The capital is barred from declaring bankruptcy before July, according to a Pennsylvania law that also calls for the city to lose state funds if it does. Councilman Kelvin Summerford, who supported the mayor's plan, said its defeat further clouds the ...more »
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto Wednesday announced she has joined 45 other attorneys general in asking a popular website to remove its advertising for adult services. It is feared the web service facilitates sex trafficking, ...more »
Map Courtesy of Google Maps, Photos Courtesy of john f. martin, carlos osorio, paul sancya/AP, comp Though affirmative action was banned in Michigan several years ago, the state's Court of Appeals is in the process of evaluating whether the ban is ...more »
Yet the current US immigration system does exactly these things. We educate foreign-born workers at a faster rate than any other country. But our outdated immigration system often sends them packing, only to create billion-dollar companies in countries ...more »
... first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake of a new law that forces them to pay more for benefits while taking away most of their collective bargaining rights. ...more »
No one from the Australian Council of Trade Unions was available for comment on whether unions routinely pay the legal costs of union officials involved in private disputes. Fair Work Australia said it could not comment on the case. ...more »
(HB 588) * Veterans will be exempt from the fee for a personal identification certificate if they can show honorable discharge and at least 60 percent service-related disability. Disabled veterans are exempted from driver's license fees under current ...more »
In fiscal year 2010, the EEOC received a total of 23264 charges of age discrimination, which accounted for 23.3 percent of all charges filed with the EEOC nationwide. The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting discrimination in ...more »
... NEWS — The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday filed a civil suit against Huntington Ingalls Industries and a subcontractor alleging the companies violated federal law by firing two employees who reported sexual harassment. ...more »
The employment-at-will doctrine works on the premise that, when an employee does not have a written employment contract and the term of employment is of indefinite duration, the employer can terminate the employee for cause (due to misconduct or poor ...more »
Regardless of whether a state allows undocumented workers to recover benefits, there are subtle issues that impact employers' exposure to workers' comp claims, such as light duty return-to-work. By Risk & Insurance® Whether your state provides workers' ...more »
Employees at will can even be fired for missing work when they are truly sick if the illness is not a "serious health condition" as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act. If employees understood how few legal protections they have in the workplace, ...more »
If the employer fails to display the poster, the board can declare the employer guilty of an “unfair labor practice.” There's no fine, but unfair labor practices can be held against an employer in the case of a dispute with the union or a drive to ...more »
One is to amend state Freedom of Information Act laws to exempt public college faculty members. But short of that, she notes the possibility of calling for tests that balance legitimate public demands for information with professors' need to discuss ...more »
September 01, 2011 US Companies, Labor Unions Struggle Over Politics Profits, Wages Jim Randle | Washington Relations between workers and employers have been contentious in the United States this year, sparking protests by thousands of employees, ...more »
Law enforcement sources tell us ... the suspect was booked for attempted murder and criminal possession of a firearm. TMZ spoke with O'Brien who tells us he recognized the shooter -- but he has NO IDEA why the man would open fire on him. ...more »
The plaintiff appeals a summary judgment, dismissing his suit for wrongful termination on the basis of age discrimination. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. The plaintiff, Michael Pawlus, began working as an attorney for the Twenty-First Judicial ...more »
Although the collapse of Solyndra seems to have mystified an Obama administration intent on sending the solar company a half-billion dollars in government backed loans, the company's employees were well aware that things were not ...more »
