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Court Rules Claim Work Hours Cut As ACA Dodge Plausible Under ERISA
13/02/2016 Comments Off on Court Rules Claim Work Hours Cut As ACA Dodge Plausible Under ERISABy Joy Waltemath and Lisa Milam-Perez, J.D. — A former Dave & Buster’s employee may proceed with a putative class action alleging that her work hours were cut so that the restaurant chain could avoid paying the looming increase in health insurance costs brought on by Obamacare, a federal district court in New York held. Denying the employer’s motion […]
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By Danny Romero India’s Gujarat government will implement new labor laws from January 2016, which will aim take greater control over industries and attempt to minimize employment disputes, according to the economictimes.indiatimes.com. The Gujarat Labour Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Bill 2015 was passed in February of 2015. New labor laws in India will change certain basic definitions in […]
Continue reading …$14M in attorneys’ fees awarded in hospitals wage suppression suit
04/02/2016 Comments Off on $14M in attorneys’ fees awarded in hospitals wage suppression suit
By Greg Hammond, J.D. – A federal district court in Michigan awarded $14 million in attorneys’ fees in a class action in which two Detroit-area nurses claimed that a healthcare entity conspired with other area hospitals to suppress wages. The fees are reasonable under the circumstances and are supported by the six Bowling factors, according […]
Continue reading …Cancer Stricken Exec Laid Off After Filing EEOC Charge Heads To Trial
03/02/2016 Comments Off on Cancer Stricken Exec Laid Off After Filing EEOC Charge Heads To TrialBy Joy Waltemath and Brandi O. Brown, J.D. — A former company VP who within four years after he was diagnosed with cancer was denied two yearly bonuses and equity awards and was laid off after filing an EEOC charge, will be allowed to take many of his claims to a jury after a ruling by a federal […]
Continue reading …Global Right to Strike Re-affirmed at ILO
26/02/2015 Comments Off on Global Right to Strike Re-affirmed at ILO
A breakthrough has been made at the International Labour Organization following two years during which employers at the International Labour Organization brought the UN body’s global supervisory system to a standstill, in an attempt to eliminate decades of ILO jurisprudence supporting the right to strike. Union and employer representatives have now reached an understanding at […]
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By Marjorie E. Wood – A new law in San Francisco to curb erratic retail scheduling practices could be the first of many. In late November, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights — the first law of its kind in the nation. The focus of the new law might […]
Continue reading …Walmart Wage-Hour Class Action $187M Verdict Upheld, No ‘Trial By Formula’
17/12/2014 Comments Off on Walmart Wage-Hour Class Action $187M Verdict Upheld, No ‘Trial By Formula’
By Ronald Miller, J.D. –Finding that there was a single, central, common issue of liability in the case—whether Walmart failed to compensate its employees in accordance with its own written policies—a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the giant retailer was not the subject of a “trial by formula” in a wage-hour class action proceeding. Unlike Wal-Mart […]
Continue reading …Federal Contractor Rule Prohibits LBGT Discrimination
03/12/2014 Comments Off on Federal Contractor Rule Prohibits LBGT Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a new rule implementing an executive order signed by President Obama in July that prohibits discrimination by federal contractors on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity. July’s executive order was the first federal action ensuring LGBT workplace equality in the private sector. Currently 18 states, the […]
Continue reading …Despite GOP Government Shutdown EEOC Makes Progress In 2014
26/11/2014 Comments Off on Despite GOP Government Shutdown EEOC Makes Progress In 2014
Despite the lingering effects of the Republican-led government shutdown, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made progress toward accomplishing its goals and fulfilling its mission during fiscal year 2014, which ended Sept. 30, fighting to overcome extraordinary fiscal constraints and operational challenges. “Despite these hurdles, the employees of the EEOC remain committed to meeting […]
Continue reading …Chicago Marshmallow Maker Doumak Resolves EEOC Disability Suit
19/11/2014 Comments Off on Chicago Marshmallow Maker Doumak Resolves EEOC Disability Suit
Doumak, Inc., a longtime Chicago-area marshmallow manufacturer, will change its leave policies and pay $85,000 to five people, ending a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In its complaint, the EEOC alleged Doumak capped leaves of absence at its Elk Grove Village and Bensenville, Ill., manufacturing facilities without making […]
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- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill