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• Bailout for union pension plans?

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 124
  Watch out for the proposed Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act of 2009 (Pomeroy, D-N.D. and Tiberi, R-Ohio), which could serve as the vehicle for billions more in bailouts directed at mismanaged unions and pension funds, warns Diana Furchtgott-Roth at Real Clear Politics .
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• So, Democrats, hows EFCA coming?

  
  Corrente — Authority: 624
  At EdWize, 2009-11-30 , the state of play: If workers keep their mouths shut, their noses clean and stop busting chops and bucking their bosses, they will, if management sees fit, be paid fairly so that, provided they are not ingrates or spendthrifts, they will do just fine being one paycheck ahead of eviction and ...
  3 days ago

• Goodbye and, BTW, Eight Circuit Reinstates ERISA Case Against Wal-Mart Involving Iqbal Plausibility Standard

  
  PrawfsBlawg — Authority: 575
  Thanks to Dan and all for having me as a guest this November.  I leave you all with the exciting world of ERISA/employee benefits and how the Iqbal/Twombley plausibility standard is impacting that part of the legal world.  Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores, No. 08-3798 (8th Cir. Nov. 25, 2009) involves a class action ...
  3 days ago

• NY ups penalties for employer retaliation

  
  Long Island Business News — Authority: 487
  Workers who want to report theyve been underpaid or mistreated on the job are getting stronger protection against retaliation by their employers under a new state law that goes into effect this week.The law toughens penalties for employers who go after employees who report violations to the state Department of Labor. ...
  3 days ago

• Canadian Supreme Court Ruling Favors Wal-Mart Closure

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 479
  Recall the long legal saga about Wal-Marts decision to close its store in Jonquiere, Quebec after the store became unionized. The Wall Street Journal reports today that the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a suit brought by several of...
  5 days ago

• McKennirey on Reforming the Labour-Trade Linkage

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 479
  David Doorey (York Univ. (Canada)) writes to tell us that a big wig Canadian official, John McKennirey, who was Canadas point person on North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) bargaining and held various other senior positions in the Canadian...
  1 week ago

• GINA is Here: Complying With "HER" Regulations

  
  HR Observations — Authority: 411
  Ok, I know that I took some liberties with "Geena" to match "GINA" in sound, but hey, it is Monday morning. GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act went into effect on Saturday and as of that date employers must comply with Title II of the act. (Title I is a requirment for insurance companies to comply ...
  1 week ago

• More Support for Two-Member Board Decisions

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 479
  Add another court of appeal to the list of those supporting the NLRBs power to issue two-member decisions. This time its the Fourth Circuit in Narricot Indus. v. NLRB. That makes it four courts (1st, 2nd, 4th, and 7th Circuits)...
  1 week ago

• Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games: Indian Workers Allege Exploitation

  
  Ekawaaz - One Voice - Many Issues : News Views and Reviews — Authority: 422
  Commonwealth but it’s a Un-Common-Wealth in India. Rampant exploitation of workers and contracts labors continues.“Where you go to the bathroom is where you eat and where you eat is also where you sleep” Condition of Workers, Working at 2010 Commonwealth Games VillageOur own people are shedding their own bloods ...
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• Work Email: "I Always Feel Like ... Somebodys Watching Me"

  
  PrawfsBlawg — Authority: 575
  No, this post is not about the singer Rockwell or that annoying Geicocommercial, but about whether you should just assume that your bossmonitors your email. A new Wall Street Journal article suggests that is what exactly may be happening, but now there is some push back from employees and their advocates: Big ...
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• Widespread Employer Under-Reporting to OSHA

  
  PrawfsBlawg — Authority: 575
  So finds a new astonishing and disturbing report released by the GAO this past Monday and reported on by the New York Times : Employersand workers routinely underreport work-related injuries and illnesses,calling into question the accuracy of nationwide data that theOccupational Safety and Health Administration ...
  2 weeks ago

• Drummonds on Reforming Labor Law by Reforming Labor Law Preemption Doctrine

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 479
  Henry Drummonds (Lewis & Clark) has provided me with a draft of his recent article in the Louisiana Law Review: Reforming Labor Law by Reforming Labor Law Preemption Doctrine to Allow the States to Make More Labor Relations Policy. From...
  2 weeks ago

• Employment Law: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

  
  JD Scoop — Authority: 409
  On November 21, 2009, additional requirements of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) go into effect. More on the legislation, approved by Congress last year, from JD Supra contributor Siegel, OConnor, ODonnell & Beck, P.C. : GINA applies to "private and state and local government ...
  2 weeks ago

• Canadian Views on EFCA

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 479
  Just Labour: A Journal of Work and Society, which is an electronic journal published by the York Universitys Centre for Research on Work and Society, has just published a collection of articles entitled, "A Canadian Perspective on the U.S. Employee...
  2 weeks ago

• Rare Injunction Granted In Public Sector Labor Law Case To Enjoin Improper Practice

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  Matter of PERB v. County of Monroe,___Misc.3d____(Albany Co. 2009), is a rare case where a state court judge issued an injunction pending the outcome of an Improper Practice that had been filed with PERB. The IP concerns an alleged effort...
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• A New Direction for the American Labor Movement?

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 479
  Nancy Folbre has a post on the Economix page of the New York Times today that investigates some interesting new developments within the American Labor Movement: On Oct. 27, the United Steelworkers announced an agreement with Mondragon International to move...
  2 weeks ago

• Advantages of a Trade Union

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 167
  One of the most vital decisions you will ever make in regards to your work would be whether or not you should join a trade union. Trade Unions are groups that aim to protect the rights of workers and to ensure that they are not exploited. Its no secret that some employers consider these organizations to be the scourge ...
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• Compelling public employee to answer potentially incriminating questions without formal immunity grant -- Certiorari Denied

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  Certiorari has been denied in a case in which the California Supreme Court held that a public employee may be compelled by threat of job discipline to answer potentially incriminating questions about the employees job performance, at least where the...
  2 weeks ago

• Of UPS And Rent-Seeking

  
  The New Ledger Chequer-Board — Authority: 145
  An excellent video by Nick Gillespie : Needless to say, there is a lot of this kind of thing going on.
  3 weeks ago

• “Ricci v. DeStefano” Returns to Court

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 446
  Fourteen of the New Haven 20 would have been promoted if the city had acted on the test results as was originally planned.
  3 weeks ago

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