Labor & Employment Law

Doerner Saunders Welcomes Employment Law Attorney Christopher S. Thrutchley to Tulsa Office – PRWeb

Doerner Saunders is a full-service business and commercial law firm that also has offices in Oklahoma City and Norman. Thrutchley’s areas of practice include labor and employment law. “Chris’ expertise in HR issues spans the entire talent management …

Doerner Saunders Welcomes Employment Law Attorney Christopher S. Thrutchley to Tulsa Office – YAHOO!

Doerner Saunders is a full-service business and commercial law firm that also has offices in Oklahoma City and Norman. Thrutchley’s areas of practice include labor and employment law. “Chris’ expertise in HR issues spans the entire talent management …

Falling wage growth adds gloom to jobs picture, labor group says – Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON — Declining wage growth is adding to the discouraging employment picture, leaving cash-strapped workers unable to help boost the recovery, the National Employment Law Project said … according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Labor Department releases lackluster April jobs report – The Business Journal

The U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of Labor Latest from The Business … the U.S. unemployment rate fell from 8.2 percent in March to 8.1 percent in April, according to employment figures released Friday by the White House.

NLRB Attacks Mandatory Employment Arbitration (Again!) – jdsupra.com

Peter Janus represents employers in various industries and in the private and public sectors in all aspects of employment and labor relations law

Labor board takes side of Mardi Gras union organizers – Miami Herald

The National Labor Relations Board has stepped in on behalf of 10 workers fired from their jobs at Hallandale Beach’s Mardi … The matter now heads to an administrative law judge for a June 25 hearing. Employers frequently choose to … Continue reading

Falling wage growth adds gloom to jobs picture, labor group says – Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — Declining wage growth is adding to the discouraging employment picture, leaving cash-strapped workers unable to help boost the recovery, the National Employment Law Project said … according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Jobs Program Heralded by Administration Raises LGBT Workplace Protection Questions – Metro Weekly

employment laws” as forbidding discrimination based on gender identity … include sexual orientation or gender identity in their nondiscrimination policies. Labor spokesman Roberts only reiterated that there was no requirement, and the White House …

Volunteerism or Exploitation? Labor Department’s ‘Bridge to Work’ Program Rankles Some – In These Times

both because we feel they often violate Unemployment Insurance and Fair Labor Standard Acts laws, but also because they are not effective ways to re-employ the long-term unemployed,” says Judy Conti of the National Employment Law Project (NELP).

Child labor law, bird harassment, spring clean-up – Aberdeen News

The U.S. Department of Labor has scrapped a plan that would have prevented children from working dangerous farm jobs. Opponents of the proposal … whether two Iowa pilots violated a federal law when they flew their plane close to a … Continue reading