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| Employment law changes could breach ILO conventions Radio New Zealand Newly released papers reveal the Minister of Labour advised the Cabinet that proposed employment law changes could breach international labour conventions. Under the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, employers would be able to walk away from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Employee of Kentucky Government Files Employment Lawsuit LawyersandSettlements.com Lexington, KY: An employee of the Kentucky government has filed a Kentucky employment lawsuit alleging she was abused during her employment. The Kentucky labor lawsuit includes allegations of violations of various labor laws, including verbal abuse ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Greenberg Traurig Labor & Employment Attorney Terence McCourt to Speak at ... Newsday Terence P. McCourt, Boston managing shareholder of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig will be a featured speaker at American Conference Institute's (ACI) 4th Annual Forum on Defending and Managing Employment Discrimination Litigation. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Governor Corbett signs employment bills into law HR.BLR.com Governor Tom Corbett recently signed Pennsylvania House Bill (HB) 26, legislation allocating a portion of employee unemployment compensation (UC) tax contributions to subsidize the UC service system by creating a new fund known as the Service and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su honored as top labor and ... Sacramento Bee Last year was the first time, which was also the first time a state labor commissioner was so recognized. "Julie continues to make great strides in enforcing labor law. She has increased pressure on the underground economy by issuing more citations for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rhode Island Enacts Ban the Box Law Limiting Ability of Employers to Ask About ... ESR NEWS The state of Rhode Island has enacted a "Ban the Box" law – Senate Bill 357 (SB 357) – that will prohibit inquiries on employment applications regarding prior criminal convictions except when federal or state law specifically disqualifies a person from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| N.J. top court strengthens workplace bias laws Philly.com He filed suit under the state Law Against Discrimination, which seeks to ban workplace discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, and other characteristics of protected groups. The law also bans retaliation against employees, whether ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| House of Horrors: Labor Trafficking in Domestic Workers Daily Beast The International Labor Organization, Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, and other human-rights advocacy organizations have compiled report after report about human trafficking and migrant domestic worker abuse around the world. Forced overtime ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Leon's Furniture store paid man below minimum wage CBC.ca Labour law mandates $10.25/hour minimum wage. Ontario's Employment Standards Act states all employees, including those on commission, must receive the minimum wage of at least $10.25 per hour. That must be shown on each paycheque and not as an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Law would have ensured some accountability - Little Voxy Police would have had a strong legal foundation to mount a prosecution over the 29 deaths at Pike River had New Zealand had a corporate manslaughter law, says Labour MP Andrew Little. The police have advised families of the miners killed in the mine ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mia Macy, Transgender Woman Denied Employment By ATF, Wins Major Victory ... Huffington Post Macy's suit already made history last year when it it prompted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to rule that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act bans employers from discriminating based on an employee's gender identity. The EEOC's ruling ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The tribunal tide is turning bdaily Paul Hargreaves, from County Durham law group Hewitts Solicitors, says we're heading for a "real sea change" in employment law. Last week, lawyers arguing against the introduction of fees for taking cases to employment tribunals have lost their bid to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Maids, Domestic Help Workers in Saudi Arabia Now Get a Weekly Day's Off from ... International Business Times AU "The law aims at regulating relationship between domestic help and their employers while explaining their rights and duties and punishment for violators of contract terms," Arab News quoted Labor Minister Adel Fakeih as saying. Still, the law provided ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| July employment law changes Lexology (registration) Fees will not be charged if a case has already been issued by 29 July, though, with minor exceptions, the new rules will apply to cases currently in the system as well as new cases started from that date onwards. On the other hand the new earnings ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Law firm unveils app to appeal to tech-savvy business leaders UPI.com Developed by the Spilman, Thomas and Battle law firm, Silman SuperVision was created because the firm saw a "hole in the marketplace," Eric Iskra, chairman of Spilman's labor and employment practice, told The Charleston Gazette. "We saw an opportunity ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Committee backs French law on plant closures, takeovers Reuters Critics of the bill, a campaign pledge by Socialist leader Francois Hollande, say it will dissuade investment in Europe's second largest economy as it tries to kickstart growth and employment. The full debate on the law is due mid-September. "It's true ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rhode Island Enacts "Ban the Box" Law Prohibiting Employment Application ... Mondaq News Alerts (registration) Effective January 1, 2014, a recent amendment to Rhode Island law will restrict the timing of pre-employment inquiries by Rhode Island employers about a job applicant's criminal past. Employers who are covered by the law may not inquire about an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rights for cancer patients examined Thousand Oaks Acorn Guest attorneys will discuss the most common cancer-related legal issues for cancer patients and survivors including health insurance options, employment rights and reasonable accommodations in the workplace, taking time off work and access to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bullying behavior alone not grounds for harassment lawsuit Travel Weekly The terms "harassment" and "hostile work environment" entered the human-resources lexicon late in the last century as part of civil rights law. As you probably know, those laws protect employees from discrimination. Somehow, the quoted terms have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Labor dispute could cost Escondido $1 million U-T San Diego The workers claim city officials violated state law by replacing them with part-time employees doing the same work and by failing to engage in collective bargaining before the layoffs. City officials have repeatedly said they didn't violate employee ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama Labor Chief Pick Perez Wins Senate Confirmation Law360 (subscription) Law360, New York (July 18, 2013, 1:32 PM ET) -- Thomas Perez got a green light from the Senate Thursday to take the helm at the U.S. Department of Labor, despite Republican gripes about his handling of a False Claims Act case against St. Paul, Minn ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| San Diego Labor Lawyers at Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik and The JCL ... Watch List News (press release) On April 9, 2013 the San Diego employment attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik and The JCL Law Firm filed a class action complaint against PSS World Medical, Inc. ("PSS") for allegedly failing to pay their employees the proper amount of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WILL HIRING STALL UNDER NEW HEALTH CARE LAW? U-T San Diego ... 66 percent of whom said their business clients are less likely to add new employees in the next year because of the Affordable Care Act, according to the results released Tuesday. Only 2 percent said the law makes it more likely that employers will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Protecting Tajik migrants' rights: positive aspects of new migration policy ... FIDH The impact of positive institutional and policy reforms has been impaired by insufficient budget allocation. Although draft laws on Labour Migration and on Private Employment Agencies have been under discussion since 2010 in working groups, they still ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Advice for small businesses poised to hire their first employee Fox 54 Federal law requires employers to verify that an employee can legally work in the U.S. You'll need to complete and submit an Employment Eligibility Verification Form within three days of making a hire. * Fulfill your obligations under your state's new ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Impact Of DOMA Case On Employee Benefit Plans Mondaq News Alerts (registration) In most cases, those provisions give an employee's spouse a tax benefit (such as tax-free employer-provided health benefits) or a statutory entitlement (such as spousal death benefits under a qualified plan and COBRA rights). In a few cases, those laws ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Letter: Divorce employment and health care coverage Rochester Democrat and Chronicle From one liberal to another, Mr. President, revise your health care law. Break the link between health care and employment. It leads to more bureaucracy and perverse hiring practices. An employer mandate will not reduce costs. The tax advantage could ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Class Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements In Massachusetts Mondaq News Alerts (registration) These decisions affirm that employers in Massachusetts can dramatically reduce their exposure to employment law class actions by adopting arbitration agreements that contain class action waivers. In Massachusetts, employers may require employees to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How the introduction of employment tribunal fees will affect SMEs Real Business However, getting around the new legislation, and spending time adhering to new laws, is always time intensive and more red tape is certainly something SMEs could do without. Adrian Hoggarth is head of employment law at City law firm Prolegal. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Age Bias Laws Might Not Help Older Workers U.S. News & World Report Age discrimination laws provided no meaningful protection to older employees during and after the recession, according to a study released this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research. David Neumark, an economics professor at the University ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Macleod, M - Employment law reform DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) We are making good progress on our review of employment law. On Friday the Government published an update including a call for evidence on whistleblowing and outlining that the new employment tribunal rules of procedure will come into effect on 29 July. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Work with providers to sort DOMA impact Business Management Daily "The Windsor decision significantly impacts the benefits and the associated tax rules related to same-sex spouse coverage under employee benefits plans," said Jason Rothman, an attorney with the employment law firm Ogletree Deakins. "Employers that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Low-Wage Federally-Contracted Employees Hold Third Strike For Livable Wages TheJaneDough.com According to a report from the National Employment Law Project, a not-for-profit that conducts research and advocates on issues affecting low-wage and unemployed workers, 75 percent of these federally-contracted service workers earn less than $10 an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oceanskies issued with Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) Statement of ... Businesslife.co The International Labour Organisation's MLC provides comprehensive rights and protection at work for the world's seafarers and will enter force on the 20th August, 2013. After this date the employers of crew on all commercially operated yachts, i.e ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Whistleblower policy: Preventing insider information leak incidents TechTarget The general counsel should also seek the opinion of external counsel with expertise and experience in employment law and in prosecuting or defending whistleblowers. It is also advisable to confer with the general counsel or external legal counsel on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| David Perecman of The Perecman Firm Agrees with Federal Settlement in NY ... Newsday 525-2009-00784) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Individuals who believe they have been victims of a New York civil rights violation including disability discrimination or sexual harassment in the workplace can contact The ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Back to the Basics on Sexual Harassment Prevention | Connecticut ... By Daniel Schwartz The CHRO recommends (but does not require) that an update of legal requirements and development in the law be given to supervisory employees every three years. Again, that's probably a good idea; it demonstrates an employer's ... Connecticut Employment Law Blog | ||
| Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog: Obama's NLRB - Recess ... By noreply@blogger.com (Philip Miles) President Obama finally got some good news regarding his National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week. Republicans agreed to confirm a slate of executive branch nominees, including NLRB nominees Nancy Shiffer and Kent Hirozawa ... Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog |
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| Employment Law - At Work - WSJ The blog covers management, careers, office life, business schools and leadership. blogs.wsj.com/atwork/tag/employment-law/ | ||
| Unpaid Internships push the boundaries of legality | Northern ... Unpaid internships in California and the rest of the United States have been on the rise among college students and grad. www.northerncaliforniaemploymentlawattorneys.com/.../unpai... | ||
| Seyfarth Launches New Blog on Emerging Employment Law Issues CHICAGO (July 16, 2013) — Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the launch of Employment Law Lookout, the firm's newest Labor & Employment blog which ... www.seyfarth.com/news/2314 | ||
| Changes to civil penalty regime for illegal working | Employment ... About Us. The Employment Law Worldview Blog aims to interest and educate, to stimulate discussion, to provoke and sometimes just to amuse...More ... www.employmentlawworldview.com/changes-to-civil-penalty... | ||
| Iowa Immigration Law Blog: What To Do When An Employee Is ... The Davis Brown Employment and Labor Law Blog provides Iowa human resources directors and employers with the latest on employment law matters, ... www.davisbrownlaw.com/davis-brown-employment-and-labo... | ||
| Spilman Thomas & Battle Releases Innovative Employment Law App Charleston, W.Va. — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced its launch of the Spilman SuperVision app for iOS devices. The new ... www.spilmanlaw.com/.../Spilman-Thomas---Battle-Releases-In... |
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