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$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 …Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected
04/02/2016 Comments Off on Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected
By REUTERS — Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected. That move, along with a sharp increase in announced layoffs, suggested some loss of momentum in the labor market during a sharp economic slowdown and stock market sell-off. Source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed
Continue reading …Female truck driver told to ‘endure’ harassment has Title VII claim revived
04/02/2016 Comments Off on Female truck driver told to ‘endure’ harassment has Title VII claim revived
By Lorene D. Park, J.D. Reviving a female truck driver’s sexual harassment claim, a divided Eighth Circuit panel held that a district court failed to consider all that occurred during a mandatory 34-hour rest period during which her driving partner allegedly exposed himself to her, offered to forgive a debt in exchange for sex, and […]
Continue reading …Japan Job Figures Best In 23 Years, Unemployment Down
05/10/2015 Comments Off on Japan Job Figures Best In 23 Years, Unemployment Down
Japan’s job availability figures continued to improve in August to their highest level in more than 23 years, the government announced today, reflecting companies’ willingness to hire more employees, reports Japan Times. The ratio of job offers to seekers climbed from 1.21 in July to 1.23 in August, the highest since January 1992, when it […]
Continue reading …Angry Workers Storm Air France Meeting On Job Cuts
05/10/2015 Comments Off on Angry Workers Storm Air France Meeting On Job Cuts
By LIZ ALDERMAN Two executives had to flee a meeting at Air France offices near Charles de Gaulle Airport, where plans were discussed to cut about 2,900 jobs. Source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed
Continue reading …UAE – Most HR Directors Not Recruiting In 1st Half Of 2015
27/02/2015 Comments Off on UAE – Most HR Directors Not Recruiting In 1st Half Of 2015
Up to 40% of HR directors plan to recruit staff in the UAE in the first six months of 2015, with their companies set to add new positions, according to a report from recruitment firm Robert Half, reports gulfbusiness.com. The latest Professional Hiring Index was four points lower compared to the index for the previous […]
Continue reading …Walker Is Set to Deliver New Blow to Labor and Bolster Credentials
27/02/2015 Comments Off on Walker Is Set to Deliver New Blow to Labor and Bolster Credentials
By MONICA DAVEY and MITCH SMITH — A measure being fast-tracked through Wisconsin’s Republican-held state legislature would bar unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues. After saying for months that an effort to advance so-called right-to-work legislation would be “a distraction” from dealing with larger issues like the state’s economy and job growth, Gov. […]
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 […]
Continue reading …Walmart Workers – With Raises For Some More Hours Is Next Goal
25/02/2015 Comments Off on Walmart Workers – With Raises For Some More Hours Is Next Goal
By HIROKO TABUCHI — Even with the wage increases the chain recently announced, Walmart workers often do not get enough hours to make ends meet, leaving them in a precarious financial state. Read more about Walmart workers at the source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed What raises mean for Walmart Workers – From […]
Continue reading …Cambodia: Unionists Still Subjected To Violence A Year After Strikers Killed
06/01/2015 Comments Off on Cambodia: Unionists Still Subjected To Violence A Year After Strikers Killed
A year after five people were shot dead by police and 40 more were severely injured during wage protests in Phnom Penh on 3 January 2014, unionists in Cambodia are still being subjected to violence. Last month, a locally elected president from IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the FTUWKC garment union, was brutally attacked with a […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- 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