Labor & Employment Law 
California employers add 18,200 jobs in March – Los Angeles Times
California’s labor market continued its slow improvement in … said he’s been looking for full-time administrative work since he was laid off from a law firm in November. He’s scoured job boards online and dropped off resumes with potential …
Labor ruling against Hilo newspaper upheld – Syracuse Post-Standard
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a National Labor Relations Board’s decision that two reporters … The NLRB’s 2011 ruling reaffirmed a 2008 decision by an administrative law judge. In 2005, Bishop was given a termination … Continue reading
What do job titles mean? – St. Petersburg Times
Irving Geslewitz, a labor and employment attorney with the Chicago-based firm … t matter how many hours they work and that they’re exempt (from wage and hour laws),” Geslewitz said. “You give someone a title like chief Twitter officer and … Continue reading
AMR unions want to take a chance on U.S. Air merger – msnbc.com
American wants to cut 13,000 union jobs, or roughly 15 percent of its work force … bargaining agreement has not expired but rather had become amendable under U.S. labor law, meaning the contract could be subject to dismissal as part … Continue reading
AMR unions want to take a chance on U.S. Air merger – Reuters
American wants to cut 13,000 union jobs, or roughly 15 percent of its work force … agreement has not expired but rather had become amendable under U.S. labor law, meaning the contract could be subject to dismissal as part of … Continue reading
Union infighting could make ugly labor battle look civil – CBS Sports
It is a strategy with limitations; not only is Fisher incapable of forcing the other board members to join him in taking on Hunter, but he also “doesn’t have the votes” to keep his job … required by law to … Continue reading
States with no income tas did grow jobs, but connection is murky – St. Petersburg Times
The nation lost more than 2 million jobs from 2001 to 2010, according to federal labor data. On average states without … But Richard Pomp, a professor of law at the University of Connecticut and state taxation expert said, “You … Continue reading
Seven job-posting red flags – San Jose Mercury News
But the US Department of Labor is clear that any productive labor be paid under minimum-wage laws, and that an internship cannot be a condition of employment at a company. 7. The job post asks you to submit sensitive information. … Continue reading
Locking Down an American Workforce – Huffington Post
Those “freedmen” were eager to pursue their new liberty either by setting up as small farmers or by exercising the right to move out of the region at will or from job … labor — and better yet, close by. … Continue reading
Maryland Becomes First State To OK Facebook Password Protection Bill – Huffington Post
It is unclear if the measure will become law because Democratic Gov … said Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella, a labor and employment attorney with Baltimore-based Shawe Rosenthal LLP. “I do not have one client that to my knowledge asked someone …
