Apr 19, 2013

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Investigation of Employee Mobile Device Apps - Law.com
The National Law Journal
With mobile devices — such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets — common in the workplace, employees' personal social media and webmail content may invariably find its way onto devices and into the hands of employers. Employers must carefully ...
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The National Law Journal
New Mexico passes social networking privacy law - BLR.com
HR.BLR.com
New Mexico recently became the latest state to pass legislation (S.B. 371) barring employers from requesting or requiring prospective employees to provide passwords or access to their social networking accounts. The law takes effect July 1, 2013.
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Saskatchewan prepares to gut labour laws with Bill 85
rabble.ca
Saskatchewan is about to dramatically overhaul its labour legislation, transforming it from one of the most progressive jurisdictions in Canada in terms of worker protection to one of the most regressive. You wouldn't know it, though, from reading ...
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Former human rights boss cast as a tyrant
TheChronicleHerald.ca
She left her seven-year appointment last November — four years early — following several controversies. She now works as a lawyer in Edmonton, specializing in immigration and employment cases. "As former chairperson (of the) Canadian Human Rights ...
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Seyfarth Shaw makes a move in Shanghai - Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
By Carlyn Kolker. (Reuters) - Seyfarth Shaw, the Chicago-based firm focusing on labor and employment law, announced on Wednesday that it will open an office in Shanghai. The outpost will in part be focused on handling employment work throughout Asia.
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Labor nominee Perez pledges open mind, willingness to work with business ...
Washington Post
Perez said he is proud of his accomplishments at the Justice Department, pointing to a 40 percent increase in the number of human trafficking cases prosecuted, stepped up hate crimes enforcement and efforts to protect the employment rights of military ...
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Employees seek copy of contract submitted to labour dept - Gulf times
Gulf Times
There have been instances of totally different copies of contracts given to the employees and labour department by some employers in gross violation of the spirit of the Qatar Labour Law, said Kochery while recalling some of the complaints received ...
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Gulf Times
6 Legal Requirements For Unpaid Internship Programs
Forbes
Under federal law, every employee in America is entitled to a minimum wage, additional compensation for overtime and certain other benefits. An employment relationship will also have consequences for the employer relating to worker's compensation, ...
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Ogletree Deakins Launches its 44th Office
JDJournal.com
On Wednesday, labor & employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart announced the launch of its 44th office, in Richmond Virginia. The 650-lawyer law firm has two headquarters in Atlanta and Greenville, South Carolina, respectively.
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Working overtime in Phuket
Phuket Gazette
The employment rule at the restaurant is that if an employee does not work a 12-hour shift on each day of work, the employee is not entitled to the 6,000-baht monthly salary. The employee gets no salary at all. Is that legal under the employment law of ...
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Advance Auto Parts Promotes Geiersbach to Legal VP
Tire Review
Advance Auto Parts has promoted Rachel Geiersbach to vice president, legal. Geiersbach will be responsible for all corporate governance and securities law for Advance and has assumed responsibility for employment law and other claims oversight. She ...
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Has partners' tax status been turned upside down in the Budget?
Accountancy Age
The issue is made yet more complicated by the interaction with employment law. A number of members of LLPs have claimed in the courts and employment tribunals that they are in fact employees with employment rights, including the right not to be ...
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Accountancy Age
The Seventh Circuit Issues A Reminder That Asset Purchasers Can Inherit Pre ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Notably, the court went beyond this usual analysis and suggested that "successor liability is appropriate in suits to enforce federal labor or employment laws — even when the successor disclaimed liability when it acquired the assets in question ...
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U.S. Supreme Court addresses arbitration of noncompete agreements
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on April 18, 2013 4:00pm in Employment Law,Human Resources. In one of its first rulings of the 2012-13 term, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion involving arbitration of noncompete agreements.
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Labor Nominee Denies 'Quid Pro Quo' In St. Paul FCA Case
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (April 18, 2013, 5:00 PM ET) -- Labor secretary nominee and U.S. Department of Justice civil rights division chief Thomas Perez told a Senate committee Thursday that the DOJ's decision not to intervene in qui tam litigation that ...
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Internationally Recognized Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer Nancy Yamaguchi ...
Wall Street Journal
Offering focused expertise in business formation and transactions, finance, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, labor and employment law, real estate and land use, high net worth estate and wealth planning, complex family law, and state ...
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Media Alert - Cassels Brock Launches "Trending2013: An M&A Series" Videos
Wall Street Journal
TORONTO, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ - "Trending2013: An M&A Series by Cassels Brock" is a new web-based series of videos that highlight trends in Canadian law relating to mergers and acquisitions. Accessible through the firm's website (www.casselsbrock.com ...
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Jackson Lewis Stalwart Leaps to Littler Mendelson - Law.com
The National Law Journal
Labor lawyer Jeffrey Mintz has moved from the nation's second-largest labor and employment firm, Jackson Lewis, to the largest, Littler Mendelson. Mintz had practiced at Jackson Lewis since receiving his law degree from Emory University in 1980.
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The National Law Journal
Law overhaul threatens to make offer documents too simple
National Business Review
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment sought feedback on a number of proposed regulations in the Financial Markets Conduct Bill, to provide the details of the legislation. Among those regulations is the level of prescription the product ...
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Effort to save state's unemployment insurance program is underway
Los Angeles Times
What's more, California's benefits, as a percentage of average wages, rank 43rd out of 50 states, said Maurice Emsellem, co-policy director of the National Employment Law Project. Employers counter that they're working hard with all parties, including ...
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Yokohama hostess club staffed with high-school girls raided for illegal employment
The Tokyo Reporter
... into custody for employing two high-school students, aged 16 and 18, to serve and chat with customers between November of last year and March — a violation of the Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses regarding employment of minors.
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The Tokyo Reporter
Job of the Week: Attorney for Epstein Becker & Green
Above the Law
Must be licensed to practice law in New York State; NJ admission is preferred. Please reference Commercial Real Estate Attorney in your cover letter. Desired Skills & Experience ... Epstein Becker Green is uncompromising in its pursuit of legal ...
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No Surprise: Gays Left Out of Immigration Reform Bill
Huffington Post (blog)
The proposed law further fortifies our southern border and bolsters law enforcement, provides a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, creates guest worker programs for low-skilled and agricultural workers, increases the number of employment ...
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Coco Rocha debunks glamorous world of modeling - as she reveals how to ...
Daily Mail
Under U.S. law, models are considered independent contractors, which means that many basic provisions of employment law - minimum wage, mandatory breaks, worker's compensation for injuries, and even protection from sexual harassment - do not apply.
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Daily Mail
"Gang of Eight" Senators Introduce Comprehensive Immigration Reform ...
The National Law Review
This bipartisan measure includes significant and wide-ranging changes to the nation's current immigration system, including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and key structural changes to temporary visas and employment verification ...
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Is Suspect #2 in the Boston Bombings a Law Student?
Above the Law
Now, everyone who hasn't been following the news about the employment/debt crisis for recent law school grads knows that if those are your aspirations in life, you should head to law school. So, is Suspect #2 a law student? Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev isn't a ...
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Above the Law
Outside Law Practice on Agency Time Gets EPA Attorney Fired
FedSmith.com
Operating under agency administrative approval to engage in outside employment, Jones represented a co-worker (Mr. Akindele) in a family law matter. When Akindele raised a fee dispute against Jones, another EPA attorney, Richard Glaze, represented ...
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Port and union head to employment court
TVNZ
The union subsequently requested the matter be heard by the Employment Court, instead of the ERA, because there is an "important question of law" and the court was already hearing similar proceedings. Ports of Auckland did not oppose the transfer of ...
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2013 Texas Legislative Session - Want to Stop the Magnet? Demand a Vote on ...
Texas GOP Vote
Misclassification is also one of the biggest ways unethical employers skirt employment law and give jobs to illegal immigrants who work as day laborers. Last week, I reported on a hearing held in the Texas Senate on Sen. Carona's bill, SB 676. While no ...
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Texas GOP Vote
Sexual stereotyping is prohibited in the workplace
New Hampshire Business Review
Federal law under Title VI provides that "[a]ll personnel actions affecting employees or applicants for employment … shall be made free from any discrimination based on … sex… ." Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees. New ...
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Equity report: Whites still dominate top positions
Mail & Guardian Online
"If we did not have a law like the Employment Equity Act of 1998, you could say people are trying their luck and they are not understanding it, but you have a law that says specifically you must have an [employment equity] plan." The government had ...
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Blogs4 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment law blog: Paying for public holidays - Otago Daily Times
By Lucia Vincent
[image]Paying properly for public holidays beats paying penalties if you don't, writes employment lawyer Lucia Vincent.
Otago Daily Times:
Supreme Court Ruling on Employee's Lawsuit Will Also Affect Rule ...
By Ballard Spahr LLP
In a decision that has broad implications beyond its labor law context, the U.S. Supreme Court held on April 16, 2013, that an employee plaintiff in a collective action whose individual claim was mooted by her employer's offer of judgment had ...
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Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog: SCOTUS, ERISA, and ...
By Philip Miles
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court released its opinion in U.S. Airways v. McCutchen. Before we get to the holding, it's important to understand the background: - Employee is involved in a bad car accident - Employee has ERISA health plan ...
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog
When you need to trim workforce, focus RIF criteria on measurable ...
By The HR Specialist: North Carolina Employment Law
... who stays and who goes. That greatly reduces the likelihood that a former employee who loses his job to a RIF will win a. ... criteria on measurable factors. by The HR Specialist: North Carolina Employment Law on April 19, 2013 10:00am ...
Business Management Daily

Web6 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment Law in the United Kingdom | Fisher & Phillips LLP ...
The United Kingdom ("UK"), comprised of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, has a population of over 62 million people, is culturally diverse and ...
www.jdsupra.com/.../employment-law-in-the-united-kingdom-...
Employment Law: UC as opposed to WC - Norwalk - The Hour
Inquiry: What exactly is UC? Is it different from WC?
www.thehour.com/.../article_9eadc8b4-0347-5fb9-8d8c-9b53...
Michelle Obama Praises Maryland's New Veteran Employment Law
First lady Michelle Obama praised a new Maryland law, saying it sets a national standard for removing barriers for veterans in transition to the civilian workforce.
www.governing.com/.../mct-michelle-obama-praises-new-mar...
In Konvitz Lecture, Liebman exploring future of American labor law
In Konvitz Lecture, Liebman exploring future of American labor law.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/Konvitz2013_04162013.html
Hot Topics in Global Labor and Employment Law - DLA Piper
News alerts, employment and pension law updates, employment guidance toolkits and checklists. US Legal Careers. The go-to resource for candidates for ...
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Legal Solutions Blog | Blog | Westlaw Topical Highlights: Labor and ...
Westlaw Topical Highlights for Labor and Employment provides summaries of significant federal and state judicial decisions and legislative and administrative ...
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