Labor & Employment Law

CORRECT: Italy’s Budget Law To Include Changes To Labor Law – Sources – NASDAQ

(“Italy’s Budget Law To Include Changes To Labor Law – Sources,” at 13:41 … The Italian government is including changes to one of Italy’s most hotly contested employment laws as part of its amendments to the 2012 budget law, according … Continue reading

Italy’s Budget Law To Include Changes To Labor Law – Sources – NASDAQ

ROME -(Dow Jones)- The Italian government is including changes to one of Italy’s most hotly contested employment laws … to Article 18 of the labor code, which effectively prohibits dismissals. The government’s plan affects that law, the people familiar …

AFL-CIO president rallies labor in Ohio vote – Toledo Blade

CLEVELAND— AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka led organized labor’s final push Monday in a fierce election battle over a new Ohio law limiting public employee unions, while Gov. John Kasich told supporters the restrictions would mean new jobs …

ABA loves Big Labor, but not rule of law – Washington Examiner

Even so, the American Bar Association (ABA) named Solomon its Federal Labor and Employment Attorney of the Year … legal community’s contempt for the constitutional rule of law. Government agency general counsels tend to have tunnel vision in favor …

While More Men Are Finding Work, Women Continue to Lose Jobs – Yahoo Finance

we saw something quite disturbing,” says Joan Entmacher, vice president and director of family economic security at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C. “Men were making modest gains. They were adding jobs, and their unemployment …

Labor regulations protect child workers, but not the undocumented – Examiner

The United Farmworkers Union is currently lobbying in Congress for the passage of a proposed bill, which would limit the employment of children under the age of sixteen who currently work on farms. Right now, child labor laws that serve … Continue reading

Fisher & Phillips New Jersey Law Office Earns First-Tier Ranking From U.S. News – Best Lawyers – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)

MURRAY HILL, N.J. (November 1, 2011) – The New Jersey office of Fisher & Phillips LLP, one of the nation’s leading law firms in the field of labor and employment , announced today that it has received a “Metropolitan First-Tier … Continue reading

Department of Labor launches investigations into local restaurants – Athens Banner-Herald

Villoch and his fellow investigators will be focusing on violations of overtime and minimum-wage requirements, as well as child labor law violations. They will be reviewing employment records, timecards and other paperwork at randomly selected …

Legal Jobs: October Report – Wall Street Journal

The legal services sector gained 400 jobs last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly employment report released Friday. “Modest” is probably too immodest a word to describe that kind of growth; The AmLaw Daily …

Championing Fairness in the Workplace: Lilly Ledbetter Addresses Guests of Local Law Firm – YAHOO!

The theme of “championing fairness” is especially important to the firm. Its practice includes expert counsel in Labor, Employment, Civil Rights Law and many other areas of expertise. Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A, is renowned for its involvement and …