Apr 29, 2013

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Citations drop for child work violations in Mass.
Boston Globe
Those are some of the charges that have resulted in the state's levying child-labor law fines against more than 100 companies, including national chains such as Dunkin' Donuts and Subway. In all, employers have racked up 3,550 violations and about ...
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Boston Globe
Workers' Rights Improving, but Problems Remain
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
RANGOON — A year after the enactment of Burma's labor organization and freedom of association laws, local and international workers' rights activists say more must be done to support the newfound freedoms in practice. Addressing a forum of several ...
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Employee agreements avoid awkward hiring situations
Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
Why do employers persist in presenting brief "offer letters" that set out key terms of the employment relationship and conclude by saying "you will be required to sign an employment agreement before you start" or something to that effect? Not only is ...
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Govt rejects claim law change will drive down wages
Radio New Zealand
Updated at 8:14 am today. The Government is rejecting accusations its proposed labour law changes will drive down wages and conditions. Unions have denounced measures in the Employment Relations Amendment Bill introduced to Parliament last week.
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'New labour laws will ruin SA'
iAfrica.com
According to recent surveys and reports, South Africa has some 13-million employed people, with at least 1.2-million employed on a limited duration contract. An industry index released at the beginning of the year revealed that, from 2000 to 2012, the ...
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iAfrica.com
Approval of 'shares for rights' has "set a dangerous precedent", employment ...
HRmagazine.co.uk
Tom Flanagan, head of employment law at law firm Irwin Mitchell, has described the decision to pass the measures as a "worrying step" which, despite approval from Westminster, is "unlikely to find the same favour with either workers or their employers".
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HRmagazine.co.uk
Further Bonus Claims From Disgruntled Bankers May Follow Commerzbank ...
Here Is The City
... Appeal ruling on a dispute between 104 London-based bankers and Dresdner Kleinwort (now part of Commerzbank) over a guaranteed minimum bonus pool of $521m has been handed down, says GQ Employment Law, the specialist employment law firm.
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Here Is The City
Peter Woodhouse, a partner at law firm Stone King: seasonal workers may have ...
South West Business
But employers should not assume that the casual nature of the work means summer workers don't have employment rights, even if they work for only a few months each year. If you take on seasonal staff to work in your hotel or attraction, or agricultural ...
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Volunteer lawyers helping Boston business owners note employee, insurance ...
ABA Journal
Employees may have suffered emotional as well as physical injuries, making it difficult to return to work, according to Hannum, managing partner of employment law firm Schwartz Hannum. Hannum said businesses also could "get themselves in trouble" if ...
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Employment Law Changes a Waste of Time
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The planned changes to employment laws are a waste of time and effort and designed only to appease political lobby groups, says Max Whitehead of the Whitehead Group. Employment Law Changes a Waste of Time. "The planned changes to employment ...
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Calendar Highlight: Organizations can't turn blind eyes to employee misconduct
Richmond Times Dispatch
... C. Katz warns. "Closing your eyes, hiding behind doors, not taking quick remedial action has huge costs to an organization," said Katz, who is a principal with the law firm of Sands Anderson PC in Richmond and a member of its employment law team.
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Lankan curbs on workers violating law - The Peninsula
Peninsula On-line
DOHA: Sri Lanka has said it will ban its nationals who are runaway workers and have taken up employment elsewhere in violation of Qatari laws from taking up jobs in other Middle East countries once they return home. The country's embassy in Doha said ...
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New lawyers say they find too little on employment docket
Richmond Times Dispatch
Michael D. Lieberman chose Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles after reading that 97 percent of its graduates were employed within nine months. He graduated in 2009, passed the bar, but could not find a job as a lawyer. He worked as a software ...
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Take Advantage of a Smaller Law School Applicant Pool
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Applying to law school today can be daunting especially given some recent reports from NALP – The Association for Legal Career Professionals and the American Bar Association about employment prospects and salaries. This is a concern almost certainly ...
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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Breaking Down Barriers to Employment, For All Workers
The National Law Review
At the Labor Department, we are committed to making sure that people with disabilities are included in that vision. On Monday, we announced a fourth round of funding for the Disability Employment Initiative, a successful program that is expanding the ...
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Useful laws gave new life to Kuwait 'Law of the land takes precedence over all ...
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
One of the key points I would like to draw your attention to regarding the new labor law is a clause that says that an aggrieved employee has to file a case against his employer within a period of one year, from the day his employment term ends. Let's ...
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Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Labour strikes and protests double under Morsi
Daily News Egypt
A report published on Sunday by the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) about labour movements during 2012 shows that most of the year's 3,817 labour strikes and economically motivated social protests happened following Morsi's ...
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Ban can be lifted based on person's qualification
Khaleej Times
Working on a tourist visa is not permitted in accordance with Article 13 of the Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 on labour relations which states: "No non-national may be recruited for work in the UAE without prior approval of the labour department and ...
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Feds seek more than $1 million from San Antonio restaurants
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on April 28, 2013 4:00pm in Human Resources,Overtime Labor Laws. The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is seeking a fortune in fortune cookies from three San Antonio-area China ...
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Ninth Circuit Holds Private Company Rules Preempt California Law
The National Law Review
The Ninth Circuit's holding that SRO rules have the force of law is likely to arise again when the exchanges adopt compensation clawback policies as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Those policies may run afoul of California Labor Code Section 221 which ...
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Trading Places: Who's changing jobs in corporate Scotland
Herald Scotland
An accredited specialist in employment law with the Law Society of Scotland, Ms Robertson is a member of the UK-wide Employment Lawyers Association and the Scottish Discrimination Lawyers Association. Ms Bolton is a qualified solicitor in both Scotland ...
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ProPublica And American Public Media's Marketplace Launch Exclusive ...
Sacramento Bee
In Tyler's radio reports, listeners will hear first-hand from the temp workers, employment law experts and the raiteros themselves. A behind-the-scenes reporter's notebook podcast, in which Grabell and Tyler discuss their investigation, is also ...
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Chamber Business Seminar
Princeton Daily Clarion
He is an attorney experienced in employment law, including discrimination and harassment laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, American Disability Act compliance, the FMLA, healthcare reform legislation and more. The seminar is open to any business ...
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Learning the law
Grand Haven Tribune
Nelson Miller of the Cooley Law School will cover employment law at 6 p.m. today and no-fault insurance at 6 p.m. Tuesday, both in the jury assembly room. Susan Reed of the Michigan Immigrants' Rights Center will discuss immigration issues at noon ...
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Grand Haven Tribune
Support Bangladeshi garment workers - support union rights!
No Sweat
Working for a minimum wage of US$38 per month, less than one percent of garment workers in Bangladesh are represented by a union. The Labour Law leaves workers unable to join a union and fight for safe workplaces, improved working conditions and ...
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Compassionate leaves
Hamilton Spectator
Few people are crass enough to fake a family terminal illness to get a few weeks off work. Ed Canning practises labour and employment law with Ross & McBride LLP, in Hamilton, representing both employers and employees. ecanning@rossmcbride.com ...
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Plainfield school board in legal quandary
Norwich Bulletin
State law forbids any school employee from serving on a Board of Education in the same town. The school board did not vote to remove her but followed advice from its attorney, William Connon, that "Angela Klonoski can no longer be considered a member ...
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What Is The Difference Between A Lap Dancer And A Taxicab Driver
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The question of employment status is a vexed area of the law; it is often far from easy to accurately determine the employment status of an individual. We will all be familiar with the following definitions: "Employee" | "Self Employed" | "Worker" The ...
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The obsession with private schools
Livemint
The political importance of the continued employment of teachers in government schools leads to selective enforcement of the Right to Education law. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint. Also Read. Centre avoiding responsibility on Right to Education: states ...
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Livemint
Colorado Is The Latest And Ninth State To Enact Legislation Restricting The ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
On April 19, 2013, Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper signed into law Senate Bill 13-018 (the "Employment Opportunity Act"), which will significantly restrict the ability of Colorado employers to use "consumer credit information" for hiring and ...
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Exempting Congress From ObamaCare
Wall Street Journal
In 1995, he sponsored the Congressional Accountability Act, which for the first time applied to Congress various civil rights, employment and labor laws that the politicians had imposed on the rest of the country. In September 2009, Mr. Grassley ...
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Wall Street Journal
Former UB law professor proceeds with federal suit against UB Law School
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
"The cause that [Mutua] gave in the letter where he terminated me, he said the reason why he was terminating my employment was that my job no longer exists because he's terminating the entire legal program. The only thing they changed about the legal ...
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Discrimination: Ageism factor faces critical legal test in the UK
Financial Times
This is partly because the legislation is relatively new and lawyers are still looking to see how the age discrimination law is applied. Age discrimination was added to the list of eligible claims to be taken to employment tribunals in 2006, while the ...
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Ave Maria law school not fazed by enrollment drop
The News-Press
Graduates of law schools everywhere are struggling to find employment, and that's also evident at Ave Maria. Among the Class of 2012, 72.9 percent were employed in a job related to their law degree; 75.3 percent passed the Florida Bar on their first ...
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act Reintroduced In Senate
By Yesha Callahan
ENDA would bar companies from factoring sexual orientation or gender identity into employment decisions. Employers are already prohibited by federal law from discriminating over race, religion, age, gender or disability. The proposal ...
Clutch Magazine


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