Labor & Employment Law

US Airways makes deals with 3 AMR unions – msnbc.com

Bankruptcy law gives companies special tools to cut costs … in New York and present their case for throwing out union labor contracts, including freezing pension plans, outsourcing jobs and shifting more flying to other airlines.

Labor ruling against Hilo newspaper upheld – MySanAntonio

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a National Labor Relations Board’s decision that two reporters fired from a Hilo newspaper should be reinstated with back pay. The NLRB’s 2011 ruling reaffirmed a 2008 decision by an administrative law judge.

South Florida restaurants stay hungry for workers – Miami Herald

Since then, about 10,000 restaurants jobs have been added, putting the dining industry on a faster recovery pace than the labor market as a whole … accounting and law. “I’m definitely concerned,’’ said Chris Lafakis, a Moody’s …

AMR unions want to take a chance on US 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

Restaurants a stand-out in South Florida’s job rebound – Miami Herald

Since then, about 10,000 restaurants jobs have been added, putting the dining industry on a faster recovery pace than the labor market as a whole … accounting and law. “I’m definitely concerned,’’ said Chris Lafakis, a Moody’s …

Is Your High-Profile Job Worth The Price? – The Business Insider

Rather than using subjective criteria to define such professions, we rely on the annual data from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics … For example, the average law school student is …

Embattled Mich. emergency manager law threatened – Yahoo Finance

Opponents, primarily unions worried about managers canceling local labor … law, said local leaders should maintain responsibility for local problems in a democracy. “It is important for the people who get elected to these positions to do the …

Labour board orders teachers to prepare report cards immediately – The Vancouver Sun

The B.C. Labour Relations Board has issued an … not write any report cards that were due during its job action, which began in September and ended March 17 with the passage of Bill 22. That law ordered a six-month … Continue reading

At college’s job fair, age varies widely – Times Herald-Record

Health care, financial services, retail, law enforcement, the military … according to figures released Thursday by the state Department of Labor. • Sullivan County saw employment decline less than 1 percent. There were 2,400 more private …

Chamber of Commerce Sues Labor Dept Over Guest-Worker Rule Change – International Business Times

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Assistant Secretary for Labor, Employment and Training Jane Oates are defendants … houses to pass a resolution and have the president sign a law barring implementation of the federal agency’s regulations.