Labor & Employment Law 
Labor market offers Few jobs for Fatihs and Serkans in Germany – Today’s Zaman
Deniz is German citizen; she studied business and law at a German university … “Companies do not like risks when hiring staff,” Holger Seibert, a labor market expert from Institute for Employment Research (IAB), a unit of the German Federal … Continue reading
Obama-NLRB’s Anti-Business Acting General Counsel Awarded ABA Award – RedState
… was named Federal Labor and Employment Attorney of the Year by the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law. The award, which recognizes a federal attorney’s “commitment to government service, demonstrated …
Unions want mayor to negotiate pension initiative – San Diego Union-Tribune
the state Public Employment Relations Board could do to remedy the situation should it find that the mayor violated labor law. Possibilities range from a slap on the wrist to forcing initiative supporters to start from scratch beginning with …
Zambia : Workers Detail Abuse in Chinese-Owned Mines – Enforce Health, Safety, and Labor Laws in Copper Mining Industry – AllAfrica.com
But they described abusive employment conditions that violate national and international … strikingly similar to abuses we see in China,” Bekele said. “Respecting labor laws and ensuring workers’ safety should be standard operating practice both in …
The law lets kids do what??! – DAILY KOS
The Department of Labor said the proposals aimed to “bring parity … are excluded from many legal protections mandated in other employment sectors. For example, federal laws permit children as young as 12 to be hired to do farm work … Continue reading
U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October, fewer than expected – Los Angeles Times
“Employers are riding a turtle when we were hoping they’d get on a Thoroughbred,” said Patrick O’Keefe, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Labor who is now … according to the National Employment Law Project.
Obamacare’ could be Supreme Court’s labor/employment highlight of the year – Daily Journal of Commerce
and each will have only a limited impact on the state of labor and employment law, with narrow applicability and scope on employers. In fact, the only employers that even need to take notice are: Storm watchers are bracing for … Continue reading
Jobs summit focuses on reforming trade policies – Colorado Springs Gazette
Reforming trade policies by setting a national goal of exporting more than the U.S. imports, enforcing existing trade laws and changing … need to add 58,000 more jobs than the nearly 24,000 the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is … Continue reading
Chinese copper firms in Zambia abusing workers, rights group says – Los Angeles Times
Chinese-run copper mining companies in Zambia routinely violate labor laws and regulations intended to protect … s Chinese State-Owned Copper Mines,” describes abusive employment conditions at four Chinese-run mines, including substandard …
Labor group warns of backlash from OFW deployment ban – Global Nation
Be on the lookout “Let’s also be on the lookout for those offering jobs, especially in the countries on the … that OFW-receiving countries should have “existing labor and social laws protecting the rights of migrant workers; should be a … Continue reading
