labor laws, and more. ... Hawai`i Labor Laws (University of Hawai`i West Oahu Center for Labor ...
www.lawhelp.org/hi/issues/.../helpful-employment-law-links


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