Apr 16, 2013

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Employment law specialist Lee joins the firm
This is Scunthorpe
LEADING regional law firm Bridge McFarland has given a further boost to its commercial law team in the Humber region with the appointment of an employment specialist. Lee Whiting, who recently joined the firm as a partner, has advised employers for ...
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New case shows legal risks of 'papering' fired employee's file
Business Management Daily
The EEOC, however, offered testimony from other employees. One claimed that she had been told, after the fact, to create paper records showing "a pattern of laziness" about the employee. When the court looked at those records, it found that the ...
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Alan Sugar/TV Apprentice Legal Case – Employment law comment from The ...
Onrec
"This case serves as a reminder that claims for constructive dismissal are notoriously difficult to win. Even in circumstances where an employee had been subjected to unreasonable behaviour by their employer, this is not necessarily sufficient to ...
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GNTC labor summit to address legal issues
Rome News Tribune
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, GDOL Employment and Training Consultant Cherry Rizer, employment law attorney Joe Murray and Don Betts of Georgia Tech will be among the presenters. The summit is aimed at business owners, human ...
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Who's The Biggest and Who Lost the Most? Re: Unions
The National Law Review
Gerald F. ("Jerry") Lutkus is a partner in the South Bend office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP where he is a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Departments. He practices in the areas of labor and employment law counseling and ...
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Civil Rights, Labor Activist A. Philip Randolph Was Born On This Day In 1889
News One
Labor and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph made a number of notable contributions in regards to equal rights for Black Americans. Not only did Randolph strive to organize African-American laborers, he was also a prominent leader of the 1963 ...
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Employee Social Media Account Ownership Still Uncertain
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Who owns an employee's social media account when it is used to promote the employer's business? This is a hot-button topic and developing area of employment law, and a Pennsylvania federal court recently shed more light on this issue. In Eagle v ...
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Boise State on Business by Susan Park: What employers can't do under labor ...
The Idaho Statesman
Section 7 grants employees the right to self-organize, to form or join labor organizations, and to bargain collectively with their employer. This is the essence of protected union activity. Employers who interfere with employees' exercise of these ...
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The Idaho Statesman
Public Citizen joins restaurant workers opposing tie to Comcast
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Comcast applies in the employment law context. Public Citizen on Friday asked the circuit court, based in New York, to hear an interlocutory appeal, a rarely granted mid-case appeal, less than three weeks after a federal district judge invoked the ...
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Ordinary argument about job duties doesn't add up to hostile environment
Business Management Daily
Ordinary argument about job duties doesn't add up to hostile environment. by The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law on April 16, 2013 8:00am in Discrimination and Harassment,Human Resources. Some employees are overly sensitive and don't ...
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Seyfarth Shaw hires DLA Piper partner for Shanghai launch
The Lawyer
The US firm, best known for its labour and employment law practice, has already obtained the licence for the new office and has hired DLA Piper Shanghai corporate partner Wan Li as a partner and its chief representative in Shanghai. The Shanghai base ...
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Policies, principles of armed forces' employment
China Daily
... involving foreign countries or militaries. The diversified employment of China's armed forces is legally guaranteed by formulating and revising relevant laws, regulations and policies, and the armed forces are administered strictly by rules and ...
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Philly Security Guards Protest Wage Theft by Employer
Lawyers.com Blog (blog)
A 2009 survey by the National Employment Law Project found that over two-thirds of low-wage workers had been subjected to wage theft in the previous work week. The guards in Philadelphia were protesting both overtime violations and the fact that their ...
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Q&A With Quarles & Brady's Ellen Girard Georgiadis
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (April 15, 2013, 2:02 PM ET) -- At Quarles & Brady LLP, Ellen Girard Georgiadis' practice focuses on areas of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on employment-related litigation and proactive counseling of employee-related ...
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Exempt vs. non-exempt employees: a quick guide for small businesses
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
The occupations that fall under the traditional "blue-collar" spectrum of employment, as well as those occupations that involve public safety and health, are always non-exempt according to federal law. Federal labor laws also specify that certain ...
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Libor Fixing and Mis-Selling: Labour Calls for Whistleblower Immunity
IBTimes.co.uk
"Labour's amendment would ensure that the 1996 Employment Rights Act also gives protections to employees who believe that a breach of regulated activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or the Financial Services Act 2012 has been ...
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IBTimes.co.uk
Junior CHRP would be welcome
Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
In my unscientific conversations with HR professionals, there seems to be a consensus that consideration should be given to adding deep knowledge of employment law as a core part of the CHRP. That makes a lot of sense. Yes, employers keep legal ...
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New York City Prohibits Discrimination Against Unemployed
The National Law Review
In preparation, employers should take the appropriate steps now to ensure that their hiring practices and policies will comply with the new law when it goes into effective on June 11, 2013. All employees and agents involved in the hiring process should ...
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How Congress Puts Itself Above the Law
Wall Street Journal
In 1938, when the Fair Labor Standards Act established the minimum wage, the 40-hour workweek, and time and a half for overtime, Congress exempted itself from coverage of the law. As a result, for decades congressional employees were left without the ...
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'Shares for rights' approved after Commons vote
Workplace Law Network (subscription)
The fiercely debated proposal was launched by Chancellor George Osborne at the Conservative party conference in October, but last month the House of Lords voted overwhelmingly to remove the clause, which asks workers to forfeit certain employment ...
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Santa Monica Transit Discrimination Lawsuit Changes Employment Landscape ...
Justice News Flash
"Employees who feel that they have been discriminated against should probably seek the counsel of an experienced employment law firm to help them determine whether they have a valid complaint and should proceed," adds Grover. Media Information: ...
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Commerzbank victimised employee over sex-bias lawsuit -London court
Reuters
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - A London banker, fired for failing to disclose a sexual discrimination lawsuit against her former employer Deutsche Bank, won an employment tribunal for victimisation against Germany's Commerzbank on Monday. Latifa ...
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Gov. Christie Vetoes Bill Expanding Project Labor Agreements in New Jersey
The Truth About PLAs
Under current New Jersey law, project labor agreements are only permitted in public works contracts for the construction, reconstruction, demolition, or renovation of buildings at the public's expense. This proposal revises current law to authorize ...
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The Truth About PLAs
Out-of-work behaviour can justify dismissal
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand employment law requires a clear link between the out-of-work conduct and the employment to justify disciplinary action. The conduct should also relate to the employee's ability (or perceived ability) to do his or her job. If Bush had been ...
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Belgian rule on Dutch contracts breaches EU law,
Europe Online Magazine
The decree, in the country's Flemish-speaking region, infringes the EU's freedom of movement for workers by having a "dissuasive effect on non-Dutch speaking employees and employers," the court found. Belgium has witnessed a long-running language ...
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Royal Oak's human rights law going to city-wide...
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
The City Commission had passed a local law to protect against those biases in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations on March 4. However, opponents gathered enough petition signatures to stop it from taking effect. Faced with the ...
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Sealing criminal records
Chicago Tribune
Every day I am saddened as I see hard working, caring, law-abiding and deserving men and women get turned down for employment simply because of criminal records. These individuals have served their time and paid their debt to society; but, in actuality ...
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Ban Tube Strikes, Say Assembly Conservatives
Londonist
What we find rather amusing is that the Conservatives are in a fury about strike action being called on 'minority' ballots, but are calling for major changes to employment law based on less than 50% approval for each option (in a small survey). ANYWAY.
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Darren Sherborne, of Sherbornes LLP: Tread carefully when opening major can ...
South West Business
According to Darren Sherborne, partner at specialist employment law practice Sherbornes LLP, the answer to both questions is Yes. "People, particularly younger people, have taken to habitually reflecting their life in quite intimate detail, not only in ...
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Chairperson's resignation rejected, business as usual at PU law dept
Hindustan Times
The academic administrative committee of the department of laws had unanimously rejected the decision to extend re-employment to Nath, citing his controversial behaviour in the past. However, this request was overruled by PU vice-chancellor Prof Arun ...
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Act 10 Hits Jail Employees
urbanmilwaukee
The issue has arisen in the aftermath of 2011 Act 10, the controversial law passed by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature that imposed sweeping changes on government employees. The act exempted public safety workers, ...
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Liberty Counsel Testifies Before Congress on Mismanagement at the ...
Canada Free Press
In this capacity, he would be charged with equal enforcement of employment non-discrimination laws, which past history reveals he is incapable of doing." Comments · Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy ...
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Canada Free Press
Texas should ban job bias against gays
San Antonio Express
The Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio bar such discrimination for municipal employees. Protection for minorities and women against job discrimination has long been a matter of settled law, both at the state ...
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Kuit Steinart Levy | Employment Law Update - Spring 2013
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
Our team of employment solicitors looks at the recent developments in employment law and how they may affect both you and your business. As ever, should you wish to speak to an employment solicitor call 0161 832 3434. All Change for Whistleblowing ...
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Ukraine: Reject Discriminatory LGBT Laws
Human Rights Watch
"Prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people in employment and hiring would be a significant step forward," Kirey said. "But changes to the labor code would in no way counteract passage of two discriminatory laws that would have a devastating impact ...
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Networkers facing soft telecoms market
Investors Chronicle
Reported profits at IT and telecommunications recruitment group Networkers International (NWKI) were hit by a £1m provision relating to an employment law litigation case in the US - that's in addition to a previously announced £0.6m provision ...
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Guidance documents on laws to be sped up
VietNamNet Bridge
The NA Law Committee suggested adding nine more laws into this year's programme, including the Law on Employment, the revised Law on Bidding and the Law on Public Investment. The lawmakers also suggested adding to the agenda discussions of the ...
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Blogs2 new results for Employment Law
 
Laws in Tennessee regarding commission pay - WORLDLawDirect
By momof32013
This is a discussion on Laws in Tennessee regarding commission pay within the Salary & Workers Compensation forum, part of the LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW category; What are the laws in Tennessee regarding commission pay?- ie if an ...
WORLD Law Direct Forums
Senate immigration bill revealed: A path to citizenship, shift to ...
By Sandra Lilley
Six months after the law is enacted, undocumented immigrants may start applying for legal status once the DHS Secretary submits an operational border security strategy to Congress. The bill also requires a mandatory employment verification ...
NBC Latino

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The City of Momence, Illinois fired Steven Cromwell, a former police lieutenant, after an incident of alleged alcohol-related... - Employment Law.
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Understanding Texas Employment Law
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