Labor & Employment Law 
Feds: Labor laws protect transgender workers – The Spokesman-Review
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the agency that enforces the nation’s job discrimination laws has ruled that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace. The decision late last week from the Equal Employment …
Chattahoochee Tech to launch environmental technology program – Atlanta Journal Constitution
The job demand is expected to grow by 24 percent in the next 10 years, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics … geographic information systems technology, environmental law and ethics, forest stream and wetland ecology, and quantitative …
How Christian Groups Push Right-Wing Religion With the Help of Your Tax Dollars – AlterNet
While federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on religious beliefs … Commensurate with this purpose, those who labor as pregnancy center board members, directors, and volunteers are expected to know Christ as their savior …
Judge rules in favor of fired Twin Cities Jimmy John’s workers – Marketplace.publicradio.org
… of ten Twin Cities Jimmy John’s sandwich shops violated labor laws by firing six workers and disciplining three others. The judge recommends the fired workers should get their jobs back, along with back pay. He said disciplinary warnings …
Taxpayer-Funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers Using Religion To Oppose Abortion – Huffington Post
While federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on religious beliefs … Commensurate with this purpose, those who labor as pregnancy center board members, directors, and volunteers are expected to know Christ as their savior …
Underemployment is good for college grads – Daily Mail – Charleston (blog)
The law of supply and demand trumps a sheepskin … “We’re going to need a lot better job growth and connections to the labor market, otherwise college debt will grow.” By region, the Mountain West was most likely to have … Continue reading
Wonkbook: Obama and Romney agree on student loans. But where’s Congress? – Washington Post
Many graduates have struggled to find jobs in the tight labor market — and have fallen behind on their … If the Supreme Court upholds an immigration law, Democrats want to strike it down. “Senate Democrats are making plans to … Continue reading
Zimbabwe: Ensure All Arbitrators Are Up to Their Task – AllAfrica.com
Frequently in labour arbitration there is no “right answer”. The law sets boundaries but leaves a lot to negotiation. Often neither party has much experience in negotiation, so making the job of an arbitrator valuable, but only so long as … Continue reading
Monroe IDA found blameless over jobs – Buffalo News
That prompted several state and county legislators, as well as labor and advocacy … But advocacy groups said the laws governing economic-development agencies are so flawed that, in order to prove that any job piracy was committed, VWR would …
Labour brokers to be held responsible – Independent Online
as part of proposed amendments to the country’s labour laws, an official said on Monday. The amendments to the Labour Relations Act and Basic Conditions of Employment Act aimed to curb the “shirking” of responsibility to workers hired by labour … Continue reading
