Feb 20, 2013

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Should We Stay Or Should We Go? The Big EU Question
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Many of the employment rights that we take for granted could be vulnerable to repeal, if not watered down significantly. A number of Conservative MPs have already given notice to the Government that employment laws dealing with issues such as working ...
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State employee unions sue to clarify right-to-work laws
Lansing State Journal
Attorneys for UAW 6000, the Michigan Corrections Organization, Michigan Public Employees SEIU Local 517M and the Michigan State Employees Association are seeking clarification on the state's right-to-work law that pertains to public employees.
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Claims for 'phantom dependant' justify termination
Canadian Employment Law Today (subscription)
An Ontario court has upheld the dismissal of a Costco employee who was fired after failing to provide a truthful explanation regarding the filing of health benefit claims for a daughter she didn't have. Mykki Cavic was a night floor merchandise ...
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Employment law briefing
Galway Independent
Collins McNicholas and Purdy Fitzgerald Solicitors is hosting a major Employment Law Breakfast Briefing today, Wednesday, in the Clayton Hotel. Clients from within the multinational, Irish indigenous, SMEs and public sector from across the region are ...
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Shropshire solicitor to host free employment law seminar
shropshirelive.com (press release)
A Shropshire solicitor is to host a free seminar in March to help businesses in the county keep up to date with rapidly changing employment law – and show them how to avoid costly tribunals. Paul Bennett, founder of Shrewsbury-based Bennett's Legal ...
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McCrory signs cuts as agencies predict pain for the unemployed
Charlotte Observer
Just hours after McCrory signed the changes into law, Kevin Schiffer was among a steady stream of men and women seeking help at Charlotte's Division of Employment Security office off Nations Ford Road. Schiffer, 39, understands why some Republican ...
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Follow human rights code on mental health
Financial Post
Contrary to the assertions of the human rights lobby, an employer need not accommodate every employee claiming mental disability unless it meets the definition set out in the Human Rights Code. While the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) last ...
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Financial Post
Eversheds LLP | Introduction to employment law in the People's Republic of China
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
This course is relevant to international HR managers and directors in the UK who have responsibility for employees in the PRC. It will also be useful to managers and directors who anticipate entering the PRC market and who need to be aware of their ...
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New law on temporary employment agency work
International Law Office
Further, a worker in a temporary employment agency has certain rights in relation to the client company. The worker must be offered access to common facilities and establishments under the same conditions as client company employees. This refers ...
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New Michigan online privacy law protects applicants, employees
HR.BLR.com
Under a new state law, Michigan employers are prohibited from asking employees or applicants for passwords or access to their personal Internet accounts, such as their Facebook profile or e-mail account. For a Limited Time receive a FREE HR Report "Top ...
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When to outsource HR duties and when to hire
Finance and Commerce
Even early-stage startups with only a handful of employees need some type of written document spelling out employee rights and responsibilities, said Alissa Raddatz, an employment law attorney at Faegre Baker Daniels in Minneapolis. A firm with only a ...
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Finance and Commerce
Proposed New York Bill Increases Penalties For Wage Withholding
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The proposed bill (A2499) amends current labor law, targeting employers who fail to pay employees their legally owed wages.If such underpayment of wages persists for more than thirty days or involves ten or more employees, then the affected employees ...
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7 Ways You Can Be Fired For Your Appearance -- Legally
AOL Jobs
... afraid that he couldn't resist sexually harassing his very attractive female employee that he fired her. The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the firing, saying that firing someone because they're too attractive didn't violate Iowa law. If you haven't ...
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Council backs gay civil rights
Arizona Daily Sun
The often politically divided Council unanimously backed a new law that creates legal protections against discrimination for sexual orientation, gender identity and military veterans in the areas of employment and public accommodations, such as hotels ...
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Economic Dependency Characterises Employment Relationships In Belgium?
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Under the LRA – and in line with well settled Supreme Court case law – the proper characterisation of a professional relationship (employment relationship vs contractor-principal relationship) generally depends on four criteria, ie (a) the expressed ...
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Woman claims she was fired for voting for Obama
Dayton Daily News
University of Dayton School of Law professor Richard Saphire said that if the plaintiff can successfully argue that she wasn't fired due to economic reasons that there is a question involving Ohio limiting the scope of the at-will employment doctrine ...
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Will Judicial Shortage Shortchange Nevada Overtime Laws?
LawyersandSettlements.com
Nevada overtime laws, as with similar laws across the country, exist to protect workers from unscrupulous employers who feel they own their employees. Given their way, employers will often require their workers to toil off the clock, come in early or ...
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House Subcommittee Conducts Hearing To Discuss Future Of The NLRB
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Both of these decisions show a surprising disregard of the necessity for the NLRB to interpret the NLRA in a manner consistent with its own purposes but at the same time consistent with the related employment, labor and governance laws which impact the ...
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Proposed NJ "Facebook" Bill Will Challenge Employers, Says Paranac
PR Web (press release)
"The bill, which will likely pass, illustrates the trend towards limiting employers' use of social media for hiring and firing decisions," explains Paranac, who focuses on labor and employment law. In its current form, the bill (A-2878) would prohibit ...
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Blogs3 new results for Employment Law
 
Employee's Facebook Fumble Dooms Her FMLA Claims | Foley ...
By Foley & Lardner LLP
The Court dismissed her claims, finding that the hospital had the right to terminate her employment because of her admitted dishonesty and misuse of FMLA. The Court emphasized that the FMLA does not afford an employee greater rights ...
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The California Employment Law Blog: Franco v. Arakelian ...
By Steven G. Pearl
Did Concepcion impliedly overrule Gentry with respect to contractual class action waivers in the context of non-waivable labor law rights? Franco v. Arakelian is Case No. S207760, and the Court's web page for it is here. Iskanian is Case No.
The California Employment Law Blog
Alberta labour and employment boutique merges with Norton Rose ...
By Julius Melnitzer
Armstrong Mitchell represents management of both private and public sector employers in provincial and federal jurisdictions in the areas of labour relations, employment law, human rights, occupational health & safety, and workers ...
Financial Post - Legal

Web6 new results for Employment Law
 
Orrick World: A Quarterly Report of Global Employment Law Issues ...
Asia Employment Law Update. Chinese Labor Contract Law Amended to Improve Worker Protection On December 28, 2012, the Standing Committee of the ...
www.jdsupra.com/.../orrick-world-a-quarterly-report-of-glob-...
WG Presents: 2013 California Employment Law Update | Western ...
Western Growers and Littler Mendelson P.C. present the 2013 California Employment Law Update. The webinar scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21 from 11 ...
www.wga.com/.../wg-presents-2013-california-employment-la...
Lynberg and Watkins Employment Law Blog: California Supreme ...
Lynberg and Watkins Employment Law Blog: California Supreme Court Issues Decision in Harris v. City of Santa Monica Permitting "Mixed Motive" Defense in ...
lwemploymentlaw.com/.../california-supreme-court-issues-deci...
Maryland Department of Labor to Host 2nd Annual Employment Rights ...
Division of Labor and Industry to address safety, compliance and employment law regulations. BALTIMORE, MD (February 14, 2013) - The Department of Labor , ...
www.dllr.state.md.us/whatsnews/forum2013.shtml
Employment Law Update - Squire Sanders
For those of you who are unable to join us at our March seminars, we will be presenting a webinar to talk through what is on the employment law agenda for ...
www.squiresanders.com/Employment-Law-Update-Webinar
2013 Changes to California's Employment Law - R. Rex Parris Law ...
New changes are coming in 2013 for employment law in California. Six new laws have been enacted to try and combat discrimination in the workplace.
www.rrexparris.com/.../2013-Changes-to-Californias-Employ...


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