Labor & Employment Law

Group to launch drive to block Michigan from becoming a right-to-work state – Detroit Free Press

LANSING — A coalition of labor unions and liberal activists … right-to-work state and nullifying labor-related laws enacted over the last year. Representatives of the group, Protect Our Jobs, said they would begin collecting petition …

Permanent jobs grow at fastest pace since May – Reuters UK

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC … with caution by employers and labour law changes cited among the reasons, the REC report said.

Tanzania: 42 Trucks Impounded for Failure to Employ Drivers – AllAfrica.com

THE Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority (SUMATRA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Youth Development … to act against owners failing to abide by labour laws started yesterday and will last for five days.He said …

Labour seeks FG intervention over AKS Steel workers’ plight – Vanguard

ORGANISED labour in the nation’s Steel and Engineering sector, has called on the Federal Government to intervene on the plight of over 500 workers of AKS Nigeria Limited allegedly forced out of job for the … as permitted by law. … Continue reading

Baum: Beware Analysts Torturing Jobs Data – Bloomberg

At precisely 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time tomorrow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics … is a comprehensive count of jobs and wages derived from tax reports submitted by every employer subject to unemployment-insurance laws.

Labour export firms face fines for gouging workers – Viet Name News

the department will co-ordinate with their Taiwanese partners to revoke their labour export licences and deal strictly with such cases in accordance with the law.” Regulations required that the total costs for an industrial worker seeking employment in …

United Arab Emirates: The New Part-time Work Permit In The UAE: Much Ado About Nothing? – Mondaq

and the private sector must be eagerly awaiting further ministerial resolutions fleshing out the rules governing part-time employment. 9 Meanwhile, employers recruiting part-time employees are bound to abide by the provisions of the Labour Law as it stands …

Gordhan calls for labour law reforms – Polity.org.za

What is needed is a comprehensive set of reforms that maximise job creation,” Gordhan said in an opinion piece in Business Day. “Labour market reforms can directly improve employment by providing flexibility and the right incentives to work, to hire … Continue reading

Unions, activists unite to head off right-to-work laws – Lansing State Journal

LANSING — A coalition of labor unions and liberal activists … right-to-work state and nullifying labor-related laws enacted over the last year. Representatives of the group, Protect Our Jobs, said they would begin collecting petition …

Gordhan calls for labour law reforms – Independent Online

What is needed is a comprehensive set of reforms that maximise job creation,” Gordhan said in an opinion piece in Business Day. “Labour market reforms can directly improve employment by providing flexibility and the right incentives to work …