Labor & Employment Law

ROME—The Italian government has put the final touches on a proposed labor law overhaul aimed at boosting jobs, though domestic dissent over the bill is still running high. The country’s business lobby warned on Thursday that last-minute tweaks to the … Continue reading →

since the Navajo Preference in Employment Act governs how companies treat Navajos in their employ. The Navajo Nation Supreme Court has upheld the authority of the tribe to enforce Navajo preference laws at the plant, but SRP contends that the … Continue reading →

Adding insult to injury, labor is losing the battle for fraud-prevention laws to the very sectors who perpetrated those wrongs only a decade ago. The JOBS Act weakens rules adopted in the aftermath of the 1990s tech bubble designed to … Continue reading →

Farmworkers have yet again been excluded from labour law amendments, the Food and Allied Workers’ Union … on amendments to the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. The Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association (Wieta) had …

A global recession and large job losses may be on cards if corrective steps are … The policy addresses in great detail the environment and regulatory issues, labour laws and taxation, but it is the proposed creation of National Manufacturing … Continue reading →

Economist and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich says the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups” or “JOBS” Act — which President Obama is expected to sign into law — is a scam. “It allows so-called ‘crowd funding’ by which people … Continue reading →

The main thrust of the changes are around regulation of the temporary employment services sector … in the National Economic Development and Labour Council negotiations, points out that, under a labour law regime that makes it difficult to dismiss …

Watch Italy’s unions are planning a campaign of industrial action against proposed labour market changes, which Prime Minister Mario Monti says are crucial to convincing creditors the country is serious about change. Businesses say the new employment laws …

And with growth and investment policies constantly being postponed, new jobs are not being created and unemployment is growing,” says Camusso, the head of the GCIL trade federation. Are Labor Law Changes Enough? Camusso has already announced a …

Flexibility “as far as ending employment agreements has increased in a relevant way,” Monti said. There will “also be guarantees to make sure that the labor judges don’t enter too much in the decisions of employers.” The labor law bill … Continue reading →