Labor & Employment Law News. Crime Stories, Law on News and Legal Publications in November, 2011

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Veritec Announces a Patent Portfolio
PR Newswire (press release)November 22, 2011

As a technology company, Veritec has built a considerable presence in the fields of two-dimensional Matrix Symbology, Secure identification for people and products, Secure financial transactions, and Multi-purpose cards or mobile devices that ...more »

Cain's accuser, in the spotlight
Politico (blog)November 8, 2011

In 2001 came Bialek's second personal bankruptcy, filed after sizable legal bills. It's unusual for the father to file a paternity suit; the docket shows a decade of litigation between Bialek and the father, now an executive at a News Corp. subsidiary.more »

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Affirmative Action
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Assembly Democrats block amendment that would bar affirmative action policy in ...
Dane101November 2, 2011

The amendment would effectively end affirmative action in some of those higher education grants for disadvantaged students. Debate around the amendment lasted until early in the morning, when the Assembly finally adjourned at 8:12 am after Democrats ...more »

Immigration Reform & Control Act(Irca)
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Tuition traps; Unjust immigration system needs reform
The Independent Florida AlligatorNovember 1, 2011

These problems need to be addressed so that all people who work in this country are documented, especially because the "legal" way to enter the country is completely backward. There needs to be comprehensive immigration reform in this country and fast. ...more »

Collective Bargaining
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Voters reject Ohio labor law, Mississippi personhood measure
Austin American-StatesmanNovember 9, 2011

Ohioans handily rejected their state's new collective bargaining law, which would have limited the bargaining abilities of 350000 unionized public workers. With more than a quarter of the votes counted late Tuesday, more than 60 percent of votes were ...more »

Labor Disputes
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Panel to hear residents' resignation petition at High Court
Jerusalem PostNovember 17, 2011

MK Arye Eldad (National Union), a physician by training, said he was initiating a private member's bill that would require labor disputes in the public sector to go to arbitration. This would be apt not only for doctors but also for garbage collectors, ...more »

Rrb Disability
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Taxis For All to Hold ''Roll-In'' for Civil Rights at Display of Non ...
Sacramento BeeNovember 2, 2011

TLC, filed in January by the New York City office of Disability Rights Advocates, a non-profit law firm. About United Spinal AssociationUnited Spinal is a national 501(c) (3) nonprofit membership organization formed in 1946 by paralyzed veterans and is ...more »

Employment & Discrimination
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Rwanda: People With Disability Rebuffed When Looking for Jobs
AllAfrica.comNovember 1, 2011

Although tremendous effort has been made to accord people with disabilities their fundamental rights, a lot remains to be done to be done to protect them against discrimination in the job market. "People refuse hiring us saying, saying 'how will I ...more »

Sexual & Other Harassment
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Third worker accuses Cain of harassment
Chicago TribuneNovember 2, 2011

AP Exclusive: A third former employee says she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Republican candidate Herman Cain when she worked for the presidential candidate in the 1990s. ...more »

Employment Contracts
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City attorney writing own contract common
Patterson IrrigatorNovember 3, 2011

He said he's written many of his own contracts as a starting point for employment negotiations in the past. Butler said he might ask an attorney from the California League of Cities to look at the contract after it is finalized. ...more »

Undocumented Workers
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What is the risk of getting caught?
Sacramento BeeNovember 6, 2011

WASHINGTON -- Under President Barack Obama's administration, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has changed tactics, shifting its focal point from the undocumented worker to the employer knowingly hiring illegal labor. ...more »

Family Medical Leave & Pregnancy Discrimination
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ACLU Settles with TSA for HIV Discrimination
ChicagoPride.comNovember 4, 2011

However, employees do not have to explicitly disclose their statuses if they are seeking unpaid time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The FMLA provides many employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for medical reasons or to care...more »

Unfair Labor Practices
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Union gains in bid for Target re-vote
Crain's New York BusinessNovember 1, 2011

The labor board also found sufficient evidence to add charges that supervisors interrogated workers about their union activity and told them they could not solicit on behalf of the union in non-working areas, said Alvin Blyer, the regional director of ...more »

Federal Personnel
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Zimbabwe needs personnel changes
The ZimbabweanNovember 2, 2011

Full restoration of the rule of law and abolishing selective application of the law simply requires that senior personnel in the justice administration sector be professional and independent. The challenge Zimbabwe faces is that over the last three ...more »

Malloy, union leaders launch overdue efficiency panel
The Connecticut MirrorNovember 1, 2011

The latter panel, which is charged with finding savings anywhere in state government, has been skeptically dubbed an "employee suggestion box" by some GOP lawmakers. The concession deal called for the omnibus efficiency panel to meet by Sept. ...more »

Fires And Firefighters Law
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DPP stand justified: Bendigo solicitor
Bendigo AdvertiserNovember 8, 2011

THE community shouldn't jump to any conclusions after charges against the two boys accused of lighting the Bracewell Street fire were dropped, a Bendigo solicitor says. Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre principal solicitor Peter Noble said it ...more »

Wrongful Termination
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Former Portland public safety project director says she was fired because she ...
OregonLive.com (blog)November 10, 2011

By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian View full sizeThe OregonianFormer city employee Lisa Vasquez files tort claim notice, informing city of her intent to sue the city and Commissioner Randy Leonard for wrongful termination. Lisa Vasquez, former director ...more »

Government Employees
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12.5 % interim relief announced for govt staff in Karnataka
IBNLive.comNovember 1, 2011

PTI | 09:11 PM,Nov 01,2011 Bangalore,Nov1 (PTI) Karnataka Government today announced that an interim relief of 12.5 per cent of basic pay would be given with effect from today to state government employees and employees of local bodies, grant-in-aid ...more »

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