Saltzafrazz (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I've heard of over-parenting in college, but this is stunning, pathetic, ridiculous, and so many more adjectives I can't think of right now (just had some tequilla). [ Time ] Overparenting had been around long before Douglas MacArthur's mom Pinky moved with him to West Point in 1899 and took an apartment near the campus, [...] But in the 1990s something dramatic happened, and the needle went way past...
Family Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Sean Williams (University of Texas School of Law) has posted Sticky Expectations: Responses to Persistent Over-Optimism in Marriage, Employment Contracts, and Credit Card Use, 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 733 (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Most people underestimate...
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In the video clip below, a rape victim asks Senator David Vitter why he voted against the right of rape victims to have their day in court. Senator David " Small Penis " Vitter appears unsympathetic to say the least. The Shameless Senator was one of 30 Republican senators who voted against an amendment that would defund government contractors who prevent employees from seeking justice after...
Desert Beacon (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Female employees of KBR are advised that according to Senator John Ensign (R-NV) the only recourse to being drugged, gang raped, and imprisoned in a shipping container is the private arbitration incorporated in the fine print of one's employment contract. [ ISS ] Ensign was one of 30 members of the U.S. Senate to vote against the Franken Amendment which " prohibits DOD from spending federal money...
Militant Ginger (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The luscious Laurel of Licentiously Yours wrote a recent post on Eden Café that utterly astonished me. I've often been told that we live in a 'rape culture' - a claim I think most men are either skeptical or uncomfortable about. Seeing what she uncovered, though, leaves no doubt in my mind that even if we don't live in a 'rape culture,' - something is still deeply, unconscionably wrong with...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee was urged Wednesday to adopt measures to address recent Supreme Court decisions interpreting the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) expressed concern that protections put in place by the ADEA would be undermined by the Court's June decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, which found that age must be the "but...
Lawyer News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP, a Bucks County-based full-service law firm, announced the July 26, 2009 appearance of Associate Patricia C. Collins on Brad Segall’s WOGL radio show, “"The Philadelphia Agenda." Collins has been practicing law since 1996 in the areas of Employment Law, Health Care and Litigation. Ms. Collins drew from her employment law expertise to discuss employers’...
Isle of Wight - WightBlog.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
FREE of charge for business owners & directors.Are you taking control of staff issues during this period of economic uncertainty? As a Business Owner/Director, do you know how to manage: · Changes to staff terms & conditions of employment (contracts) · Redundancy situations · Laying off staff (even temporarily) · Claims of discrimination or unfair dismissal ·...
TimesDaily.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
By Michael Casagrande, For the TimesDaily TUSCALOOSA - Final approval came Wednesday morning for employment contracts for two of Alabama's highest paid public officials. Nick Saban's three-year contract extension was approved by the compensation committee of the UA Board of Trustees on a morning teleconference along with basketball coach Anthony Grant's initial employment contract.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Q: My wife and I were both hired by a new Florida computer software company. Its policy was to onlyhave verbal employment agreements. Though we were both verbally hired at the same time, my term of employment was one year and hers was six months, because I had more experience than she did. Due to the economic downturn, we were both fired after only four months of work. The company admits these were...
Trade Secrets Blog (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
SecuritiesIndustry.com is reporting that Goldman Sachs is not the only Wall Street firm taking an ex-employee to court with the charge of theft of trade secrets in the form of valuable, proprietary trading code. Swiss bank UBS AG confirmed Monday that it filed papers in March charging three ex-employees with “misappropriation of trade secrets.” The “misappropriation” included...
Trial Ad Notes (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What claimants can't go to court? The employees and consumers who are bound by mandatory arbitration provisions in their employment contracts, credit card agreements, etc. NPR had an interesting story about the issue, leading with the Halliburton employee who wants to be able to sue her employer for the rape and beating she suffered when stationed in Iraq. Rape Case Highlights Arbitration Debate :...
Efinditnow (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Besides banning forced arbitration in consumer and franchise contracts, the Arbitration Fairness Act bans mandatory binding arbitration clauses in employment contracts. John’s story illustrates why this is necessary, inside. When I was seven, I saved the lives of my two younger cousins who were playing on the railroad tracks. They did not notice the train coming, [...]
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
Jim Anderton is quoted as saying: Progressive leader Jim Anderton said calling the plan a “buy-back” did not change the fact that it cut the minimum holiday entitlement. Thousands of workers paid just over the minimum wage would be presented with employment contracts that say they request cash instead of annual leave. Anderton is either showing his [...]
UAE community blog (Free subscription) | 02/16/2009
Sorry if this sounds a bit stupid, but I'd like to be clear on the legality of things, if anyone has an answer. Say you signed a contract with someone, wherein you're the employee, and the contract states X amount of salary. Employer one day says he/she has no more money with which to pay you. You still help out as you have personal reasons for doing so, but with no monetary compensation. Under these...
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