Labor & Employment Law

Veterans Return to an Unwelcoming Job Market – The Ledger

WASHINGTON | Matt Pizzo has a law degree, can-do attitude … Hannah Rudstam of Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations School studies veterans’ employment, and says many employers consider PTSD and traumatic brain injury mysterious …

Canada’s Labour Minister Marks National Day of Mourning – msnbc.com

including the Canada Labour Code, which covers industrial relations, health and safety and employment standards, and the Employment Equity Act. These laws cover federally regulated workers and employers. This news release is available in alternative …

Union pact with U.S. Air touts job savings vs. AMR plan – CNBC

American, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in November, has said it must cut at least 13,000 jobs to trim labor costs. Information on … A controversial law that will make it harder for foreign tourists to buy cannabis in … Continue reading

Hilda L. Solis: 12: the most haunting number – Times Herald-Record

As the nation’s secretary of labor, I am surrounded by numbers about jobs, the labor market and the economy … looking forward to a career in chemistry, law and the rights of women and immigrants. One day, while performing an … Continue reading

Gas drilling job-training programs pop up in NY – YAHOO!

The University of Buffalo’s School of Law was the first school east of the Mississippi … ShaleNET aims to develop a well-trained local workforce. The Pennsylvania Labor Department counted about 28,000 industry jobs in the Marcellus in 2011.

AFL-CIO boss sees signs of 1912 Lawrence strike today – Boston Herald

America’s top labor leader plans to help commemorate … Thousands of workers in Lawrence’s knitting mills walked off their jobs in early 1912 when management cut their pay in response to a then-new state law limiting work weeks to 54 … Continue reading

Labor Department backs off child labor update – Houston Chronicle

… terminated its plans to update child labor laws in agriculture. Late Thursday, the department issued a statement saying it was withdrawing proposals to update regulations governing what jobs those under 16 could take on farms and ranches. “The …

Gas drilling job-training programs pop up in NY – Miami Herald

The University of Buffalo’s School of Law was the first school east of the … develop a well-trained local workforce. The Pennsylvania Labor Department counted about 28,000 industry jobs in the Marcellus in 2011. The DEC’s impact review of …

Gas drilling job-training programs pop up in NY – msnbc.com

The University of Buffalo’s School of Law was the first school east of the … develop a well-trained local workforce. The Pennsylvania Labor Department counted about 28,000 industry jobs in the Marcellus in 2011. The DEC’s impact review of …

Fisher & Phillips Expands Dallas Office with the Addition of Meredith Prykryl Walker – PR-USA.net

The Dallas office of national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP announced today the addition of Meredith Prykryl Walker as an associate. Walker has more than six years of experience handling a wide range of labor and … Continue reading