Apr 18, 2013

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Some small Jersey businesses 'ignoring' employment law
BBC News
Some small Jersey businesses are ignoring basic principles of the employment law according to a review. Darren Newman, an employment law expert, reviewed the Jersey Employment Tribunal after increasing criticism from some employers. He found ...
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British businesses prioritise employment law re-negotiation
The Global Legal Post
HR Magazine reports that businesses prioritised employment law, with 54 per cent claiming it to be a key factor in EU participation. Health and safety law followed with 46 per cent while regional development policies were cited by 33 per cent of ...
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Labor law firm opens office in Richmond
Virginia Business Magazine
One of the largest labor and employment law firms, Atlanta-based Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, has opened an office in Richmond. The office initially will be staffed by three attorneys. Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr., who joins Ogletree Deakins ...
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Edinburgh employment lawyer to give evident to Holyrood on women in the legal ...
The Edinburgh Reporter
Ahead of giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee as part of its Women and Work Inquiry, Joyce Cullen, Convener of the Law Society of Scotland's Employment Law Committee has today commented on women working ...
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The Edinburgh Reporter
News: MPs back Government plans for 'shares-for-rights' scheme - HRzone.co.uk
HRZone.co.uk
MPs have shown support for Government plans to allow businesses to offer company shares to employees in exchange for reduced employment rights. The initiative was initially rejected in the House of Lords before MPs voted to reinstate it on April 16.
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Former city employee files discrimination claim
Portage County Gazette
The complaint, which the law firm said it filed Tuesday, April 16, with the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division (ERD), alleges the city terminated Reith's employment in retaliation for his opposition to alleged marital status discrimination. "Reith claims ...
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Jobless to feel pinch of federal cuts
Los Angeles Times
"This is a serious hardship for every unemployed family that by definition is stretched to the limit because they are long-term unemployed," said Maurice Emsellem, the Oakland-based policy co-director of the National Employment Law Project, which ...
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Sexual Harassment: Know Your Rights
Huffington Post
Employment law is complex, and your lawyer can make sure that nothing is missed and that you present the strongest case possible. It is, however, important not to wait too long. The law imposes strict filing deadlines, and you should allow as much time ...
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Baker & McKenzie, Ogletree Deakins: Business of Law
Businessweek
Robinson has traditional labor law experience. He represents employers in litigating labor arbitration cases, conducting election campaigns, and handling proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board including unfair labor practice charges, the ...
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United States: Stanley Knievel
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
This is an employment law blog. So when tonight's episode opened, and I saw that Dwight had shut down the building's elevator for repair, leaving the stairwell as the only option to reach Dunder Mifflin's offices, I thought it might be interesting to ...
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Ogletree hires three lawyers to open 44th office - Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Robinson practices both traditional labor law - representing management in collective bargaining agreements with unions - and employment law, focusing on racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and wage-and-hour litigation. He also counsels corporate ...
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Mo. House endorses banning payment of union dues as condition of ...
The Republic
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — The Missouri House has voted to bar the payment of union dues as a condition of employment for law enforcement officers. The measure that supporters call "right-to-work" was approved with an 88-64 vote Wednesday. It would ...
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Pay for clothes-changing time? High court to rule
Business Management Daily
High court to rule. by The HR Specialist: Employment Law on April 17, 2013 1:00pm in Compensation and Benefits,Human Resources. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on a controversial issue: whether time that employees spend putting on (and ...
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Employment Law Lessons From Chicken And Rice
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Some might say that the story highlights the benefits of social media; that, however it happened and whatever prompted it, the employer ended up getting the employment result (Rice's departure) correct, thanks to the impact of social media. But the ...
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China Releases Interpretations on Resolving Labor Disputes
China Briefing
Apr. 18 – China's National People's Congress adopted the "Decision on Revising the Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China" on December 28, 2012, which tightens loopholes on hiring dispatched workers and offers better protection for such ...
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Getting the legals right
Irish Medical Times
Lynch explained that while employment law was not in any way peculiar to general practice, she noted that places of employment in the sector were often small, with few people working together. "If people are not getting along there is always potential ...
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Irish Medical Times
Local labor unions explain possible effects of Right to Work legislation
The Rapidian
On December 11, 2012, Michigan joined Indiana, Iowa and 21 other states by signing into law the new Right-To-Work (RtW) legislation. The new legislation mandates that employees are now allowed a new choice in labor contracts - the choice not to ...
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Fading confidence in collective bargaining could lead to job cuts, warns law firm
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The apparent opting out of labour union membership in South Africa amid a wave of wildcat strikes, could mark a rise in employee terminations, should companies lose confidence in collective bargaining, law firm ...
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Your rights in an unpaid internship
Aol Money
... do you have if you agree to work for free? Last week Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson passed on the details of 100 companies to HMRC, which campaigners say are breaking the law by advertising unpaid internships that should be paid roles.
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Assembly approves manpower authority - Arab Times
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
It shall have the responsibilities given to the (labor) ministry under this law and will recruit expatriate labor upon the request of employers. A law shall be issued to regulate the public authority with a supplementary budget that is subject to the ...
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Bloomberg BNA Webinar: Class Action Waivers in Mandatory Arbitration ...
Wall Street Journal
This webinar is being presented at no cost by Bloomberg BNA's Labor & Employment Law Resource Center(TM), which helps practitioners seamlessly conduct complex legal research with key cases and arbitration decisions, renowned news coverage, and ...
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Lawmakers consider worker discrimination claims - NECN.com
NECN
Only businesses with 15 or more employees are subject to the federal law that allows for damages beyond the reinstatement of a job and back pay, according to the Colorado bill. "All businesses should play by the same rules, be held to the same ...
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Kuwait labor min. acclaims approval of 2 manpower bills
Kuwait News Agency
The minister, who is here to attend a meeting of Arab ministers of labor, thanked officials of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor for their efforts and participation in intensive meetings, which led to the approval of draft laws. The parliament ...
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Abolition of wages board confirmed amid legal threats
Farmers Guardian
This will leave farm workers to be protected by the National Minimum Wage and employment law, which applies across the rest of the economy. While there are no plans to establish any formal replacement in England, the Welsh Government has made it clear ...
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Colo. lawmakers fight over increasing relief in employee discrimination cases
The Republic
DENVER — A proposal to increase legal remedies for employee discrimination at small businesses in Colorado got initial approval by House Democrats on Wednesday, drawing strong opposition from Republicans who argue it will hurt employers. Democrats say ...
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Got a workplace law question? Daniel Lublin has answers
Globe and Mail
Join Globe Careers web editor Gillian Livingston and Globe Career's employment lawyer Daniel Lublin on Friday, April 19 from 12:30-1:30 as they reach into the e-mail bag to pull out workplace law questions from our readers to answer in a video chat.
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Globe and Mail
No sunset clause on Employment Equity - Mildred Oliphant
Politicsweb
To further the spirit and letter of the Constitution, we have proposed a number of amendments to our labour legislation and I would like to appeal to the members of Parliament here to help us in making sure that these laws are passed without further ...
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Audit Notes: Retail life, statutes of limitations, newspaper bulls
Columbia Journalism Review (blog)
Another perk as far as many companies are concerned: Employing mostly part-timers whose schedules change frequently makes it difficult for workers to unionize, said Katherine Stone, a professor of law at UCLA and an expert in employment law. More like ...
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DHL will deliver $200K for national-origin discrimination
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on April 17, 2013 4:00pm in Discrimination and Harassment,Human Resources. Dallas-based DHL Global Forwarding has agreed to pay $201,000 to settle charges that it failed to stop supervisors from harassing ...
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Employment lawyers' group seeks federal investigation of LePage
Bangor Daily News
... president of the Maine Employment Lawyers Association, sent a six-page letter Monday to federal officials at the U.S. Department of Labor urging an "immediate investigation" of LePage and "other high-level officials for violations of federal laws ...
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US files suit against Cook County, County pension fund
WLS
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act protects pension-related benefits so that service members are called for active duty are treated as if they have had no break in service. U.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro said, "Members of the ...
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Employment Rule Book's Silence Does Not Overcome Presumption of At-Will ...
The National Law Review
The concept of at-will employment remains alive and well in Illinois, at least as expressed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In a recent ruling in favor of a municipal employer, the Court of Appeals examined the extent to which an ...
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HootSuite backtracks on unpaid internships, offers back pay 0
24 Hours Vancouver
The B.C. Employment Standards Act states only a practicum, which involves hands-on training that is required by a school curriculum and results in post-secondary accreditation, is allowed to go unpaid. But the law states if internships are determined ...
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Lawmakers consider worker discrimination claims
Albany Times Union
Democrats say the bill's goal is to extend legal relief to some employees that are not covered now. Currently, employees at companies with fewer than 15 workers can sue for discrimination, but the law limits what a court can award them. For example ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision in McCutchen Employment Case Leaves 11th ...
The National Law Review
Kathy's practice has focused almost exclusively in the area of ERISA employee benefit plan litigation for over fifteen years. She has represented plans, plan administrators and plan fiduciaries in hundreds of lawsuits involving a variety of employee ...
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Tennessee Passes Guns In Trunks Law
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The new law only applies to carry-permit holders, but does appear to apply to all "firearms" owned by the carry-permit holder, whether or not covered by the permit. The law does not apply to guns carried or stored anywhere except in the employee's ...
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Blogs5 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment Law Newsletter: April 2013 | Low, Ball & Lynch - JDSupra
By Low, Ball & Lynch
Post-Brinker Meal Break Decisions on Class Certification De-Published by California Supreme Court - We have previously reported on the California Supreme Court's decision in Brinker...
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Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog: Fired for What!? - Trayvon ...
By Philip Miles
I posted a new entry on the Employment Law Information Network (ELinfonet): Supreme Court Holds that 3rd Party Retaliation Exists… but When?... My New Post on ELinfonet: SCOTUS Defines Class Action Glue in Wal-Mart v. Dukes ...
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog
Shares For Rights – Government quietly revives one of its stupidest ...
By Rick
Remember the government's 'shares for employment rights' idea? It was rejected ... Newman notes that "the step-by-step approach to employment law continues [today], so there are always employment law changes on the horizon." He also ...
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Fred Alvarez to Join Jones Day - Lawdragon
By Lawdragon News
Mr. Alvarez is joining from the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he was a partner and the leader of the firm's Employment Law Litigation Practice. "Fred is one of the preeminent leaders in labor and employment in the ...
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Chen children and employment | Free Movement immigration law blog
By Free Movement
Interesting new case on Chen children and whether income from the lawful employment of their parents can create self sufficiency for the purposes of EU law: Seye (Chen children; employment) [2013] UKUT 178 (IAC). Tribunal suggests that it ...
Free Movement

Web4 new results for Employment Law
 
Beaverton Employment Law Attorneys - Proctor & Popia
Need a caring Portland employment law attorney for discrimination claims and more? Call Proctor Law, PC, at 503-388-4078 to schedule a consultation.
www.proctor-popia.com/Employment-Law/
YBI Learning Lab featuring "Hot Topics" of ... - Youngstown
YBI Learning Lab featuring "Hot Topics" of Employment Law and ... Attorney Keith Ashmus will present employment law, including immigration reform, I-9 ...
www.ybi.org/.../ybi-learning-lab-featuring-hot-topics-employ...
"Hot Topics in Employment Law" Seminar - Miles & Stockbridge PC
"Hot Topics in Employment Law" Seminar. Miles & Stockbridge's Labor & Employment Group will present its 11th annual "Hot Topics" seminar on April, 19, 2013.
www.milesstockbridge.com/newsroom/newsdetails.aspx?id...
Employment Law News The Scher Law Firm, LLP Attorneys Carle ...
Employment Law - Employee Articles. The Equal Pay Act. The Equal Pay Act ( EPA) became law in 1963 as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act ...
www.thescherlawfirm.com/Employment-Law-News.shtml


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