(NYSE: FDX), has further streamlined LTL (less-than-truckload) shipping by providing customers with electronic shipping solutions. This enhancement, which adds FedEx Freight to existing applications for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground, now simplifies ...more »
He said traffic on the property's website tripled over the weekend and potential homebuyers and members of the property's two private courses have been added to the company's database as a result of the tournament. “We'd love to have that event back,” ...more »
The bake sale was analogous to affirmative action, which will be permissible on a college level in California if Senate Bill 185 (SB 185) is made law. Though the analogy is imperfect, the idea is the same: minorities are, in general, ...more »
Repeat crossers are given a special black mark, and the administration has already deported hundreds of thousands of minor offenders, despite claiming to focus on "the worst of the worst." Several Democratic governors and law enforcement officials are ...more »
There is no count of how many unions let the deadline pass, giving up the much lighter bargaining powers they have under the state's contentious new collective bargaining law. Unions that don't have current contracts have to hold recertification ...more »
Afterward, Taylor said the ruling went beyond any decision made during the union's recent high-profile labor disputes, including the Culinary's six-and-a-half-year strike against the New Frontier, the longest walkout in the history of US organized ...more »
If passed into law, the bill "Amending Section 35(B) of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as Amended by Republic Act 9504" will grant individual taxpayers an additional exemption of P25,000 for each dependent without disability and P50 ...more »
The school said that they didn't have a job for her, and she threatened at that point to bring a discrimination charge on the basis of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Shortly after that, the school informed her she had been fired for ...more »
After African-American employees complained of racial harassment in the workplace, their employer took steps to prevent further harassment, including providing refresher training on anti-harassment policies. But did the employer do enough? ...more »
However, the Employment Acceleration Act of 2011 states that cities cannot mandate E-Verify's use even as a condition of receiving a government contract or as a condition of applying for or maintaining a business license. ...more »
J & J Industrial Supply Inc., which does business as Industrial Wiping Cloths & Supplies, has admitted to employing undocumented workers. As part of the guilty plea, the St. Louis company agreed to forfeit $150000 and a 2011 Toyota Highlander, ...more »
... suits under portions of the Family and Medical Leave Act. As if that were not enough, the Court will also consider the scope of the “ministerial exception,” which generally protects religious organizations from employment-discrimination suits, ...more »
Benson's meeting centers on his unfair labor practice charge against the NFLPA. Benson also has a non-injury grievance filed the Enquirer reported, which alleges the the NFL cannot punish him for conduct off the field during the lockout. ...more »
That exception says religious groups don't have to follow anti-discrimination laws in employment decisions about their leaders. DOUGLAS LAYCOCK (University of Virginia School of Law): Disputes between ministers and their churches, if anything is ...more »
"We expected labor unions would attempt to use their political influence in Sacramento, so we drafted the initiative in such a way that it retains its effectiveness," said Scott Crosby, President of the Associated Builders and Contractors of San Diego, ...more »
The fire started at about 10 am Saturday and was under control 30 minutes later. The paper says the fire destroyed much of the house. Three people were hospitalized for treatment for burns and smoke inhalation. Their names were not immediately released ...more »
As one of her most veteran officers stands trial on an excessive force charge, Kirkpatrick is a defendant herself in a multi-million dollar wrongful termination lawsuit. Together, the two cases have created a storm of bad publicity and has devastated ...more »
And when a church employee is performing a function that deals with the public such as education, argued lawyer Walter Dellinger, they "ought to be governed by the same rules" as other employers. The church's lawyer, Douglas Laycock, argued that since ...more »
