Employment Law (178)
Massachusetts to Offer Voters Referendum on Paid Sick Leave
- Saturday, 13 September 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
On the heels of California Governor Jerry Brown's signing a law mandating paid sick leave for employees, Massachusetts will give voters in November the option of making it only the third state in the country with a similar law on its books (Connecticut was the first). So reports Governing.com.
Read more...NY Mets Fired Pregnant Exec Because She Was Unwed: Lawsuit
- Saturday, 13 September 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by Administrator
It's been a rough few years for the beleaguered New York Mets. First, their co-owners were implicated in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal, and were forced to pay a heavy restitution fine. Now the team and its co-owner, Jeff Wilpon, are facing a lawsuit from the former highest-ranking female executive on its payroll, who was recently dismissed. So reports Time.
Read more...Wage Theft: A Growing Problem in the U.S.?
- Thursday, 04 September 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM Staff
It's not new but wage theft seems to be spreading, and it doesn't discriminate between populations or regions of the country. Wage theft is defined by Wikipedia as "the illegal withholding of wages or the denial of benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee."
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The Fall from Grace of NYT’s Jill Abramson: Sexism, Unequal Pay or Just Bad Management?
- Saturday, 31 May 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM Staff
The abrupt firing of The New York Times’ first female executive editor, Jill Abramson, has been the talk of water coolers across the business world and given HR professionals and hiring managers food for thought.
Read more...Abusive Bosses Rampant in the Workplace: Study
- Saturday, 17 May 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
It's become something of a nationwide epidemic, most often reported among school-age kids, frequently abetted by the use of social media outlets. Bullying has been making headlines continuously in recent years. So reports Bloomberg BNA.
Read more...Landmark NLRB Ruling Declares NCAA Football Players Can Unionize
- Sunday, 30 March 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
Latest EEOC Guides: Make Sure You Are Up to Speed
- Sunday, 16 March 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
The hot topics currently emanating from the EEOC are religious discrimination and employment background checks. So reports HR Morning.
Read more...A Primer on Same-Sex Married Couples from the IRS
- Saturday, 01 March 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by Progressive Human Resource Mangegement
2013 brought about perhaps two of the most consequential domestic-policy developments since LBJ’s Great Society reforms: the repeal of major portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Read more...Are Class-Action Lawsuits Going the Way of DB Pensions?
- Saturday, 01 March 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by Progressive Human Resource Mangegement
If litigious employees seeking compensation for perceived wrongs by their company have been a concern for your organization, a recent appeals court in New Orleans ruling may alleviate your anxiety. So reports MSN Money.
Read more...State of the Unions: Holding Their Own in Turbulent Times
- Thursday, 27 February 2014
- Employment Law
- Written by Progressive Human Resource Mangegement
In a surprise turnaround of a decades-long decline, the percentage of union employees nationwide held steady in 2013 compared with 2012, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). So reports The Wall Street Journal.
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