Apr 5, 2013

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Fergal Dowling: Employment laws set for real upheaval
The Birmingham Post
It's certainly no different this year; indeed employment and pensions law is going through real upheaval. An often overlooked change on the horizon relates to Compromise Agreements. In addition to being re-named Settlement Agreements, the Government is ...
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Employers urge change in redundancy consultation laws
Belfast Telegraph
"Our members have raised serious concerns that this deviation in Northern Ireland employment law is creating an additional cost burden to ensure compliance with two separate NI and GB employment law systems. "We call on the Executive to urgently ...
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New Jobs Report 'Should Be A Wake-Up Call,' Analyst Says
Huffington Post
"This should be a wake-up call," Mike Evangelist, a policy analyst for worker advocacy group the National Employment Law Project, said in an interview. "We had had pretty consistent job growth the last couple months, and it just so happens the month ...
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Two farms, labor contractor fined over migrant worker law violations
SCNow
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has uncovered wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and violations of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act's wage, housing and transportation ...
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Survey: Small businesses most concerned about healthcare law
The Hill (blog)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's latest quarterly small-business survey finds that 77 percent say the Affordable Care Act will make coverage for their employees more expensive, while 71 percent say it will be harder to hire more employees under the law.
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Kendall Law Group Announces Class Action Lawsuit against Connextions, Inc.
Fort Mills Times
Kendall Law Group announces a group of former employees has brought a class action lawsuit against Connextions, Inc., Ayava Staffing Professionals, and two of their managers, alleging fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. The employees allege they and ...
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When does a social media contact belong to the business?
Link2Portal
... to safeguard the ownership of contacts when the employee handling the account moves on. Employment law specialist Andrew Lightburn, associate at hlw Keeble Hawson, explains how companies can avoid valuable data being transferred to a rival.
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Job growth falls sharply; many workers drop out of labor force
Los Angeles Times
"March's discouraging job growth underscores the continuing volatility and fragility of the economy," said Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, a worker advocacy group. What's more, after Friday's report was ...
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Vedder Price Opens California Office in San Francisco
Fort Mills Times
Vedder Price is pleased to announce its entry into the California market with an office in San Francisco. The firm's California presence is centered on strengths in employment law and finance. It follows an extensive market analysis of potential office ...
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Saudi job seekers encouraged to join private sector
Arab News
Fayez Al-Ahmari, legal adviser at Atheeb Holding, said, "The Labor Law regulates employment relations for sustainability and the protection of all, reflecting positively on the social and economic situation, but the current situation is not showing any ...
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District Court Finds That an Employee May Be Lawfully Terminated for ...
The National Law Review
In this important decision, summary judgment was granted in Morgan Stanley's favor on Mr. Foley's two disability discrimination claims – under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA). Mr. Foley, an at-will ...
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Indian job-seekers in Gulf feel the pinch
Hindustan Times
The oil sector, the backbone of the Gulf economy, doesn't give direct employment. Moreover, there are plenty of cheap expatriate workers available in these countries. Saudi Arabia, where 2.45 million Indian workers reside, is implementing labour law ...
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Ogletree Adds Ex-Davis Wright Tremaine Partner In NYC
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (April 04, 2013, 3:31 PM ET) -- Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has expanded its New York office with the addition of a former Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner specializing in labor and employment law, the firm said ...
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Q&A: Max Folkenflik on overtime, accountants and the Supreme Court
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Max Folkenflik is a partner at Folkenflik & McGerity, a plaintiffs' firm based in New York that handles a mix of securities and employment cases. Among other matters, Folkenflik, a 1975 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, ...
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Commentary: Far from home, but not from risk: OHS laws and Canadian workers ...
The Northern Miner (subscription)
The first such example involves cases that have considered the Canada Labour Code (CLC). The CLC sets out the labour, employment and health and safety laws that govern federally regulated employers, such as those who are in the business of shipping, ...
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Former principal's employment with Beaufort County School District still in limbo
Hilton Head Island Packet
"We have not terminated him, so we are required to issue that contract under state law," Rosswurm said. The law requires teachers to be notified in writing by April 15 of their employment status for the next school year, she said. Rosswurm said ...
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Burnaby Now
Employment law, know your rights and responsibilities as an employee in a non-unionized workplace. The session will include information on rights concerning applying for a job, working overtime, statutory holidays, leaving and being terminated. Find ...
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A Bad Deal for New York's Low-Wage Workers
Huffington Post
A report by the Fiscal Policy Institute and the National Employment Law Project said raising the minimum wage for all of the state's 1.7 million law-wage workers to $9 all at once on Jan. 1, 2014, would give a full-time minimum wage worker $50 more in ...
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Green light for residency-rule suit
Albany Times Union
County legislative leaders, citing the law's inconsistent and confusing application over the years, have introduced legislation that would give all employees currently violating the law a year to come into compliance. Henry, meanwhile, has notified ...
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Filipinos arrested in Saudi crackdown on migrants
Bulatlat
"As of yesterday (Tuesday), the embassy in Riyadh has not monitored any arrest of OFWs who have violated the Saudi labor law," Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Raul Hernandez said in a Philippine Daily Inquirer report. Hernandez, however ...
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Britain faces first big strike since 1926
Economic Times
Under employment law, strikes have to relate to specific disputes and therefore coordinated industrial action echoing 1926 could be deemed illegal. The Original General Strike The phrase "general strike" will for ever be associated with the national ...
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Attorney: Murdock willing to settle employment dispute for $950000
Asbury Park Press
New Jersey Press Media has obtained a December letter sent by the law firm representing Eric Murdock to a lawyer representing Rutgers University that offers to settle Murdock's employment dispute with Rutgers for $950,000. The letter sheds significant ...
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Law Firm Merger Activity Up in 2013, Report Says
The American Lawyer
As The Am Law Daily reported at the time, the tie-up—which was more than a year in the making—gave 290-lawyer Dickinson Wright lawyers specializing in real estate, commercial litigation, family law, and employment law. A less-popular market for Am ...
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Cut to redundancy consultation period 'could be counter-productive'
The Guardian
The change is part of the government's wider review of employment law, which has already seen the doubling of the number of years an employee needs to work at a company before being able to make an unfair dismissal claim. According to ministers, the ...
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The Guardian
Right-to-work lawsuit moving forward: Rebekah Warren commends judge for ...
AnnArbor.com
Warren has joined the ACLU and a coalition of labor supporters seeking to invalidate the new law that prohibits requiring the payment of union dues as a condition of employment. The lawsuit argues the doors to the state Capitol were locked to keep ...
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Conn. Issues Stop Work Orders to 27 Construction Firms for Misclassifying Workers
Insurance Journal
Authorities said the stop work orders were levied against companies that misclassified workers as independent contractors with the intent of avoiding their obligations under federal and state employment laws covering such matters as workers ...
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How the states are handling gun law
Washington Post (blog)
Some opponents have questioned whether the law violates state employment laws regarding guns in certain places. Utah: The state has passed a series of new laws related to gun violence. Lawmakers approved a bill permitting people to voluntarily ...
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Why LinkedIn endorsements are worthless
CBS Moneywatch
I'm actually quite good at this, having spent three years in a labor and employment law department of a large pharmaceutical company. I've trained others on legal compliance. I've received advanced instructions from qualified attorneys. I make it a ...
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If Wayne LaPierre had his way, every student and school employee would be a ...
Salon
The following list includes the types of information the school should consult as part of a pre-employment background check within the laws governing access and use for making informed hiring decisions: Former employment data; DMV records; Residential ...
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US Job Growth Slows As Jobless Face Benefit Cuts
NPR
One such advocacy group, the National Employment Law Project, says the average duration of unemployment is still at 37 weeks, nearly four months longer than during the worst of the 1980s recession. "For millions of America's workers, the economic ...
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Law firm mergers spike in Q1 2013
Triangle Business Journal (blog)
Wyrick Partner Larry Robbins said large out-of-town firms have always sought to pick off handfuls of attorneys from business-oriented firms in the Triangle, often a group that practices together in a single area of law, such as litigation or employment ...
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Unions Object to Preventing 'Free-loaders' in Michigan
National Review Online (blog)
Unions have become quite inconsistent in their opposition to Michigan's new right-to-work law. The legislation, which took effect last week, prevents unions from making their dues a condition of employment. Unions loudly objected that this forces them ...
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Ex Belleville Schools Employee Sues District
Patch.com
A former employee of the Belleville School district has brought legal action against the school board for what she contends was a wrongful termination. ... In addition, the suit contends was not given tenure status despite being permitted to be tenured ...
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5 Legal Headaches For Virtual Employers
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (April 04, 2013, 10:48 PM ET) -- Companies with off-site "virtual" staff can cut overhead costs and attract talent by offering more flexible schedules, but they also face a number of legal challenges, like keeping tabs on the hours ...
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Employment And Labor Law Alert - It's Official: Michigan's "Right-To ...
By Leonard, Street and Deinard
On March 28, 2013, Michigan's "right-to-work" law, the Workplace Fairness and Equity Act, went into...
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Workplace Prof Blog: Euro Employment Law
By laborprof lpb
In this context, the ILO, and in particular the then Industrial and Employment Relations Department (DIALOGUE) undertook a strategic partnership with the European Labour Law Network (ELLN), a network of independent legal experts from all ...
Workplace Prof Blog
Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog: Facebook Discovery and ...
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

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Utah Employment Law Letter - April 2013: Failure to Promote: 10th ...
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Spoliation of Facebook Evidence - Delaware Employment Law Blog
Discovery of social-media evidence can be a valuable tool, particularly in employment and personal-injury litigation. Employers' lawyers should be aware not ...
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Memphis Employment Law Seminar Intro - Events Registration
The Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC) will present a half-day Employment Law Seminar in Memphis on April 11, 2013. The Seminar will take place ...
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EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE April 2013 - The Wheeler Report
EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE. April 2013 by. Bob Gregg rgregg@ boardmanclark.com. Boardman & Clark Law Firm www.boardmanclark.com. LEGISLATION ...
www.thewheelerreport.com/wheeler.../0401boardman.PDF
PLI: Treatises - Employment Law Yearbook 2013
This new 2013 edition of Employment Law Yearbook covers the most important issues facing today's employers and employment law practitioners. In this tight ...
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