Labor & Employment Law 
More Americans sue employers for overtime pay – KSDK
Their jobs were misclassified as exempt from overtime requirements … Courts, meanwhile, must reconcile decades-old labor laws with ever-evolving technology. The spread of BlackBerrys and iPhones has many workers tethered to employers, for better …
Does the NLRB ‘Like’ Your Social Media Policies? – Law.com
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) grants employees broad rights to discuss wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment not only … Title VII and similar equal rights laws, but they need to be careful … Continue reading
High court weighs OT for sales reps – CharlotteObserver.com
Many sales jobs are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But unlike typical salespeople who often work on commission, pharmaceutical sales representatives cannot seal a deal with doctors. Federal law, in fact, forbids any …
Labor Reforms In Place, US-Colombia FTA Will Start In May – site.law360.com
“It’s a win for the U.S. by increasing our exports by more than $1 billion, supporting thousands of U.S. jobs… To view the full article, take a free trial now.
Recession saw job bias filings soar – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“A job is so much more valuable when the labor market is tight … its hiring practices and then change those practices in order to comply with the law. Patricia A. Shiu, the director of the Department of Labor’s Office … Continue reading
How Organized Labor Helped Win Marriage Equality in Maryland and Washington–And What We Can Learn – AlterNet
As a straight, black labor organizer … slowly chipped away at the impact and spirit of the law: first passing anti-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, insurance, and lending in 2005; then limited domestic …
The Labour Party and Ed Miliband need to find an answer to the bigger money question – Daily Telegraph
Mr Miliband, who never had a political honeymoon, has surprised his critics and disproved those who mistakenly viewed him as not being up to the job. Even so … While a second Elizabethan Poor Law is hardly appealing, Labour so … Continue reading
High court weighs overtime pay for drug sales reps – CNBC
The justices questioned whether the federal law governing overtime pay should apply to the roughly 90,000 people who try to persuade doctors to prescribe certain drugs to their patients. Many sales jobs are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair … Continue reading
New Organizing Campaign Aims to Change the Way We Think About Work–And Each Other – AlterNet
Those jobs would come with training and certification to improve … Many members have been working for years to change those federal labor laws. In meetings with Solis, backed by a letter-writing campaign, CAG amped up the pressure.
Asia/Middle East: Increase Protections for Migrant Workers – Human Rights Watch
These include reducing recruitment costs, developing standard employment contracts … migrant workers and government action to inspect workplaces and enforce labor laws. The draft framework also calls on governments to enhance workers …
