Jul 16, 2013

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Bloomberg BNA Unveils Enhancements to the Labor & Employment Law ...
Wall Street Journal
ARLINGTON, Va., July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA today unveiled new, direct access to additional labor and employment research tools on the Labor & Employment Law Resource Center(TM). These tools bring additional depth ...
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Bangladesh amended labour law falls short: rights body
TwoCircles.net
New York : Amendments to Bangladesh's labour law make some improvements but still fall far short of protecting worker's rights and meeting international standards, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Bangladesh's donors and international investors should ...
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Research report into SMEs' employment rights and relations responsibilities ...
Belfast Telegraph
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry today welcomed the publication of a report which investigates attitudes towards employment rights and relations responsibilities amongst Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Northern Ireland.
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Bosses back shake-up in employment laws
Belfast Telegraph
Other proposals are less controversial, such as extending the role of the Labour Relations Agency in dealing with complaints before they reach a tribunal, where employment law cases are conducted. The rest of the UK recently cut the time for which an ...
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Update: Still Legal to Fire the 'Irresistible' Employee in Iowa
The National Law Review
He is a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Law Department. Bill has extensive experience as a litigator, trial lawyer and counselor. His practice includes a broad range of issues that organizations face in our rapidly changing competitive, legal ...
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Law firm releases app for business owners
State Journal
A Charleston law firm has released a smartphone app to help business owners answer their most frequent labor law questions. Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC launched its new SuperVision app July 16 for iOS devices. The app, which is free for download in ...
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Another Historic Week for Trans Civil Rights
Huffington Post
Then, nearly 15 months after winning a ruling from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that expanded the definition of "sex discrimination" in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include transgender and gender-nonconforming persons ...
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Meet Houston's largest labor and employment law firms
Houston Business Journal (blog)
The overall Houston-area law firms list list published on Jan. 18. At that time we requested the firms detail specific practice industries such as bankruptcy, energy, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions ...
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Stronger labour law in Bangladesh after factory collapse
DhakaTribune
The legislation is seen as a crucial step towards curbing rising cases of exploitation in a country with 4m garment factory workers. But activists said it failed to address several concerns and blamed the government for enacting the law in a hurry to ...
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Sherwood committee looks to San Francisco, Portland for possible labor laws on ...
OregonLive.com
Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz stands outside City Hall after the council passes the Protected Sick Time Act. Sherwood is looking at Portland's law as it examines labor regulations in response to citizen concerns about big-box retailers. Benjamin ...
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GoodHire partners with ZipRecruiter to offer pre-employment background reports
Sacramento Bee
Although hiring employees while abiding by local and federal employment laws can be overwhelming, GoodHire helps streamline this process with straightforward tools and advice needed to make the process easier. GoodHire's focus on speed allows ...
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'Sweden breaches EU labour law': union
The Local.se
While the union recognized that many employers need to be able to call in subs, often at short notice to cover for illness or staff staying at home to care for a sick child, TCO argued that a longer period of uncertain working conditions put employees ...
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Employee won't even try ADA accommodation? That ends your obligation
Business Management Daily
That ends your obligation. by The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law on July 16, 2013 8:00am in Employment Law,Human Resources. Here's a bit of good news for employers that try to accommodate disabilities but whose efforts are rejected out of ...
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Goodwin Weber PLLC, on Behalf of DOJ Employees, Announces Intent Today ...
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to a number of Department of Justice (DOJ) employees, the Civil Rights Division, at the direction of Thomas Perez and his senior staff, began a widespread campaign of disparate and ...
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List alert: Labor & employment law firms survey open
Tampa Bay Business Journal (blog)
The Tampa Bay Business Journal is currently surveying for its list of law firms with a local labor and employment practice. Firms that practice any aspect of labor and employment law, whether representing employees or employers, are welcome to participate.
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Recent Illinois Case Prompts Employers To Reconsider The Consideration ...
The National Law Review
In other words, an employee must receive something of value in exchange for giving up rights and opportunities after the employee's employment, such as the rights to use the former employer's confidential information or to solicit its customers and ...
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Stronger law after factory collapse
China Daily
Bangladesh approved a labor law on Monday to boost worker rights, including the freedom to form trade unions, after a factory building collapse in April killed 1,132 garment workers and sparked debate over labor safety and rights. The legislation puts ...
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Splintering of unions sparks concerns
Independent Online
Labour law experts and analysts have expressed concern over the mushrooming of trade unions in the country. Loane Sharp, a labour market analyst at Adcorp, said yesterday that he did not see the trend as a proliferation but as a disintegration. He said ...
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Christchurch firm pays teen after abuse
NZ City
In a decision released on Tuesday, the Employment Relations Authority ordered Kevin Hyde Engineering to pay $12,000 compensation to the teenager for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings. The firm was also ordered to pay a further $23,000 ...
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Florida flunks federal standards on jobless claims
Sun-Sentinel
"The scores are consistently low, almost across the board," said Maurice Emsellem, co-director of the National Employment Law Project. They indicate that Florida "has a serious quality problem." NELP, a worker-advocacy group, often is critical of ...
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Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS Law) Receives National Recognition ...
Wall Street Journal (press release)
Richard H.G. Adams (Property Development), Robert J.M. Adkins (Aboriginal Law, Property Development), Donald G. Douglas (Litigation - Corporate Commercial, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring), Robin M. Kersey (Labour Relations and Employment ...
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Maritime Business Owners Beware of Overtime Pay Requirements
Watch List News (press release)
Todd M. Baiad, a partner at Bouhan Falligant law firm with expertise in maritime law and commercial litigation, reviews federal employment law and conflicting interpretations of maritime employee classification. (PRWEB) July 15, 2013. With many ...
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Smithson: Sometimes it's smart to go back after a layoff
Kelowna Capital News
The weird world of employment law sometimes compels employees to go back to work for the very employer which fired them. Recently, just such a case played out in the Ontario Superior Court. A man named Chevalier had been employed by about 32 years ...
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Employment In Finland Should Ensure Working Conditions On A Par With Those ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The Court ruled that Finnish law applies to the employment relationship of the workers as their contracts have the closest connection to Finland. At the same time a Finnish sectoral level collective agreement for the residential construction industry ...
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Amnesty employment case 'complex'
Irish Times
A case in which a former employee of the Irish arm of Amnesty International alleges she was unfairly dismissed by the organisation would require at least four hearing days, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has been told. Helen Duignan a former manager ...
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Employee vs Independent Contractor (Does It Really Matter?)
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The Employment Standards Act will apply with a number of possible ramifications (e.g., unpaid vacation pay, overtime wages, leave benefits). In the absence of a contract, the common law will apply to the termination of employment, which can amount to a ...
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Clayton v. Conocophillips Co.
Texas Lawyer
The employee ratified any alleged fraud by continuing to work at the company for approximately two years after filing his initial claim with the company's human resources department. ERISA completely preempts the employee's state law claims against the ...
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Labor Secretary Nominee Accused Of Bias In DOJ Role
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (July 15, 2013, 8:12 PM ET) -- A whistleblower attorney on Monday urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to delay Thomas Perez's confirmation as secretary of labor, saying he intends to file a class action accusing Perez of ...
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Former State Trooper Sentenced For Color Of Law Violation
WJTV
In addition, Hughes agreed that he would never seek future employment in law enforcement. Hughes pleaded guilty in February of this year to charges that, in October of 2007, while acting under color of law, he assaulted a female, causing bodily injury ...
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Mississippi Court Holds Disrespectful Employee Eligible For Unemployment ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Mississippi Department of Employment Security, No. 2012-CC-00523-COA (Miss. Ct. App. May 28, 2013) illustrates that not all insubordinate behavior by employees will result in the denial of unemployment compensation benefits under Mississippi law.
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GUEST EDITORIAL — long legal battle ahead over right to work
HollandSentinel.com
Despite Rick Snyder's plea that the Michigan Supreme Court settle the right-to-work law's constitutionality, the state's highest court decided to pass. RTW outlaws union dues as a condition of employment. The governor hoped the court would sign off on ...
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Deals Reached in Trio of Antitrust Suits
Corporate Counsel
In a five-day span, Saveri and his former law firm, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, disclosed settlements in three antitrust class actions, including a closely watched Silicon Valley employment case. The deals come roughly one year after Saveri ...
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Left-wing group: Americans' wages down during Obama's term
Daily Caller
The study was released by the National Employment Law Project, which is headed by left-wing employment lawyers, union officials and a former economist in Obama's White House, Jared Bernstein. The biggest hits — minus 4.1 percent — were taken by ...
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City Likely Liable for Possible Filner Lawsuits
Voice of San Diego
Attorneys who specialize in employment and personal injury law say any legal claims that reflect those contacts will probably also be delivered to the city, meaning taxpayers could pay thousands or perhaps even millions of dollars for attorneys and ...
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Blogs2 new results for Employment Law
 
Houston Labor and Employment Law Firms Ranked by Size - JD ...
By Daniel June
The Houston Business Journal has been cycling through specialty lists of Houston law firms, focusing lately on the largest labor and employment.
JD Journal
Ohio Federal Court Addresses Privacy Rights around Employee ...
By Ballard Spahr LLP
A recent Ohio federal court decision serves as a reminder that companies need to review their Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) policies to ensure that employees are adequately informed...
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Web9 new results for Employment Law
 
Meet Houston's largest labor and employment law firms - Houston
The Houston Business Journal has introduced its Labor & Employment Law Firms...
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Employment Law Question? - Yahoo! Answers
I have for the past 2 and a half year been working…
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Employment law - historical contract rights? - Yahoo! Answers
I have started a new contract with my employer (ha…
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Mark E. Snyder - KW&W Labor and Employment Law - Akron, Ohio
Kastner Westman and Wilkins LLC, Ohio labor & employment attorneys representing ... taxation, benefits, workers compensation, litigatiion and labor law.
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WEBINAR: Implicit Bias and Employment Law
Implicit bias, or implicit social cognition, as the Social Scientists refer to it, has received increasing attention by employment law practitioners, academicians and ...
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Fired For Being Hot? How the Iowa Supreme Court Replaced ...
A stunning decision from the Iowa supreme court has little to do with law and everything to do with purity culture.
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Employment Law - garofalo - Chicago Estate Planning Attorney
employment-law For many years, employers were able to treat employees however they wanted, essentially without fear of legal repercussions for their actions.
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Employment Law Overview - Louis P. Pfeffer, P.A.
Pfeffer & Associates represents clients in Palm Beach County and throughout Florida in employment law cases, including contracts, wrongful termination and ...
www.pfefferlaw.com/employment-law/
Labor and Employment Law - Azhar & Azhar Law Firm
Labor and Employment Law. download (1) Employers who violate federal and state wage laws and owe back pay to an employee are not only subject to ...
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