Labor & Employment Law

The recall was largely motivated by Walker’s law passed last year effectively ending … Fifteen months in, there are only 5,900 new private sector jobs and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that Wisconsin lost more jobs than … Continue reading →

Chores versus employment. Picking rock in the spring … Before it backed off, the Department of Labor was indeed attempting to expand child labor laws to farms. These rules would have covered paid workers, not kids working for their parents.

The Ministry of Labor will organize a forum and workshop on the … people besides exploring the mechanism to effectively implement the laws governing their employment. A major topic of discussion at the forum will be the findings of some … Continue reading →

THE REFORM of the employment rights structures being proposed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation may not meet the requirements of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, according to a Labour TD. Michael McNamara, Labour TD for Clare … Continue reading →

The 150-year-old Dupont Medical created 20 jobs making custom devices at a plant in central France — and will stop there. Faced with France’s stifling labor code, Haan probably will send any additional production of standard equipment to what …

Tired of waits to fill orders and lack of control over his Asian factories, Pierrick Haan, chief executive officer of Dupont Medical, decided last year to return production of some wheelchairs and medical equipment to France. The 150-year-old …

… 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 …

Under pressure from farming advocates in rural communities, and following a report by The Daily Caller, the Obama administration withdrew a proposed rule Thursday that would have applied child labor laws to family … places of employment would include …

The judge said her reading of federal law indicates the authority to regulate the programs rests solely with the Department of Homeland Security. The Labor Department had … transportation costs to the job site and pay for the trip home … Continue reading →

Labor Department employees … floor a bill that would require the Transportation Safety Administration be held to the same law protecting the jobs of called-up reservists as other employers. “Schools, post offices, fire departments and post …