Labor & Employment Law 
Relaxed labour laws should not be drawcard – CTU – radionz
not relaxed labour laws. Mr Conway says Australian and New Zealand companies should be competing as though it is a shared market, which would see an increase in jobs, and better wages.
Changes to social security law hailed – IPP Media
The amendments presented to the House by the Minister for Labour and Employment Gaudencia Kabaka Social Security … the more than 150 amendments aimed to change Social Security Funds laws, Authority law, and Insurance law and include missing provisions …
Helping Those With Disabilities Secure Employment – Wall Street Journal
Shiu Director Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Department of Labor Washington Employment … no one—regardless of disability—can do every job. We all have different abilities and talents. This law must not create animosity toward the …
Littler’s Chicago Office Lands a Group of Three – PR Inside
Littler’s Chicago Office Lands a Group of Three Strengthening Firm’s National Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice CHICAGO, IL (April 17, 2012) – Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm …
Missouri Unemployment Bill Would Deny Benefits To Workers Fired For Off-The-Job Misconduct – Huffington Post
Many states base their definitions of misconduct on a 1941 Wisconsin Supreme Court, according to a Labor Department … Florida’s law is on the frontier, Wentworth said, because it gives employers leeway to regulate off-the-job behavior at …
Jobs head across Tasman – Sydney Morning Herald
HUNDREDS of Australian jobs have been shifted to New Zealand as local producers try to avoid the impact of high wages, the high Australian dollar and restrictive labour laws. Supermarket giant Woolworths is the latest to transfer jobs across the … Continue reading
Australian jobs on the move to NZ – Brisbane Times
HUNDREDS of Australian jobs have been shifted to New Zealand as local producers try to avoid the impact of high wages, a soaring Australian dollar and restrictive labour laws. Woolworths is the latest to transfer jobs across the Tasman. It … Continue reading
Singapore Employment Act to be reviewed in 2012 – Straits Times
Singapore’s main labour law, the Employment Act, will be reviewed this year, Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin announced on Tuesday at the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) annual Workplan Seminar. This is to ensure that the law keeps up … Continue reading
More American workers sue employers for overtime pay – Detroit Free Press
Their jobs were misclassified as exempt from overtime requirements … Courts, meanwhile, must reconcile decades-old labor laws with ever-evolving technology. The spread of BlackBerrys and iPhones has many workers tethered to employers …
Appeals court blocks gov’t rule on union posters – San Francisco Gate
… labor board contends the posters help workers more clearly understand their rights and protections under federal labor law. National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons called the appeals court’s injunction “a …
