"Not just athletes, but officials who are investigated and found guilty of supplying or administering the drugs can also face bans from their sports," Dr Jegathesan clarified. "To legislate a law, it would mean we are taking it a step further.more »
Planned Parenthood clinical assistant Nicki Bailey discusses the new abortion laws with a patient in Austin. Photo by Eric Schlegel, Texas Tribune by Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune The Dallas-based breast cancer prevention group Susan G. Komen for ...more »
Doing so took me to the hotly-debated topic of Affirmative Action, which is going before the Supreme Court this week. I am a product of affirmative action. Although I am a pretty well-educated dude, I sincerely doubt that Syracuse University would have ...more »
No one expects this Congress to pass broader immigration reform. But US Citizenship and Immigration Services says it wants to make sure its existing system is realistic for high-growth companies. The agency is hosting an online summit today to discuss ...more »
37 percent say they support changes to the law, 37 percent do not, and 27 percent are unsure. Those changes, which took effect last year, allow a manager to modify collective bargaining agreements and possibly cut previously negotiated wages as well as ...more »
The reason, he explained, was that the parties reached their own resolution of the dispute. He pointed out that the purpose of the board, and of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), “is to foster collective bargaining and productive ...more »
By Marilyn Goneau Farago In 2005 the Ontario government set out to ensure that accessibility was a legal right of all citizens when it passed the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), legislation that empowered the government to ...more »
By Shan Li More than 500 current and former female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have filed discrimination claims against the retailer with the US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission after a national class-action lawsuit was blocked by the ...more »
While this is probably not what Stevie Wonder was referring to in the lyrics of his 1966 hit song “Contract on Love,” in the employment law world, it takes on a whole new meaning. A “love contract” is a document signed by two employees who are in a ...more »
7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Paragon Shipping Inc. (NYSE: PRGN) ("Paragon Shipping" or the "Company"), announced today that it has entered into a fixed rate time charter agreement for its vessel, the M/V Friendly Seas, with Western Bulk Carriers AS.more »
By Verna Gates | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigrants, widely seen as the toughest in the United States, could cost the state's economy up to $10.8 billion, according to a new study. The Alabama law, passed in June, ...more »
The Department of Labor just proposed rules that would make some major changes to the Family Medical Leave Act. They'd affect how just about every employer handles FMLA leave. The biggest proposed change: Companies would be required to track FMLA leave ...more »
Who's your hotel lawyer? Martin H. Orlick is one of the top ADA defense lawyers in the country, having helped clients with more almost 500 ADA cases for hotels and other businesses. He is also is a senior member of the law firm's Global Hospitality ...more »
The Butte County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement and emergency personnel began searching different parts of the field for victims. Around 5:30 pm at the crime scene, BCSO Sgt. Jeff Young said two were taken to Enloe Medical Center, ...more »
By Keith Laing - 01/31/12 07:25 PM ET Lawmakers in the House and Senate came close to finalizing an agreement Tuesday to provide long-term funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as unions voiced opposition to a labor deal that paved the ...more »
... after “OneMillionMoms.com – a project of the American Family Association” – which is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) – demanded that JC Penney fire Ellen DeGeneres because she is gay earlier this week.more »
Southworth has refused to publicly disclose the reason for Bouchard's termination, but several Town Board members believe it was related to her filling Goslin's request for financial records and using Goslin's flash drive to transfer the information.more »
Not only that, but overall, the federal government demonstrates less of a spread from top to bottom than the private sector. In a study called Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees, the CBO found that those without a ...more »
