Labor & Employment Law

Fisher & Phillips Attorneys Selected to 2012 New Jersey Super Lawyers® – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)

She is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators – Labor and Employment Law and regularly mediates and arbitrates employment disputes. In 2011 Cynthia was the recipient of The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s highest …

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey – TMCnet

In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject … Title of Collection: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). OMB Control Number: 1220-0170. Affected Public: Private Sector–Businesses …

NLRB Officials, ABC Executive to Discuss Best Practices for Managing Social Media Use by Employees at In-House Counsel Labor & Employment Law Forum – GlobeNewsWire (press release)

NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ALM’s Corporate Counsel today announced plans for its In-House Counsel Labor & Employment Law Forum, to take place on March 27 th at The Harvard Club in New York City. The event … Continue reading

Italy’s Monti faces vital test on labour reform – Reuters UK

TWO-TIER LABOUR MARKET The standoff between the government and unions has focused on Article 18 of the labour law, a provision which makes … the rules will not change for workers already in employment, but wants to create a different … Continue reading

Getting Back to Full Employment: Where Will the Jobs Come From? – Minyanville

At the very least, it needs to be considered in every policy, every law, every social initiative … The next table is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (or BLS) website, a treasure trove of employment data. Then I will … Continue reading

Barred From Shutting, Wethersfield Nursing Home Cutting 74 Jobs – Hartford Courant

Of the 47 jobs eliminated … The National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency responsible for enforcing workers’ rights, has charged that HealthBridge is breaking the law because the concessions it’s asking for are so large, and, the …

Chinese Labor Activists Are Terrified That Foxconn Will Come Away Looking Good – The Business Insider

The Mike Daisey scandal is a nightmare for activists who are trying to draw attention to labor conditions at Foxconn … word performer Mike Daisey’s The Agony and the Estasy of Steve Jobs monologue was partially fabricated. The programme retracted … Continue reading

United States: California Law Should Have Been Applied To Determine If Drivers Were Employees Or Independent Contractors – Mondaq

(Duane Morris LLP) These days, I see an increasing amount of non-employment attorneys practicing in the area of labor and employment law. Leave Of Absence As Reasonable Accommodation For Disability? It Depends. (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and …

Dohm certified as labor law specialist – Chaska Herald

Kelly Dohm, a partner with Melchert Hubert Sjodin, P.L.L.P., has been certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association Board as a Labor and Employment Law Specialist. Melchert Hubert Sjodin is a local law firm, with offices in Waconia …

Unlikely allies come together to support jobs – msnbc.com

Business groups and a former labor leader came … that create and preserve jobs, while opposing proposals that threaten them, Burkhalter said. Alliance Executive Director Patrick Cagle said the group favors a law signed earlier in March that …