Labor & Employment Law 
Changing spin on New Jersey’s job numbers – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
First, the numbers — an unchanged unemployment rate and a drop in jobs — were released about 11:45 a.m. Ten minutes later, the e-mail was recalled by the Department of Labor … s offer to suggest a law on his … Continue reading
Social Model Is Europe’s Solution, Not Its Problem – Bloomberg
Labor unions in the European Trade Union Confederation … much less dependent on external markets. We need proactive employment policies that promote public-works projects, and laws that discourage companies from cutting staff levels when …
Ban child labour: CWFI to Centre – MSN India
In a statement after its 49th All India Working Committee meeting here, the CWFI also asked the Centre to ensure full employment and education to … are being denied their basic and legal rights. Labour laws have not been effectively … Continue reading
Editorial – Labour wants it both ways – Stuff
And the Sydney Morning Herald last week reported hundreds of Australian jobs shifting to New Zealand as producers tried to avoid the impact of high wages, a soaring Australian dollar and restrictive labour laws. Woolworths transferred 40 contact centre …
Labor union sues Indiana, calls working alongside nonunion employees ‘slavery’ – Daily Caller
and labor commissioner in February, alleging that the state’s “right to work” law is unconstitutional. Indiana’s law prohibits employers from making union membership a condition of getting or keeping a job. The union’s February lawsuit …
Lydecker Diaz Adds Mark Anthony Emanuele as Partner – PR-USA.net
Mr. Emanuele focuses his practice on administrative and regulatory litigation, healthcare matters, labor and employment litigation and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Emanuele has been practicing law in Florida for over 25 years and is an AV-rated attorney.
We Don’t Go to Work to Be Touched’: Sexual Harassment in the Warehouse – AlterNet
WWJ’s Leah Fried told me that the same industry structure that allegedly allows for widespread violations of labor law, extremely low wages and … the low unionization rate – because so many jobs are temp jobs and because very few … Continue reading
VIEW FROM THE SENATE Recognizing Equal Pay Day in Massachusetts – Abington Mariner
According to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics … different wages for comparable work. However, the law does not define the term comparable work, and the state’s job classification system has not been updated in more … Continue reading
Blow for Australian PM as speaker steps aside – Financial Times
In order to take the job, he had to resign from the opposition … after a row over a promise to tighten gambling laws. That majority has now all but disappeared because Anna Burke, the deputy speaker and Labor MP, … Continue reading
Despite talk of rising economy, many of Mercer’s minimum-wage workers feel left out of recovery – NJ.com
If signed into law, a bill … U.S. Department of Labor. An increase in the minimum wage would be the first for the state in seven years. According to federal data, in May of last year the county had 3,122 … Continue reading
