Labor & Employment Law

Lawrence Lee Joins Fisher & Phillips as Partner – Newswiretoday.com

Your banner here within the next hour. Fisher & Phillips LLP announced that Lawrence Lee has joined the national labor and employment law firm as a partner in its Denver office. Todd Fredrickson, Managing Partner in Fisher & Phillips’ Denver … Continue reading

Atlanta Strippers Get $1.5M To Drop Overtime Suit – site.law360.com

nine months after declaring that the Atlanta strippers were employees under federal labor law. U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story said in September that the dancers’ relationship with Galardi South Enterprises Consulting Inc., proprietors of Atlanta’s …

Ontario Human Rights Code to protect transgendered individuals – jdsupra.com

Labor & Employment Law Updates DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.

Labor and Employment in Poland – jdsupra.com

Poland still struggles with rigid labor and employment laws, low-level corruption, and creaky infrastructure, but boasts an educated workforce, and according to the World Bank, ranks 62 out of 183 economies for ease of doing business (a slight decrease from … Continue reading

United States: Everything An Employer Could Ask For In One Decision On Class Action Waivers – Mondaq

as a matter of federal law, the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) precludes mandatory individual arbitration of employment claims, as it held that asserting class actions is a form of concerted activity protected by the NLRA. Because the NLRA is … Continue reading

Spain: Spain’s Employment Law And 2012 Labor Reform – Mondaq

The basic sources of labor law in Spain are the Constitution of 1978, treaties such as the International Labour Organization Agreements No. 87 (Agreement on Trade Union Freedom and Protection of the Right to Form Trade Unions of 1948) and … Continue reading

Lateral Watch: Fisher & Phillips Adds One – Law Week Colorado

DENVER — Employment and labor law firm Fisher & Phillips added Lawrence Lee as a partner to its Denver office. Lee, who had been with Gordon & Rees, will continue to focus his practice on employment litigation, counseling, and defending …

Walmart “Unable to Substantiate” Forced Labor Claims at Seafood Supplier – Daily Beast

Eight of those marched off the job early in June, and filed complaints against CJ’s Seafood with the federal Labor Department and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission … s Seafood violated federal law by “forcing guestworkers …

City Gains Jobs, but Unemployment Rises – New York Times Blogs

Brown, principal economist for the New York State Department of Labor. Over the last year … were in professional and business services, like law and accounting firms and advertising and employment agencies. But construction, which lost …

Here’s a Tip, More Challenges to Right to Work Laws on the Way – Huffington Post

What frustrates Mary the most is that no one wants to act when there are abuses at her place of employment. She said she has filed complaints with the Florida Board of Labor … simple reality is that RTW laws … Continue reading