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Qatar: Labour reform unfinished and compensation still owed as World Cup looms - Amnesty International
The Qatari authorities must re-commit to fully delivering on promised labour reforms now and beyond the World Cup, Amnesty International said today, as its final pre-tournament briefing on migrant...
Read moreFERS OPM Medical Retirement: Subjectivity - Labor and Employment Legal Blogs Posted by Robert R. McGill | Lawyers.com - Lawyers.com Blog
The “aim” of Western Thought has always been to gain credibility — of attaining to Eternal Truths and Universalities. In a dinner conversation, the quickest way to denigrate someone’s opinion or vi...
Read moreExamining The DOL's Tipped Credit Rule 1 Year In - Law360
It's been a year since the U.S. Department of Labor released its final rule reforming regulations for tipped wages, leading to a heightened focus on how gratuities-earning employees divide their ti...
Read moreRoyal Mail must pay £100000 for 'destroying' whistleblower's life - The Times
Royal Mail bosses should pay more than 100,000 to a former employee after they were found guilty of “destroying her life” when she made allegations of bonus fiddling. A judge said that if the post...
Read moreWisconsin workers show renewed energy after decade of anti-union laws - PBS Wisconsin
While union leaders say private sector efforts to organize are on the rise, formerly unionized employees switch tactics, using a collective voice to force change. Wisconsin Watch Kevin Gundlach, pr...
Read moreEEOC Releases Updated "Know Your Rights" Poster | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - JDSupra - JD Supra
Covered Employers Required by Law to Display Poster at Work Site WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released the ‘Know Your Rights’ poster, which updates a...
Read moreWorkers lost ground on wages in wake of Wisconsin's anti-labor laws - PBS Wisconsin
One labor leader says the state's 'right-to-work' law made his union stronger, but others say the laws favor corporations and their CEOs — not workers. Wisconsin Watch Since it took aim at public s...
Read morefinds Kauai restaurant assigned underaged workers hazardous kitchen duties, denied 18 workers overtime pay | U.S. Department of Labor - US Department of Labor
Recovers $11K in overtime wages, damages for workers, assesses $26K in penalties HONOLULU – The U.S. Department of Labor has found a Kauai restaurant allowed eight minors, some as young as 15-years...
Read more2nd Circ. SOX Retaliation Ruling Hurts Whistleblowers - Law360
Appeals for the Second Circuit erroneously raised the burden on plaintiffs who claim retaliation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. . . . Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is ...
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Lt. Gov. playing race card on way out the door was despicable - New Jersey 101.5
It’s over now, but something has to be said. It’s over. The strange saga of Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell that was kept from the public until NJ Globe’s David Wildstein broke the story. For mo...