Labor & Employment Law

Labor chief warns vs contractualization ahead of Labor Day – Global Nation

readiness to take full responsibility for performing a job, work or service; substantial capital or investment; commitment to comply with labor laws; and registration with DOLE regional offices. But workers slammed the order as nothing but “fine-tuning …

Job Front: Social media privacy bills advance in Sacramento – Sacramento Bee

Legislation that would bar employers from requesting job candidates’ social media user names and passwords is growing closer to becoming state law. The Social Media … sailed through the Senate’s Education, and Labor and Industrial Relations …

Why Spain’s Economic Plight Is Nothing Like Greece’s – Forbes

Until now labor relations law in Spain has been extraordinarily interventionist … that without reform there will be no restoration of economic growth and full employment. Somehow, Rajoy’s best hope of winning the election in 2016 lies …

Mass. woman balks at paying old $73 debt to NJ – YAHOO!

New Jersey Department of Labor spokeswoman Kerri Gatling says there is no bad debt “write-off” in unemployment insurance law. US Department of Labor announces … to develop innovative demonstrations of re-employment strategies

US labor union, Mexican lawyers file complaint against Alabama immigration law – Thehill.com

The complaint says the law violates “international human rights and labor rights standards and undermines the ability of federal authorities to effectively enforce labor and employment laws.”

Immigration Stalls as Opportunities Wane on U.S.-Mexican Border – Bloomberg

“Harvesting Vidalia onions in Georgia becomes more challenging when you don’t have labor,” U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, said at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing April 26. “Many of these are jobs that …

Labor Day bonus: Gov’t offers nearly 300,000 jobs – Philippine Star Online

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the nationwide job and livelihood fairs form part of the centerpiece … best to complete the whole package under the Salary Standardization Law III. The Salary Standardization Law provides increases in salaries …

SEIU and Allies Lodge Unprecedented NAFTA Complaint, Hitting ‘Abusive’ Alabama Anti-Immigrant Law – Common Dreams

… rights and labor rights standards and undermines the ability of federal authorities to effectively enforce labor and employment laws. “We are going to fight HB 56 with everything we can bring to bear under U.S. law,” said Eliseo Medina … Continue reading

International Labor Organization’s Youth Employment Forum – Global Nation

A video showing the unemployment crisis in the country won three Filipino law students a chance to present their short film at the International Labor Organization’s Youth Employment Forum next month in Geneva, Switzerland.

South Africa: Labour Laws to Set New Course – AllAfrica.com

The private sector has argued that the amendments to the labour laws will affect the cost of doing business and the creation of employment. “We do not see how job creation will be affected by the mere fact that we … Continue reading