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Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Steve S. Churchill (Legal Services Center of Harvard L.S.) has just posted on SSRN his article (in the October 2009 issue of Amicus) Making Employment Civil Rights Real. Here's the abstract:The impact of laws protecting workers from employment discrimination, harassment,...
Dissenting in Part (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
In his recent address to students at BYU-Idaho, Elder Dallin H. Oaks made the following statement: [R]eligious persons will often be most persuasive in political discourse by framing arguments and positions in ways that are respectful of those who do not share their religious beliefs and that contribute to the reasoned discussion and compromise that is essential in a pluralistic society. My question...
eChurchWebsites Blog (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
From The Philadelphia Inquirer By Rick Santorum What do liberal proposals in Congress and state legislatures on marriage, health care, welfare, and employment rights have in common? All will profoundly damage two of our country’s most important rights: freedom of conscience and belief. These freedoms safeguard the foundations of the moral code by which we have successfully [...]
The Changing Attitude Blog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
It took over thirty years, but finally, in 2004, the British Parliament passed the Gender Recognition Act, and at long last, it was ‘time for T’. After years of struggle by trans activists – notably Stephen Whittle, Christine Burns and Claire McNab, of Press for Change - transsexual people in the UK, who have undergone gender re-assignment, and swear to remain in their ‘acquired...
Transadvocate Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Help transgender people who live in Massachusetts by writing a testimony supporting employment rights and Hate crimes. visit masstpc.org
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
by kos from DailyKos Tue Jun 23, 2009 With their Sotomayor strategy costing Republicans 10 points in the polling among Latinos, down to 8 percent favorable, what better next step than to see if they can bring those numbers down further? Senate Republicans turned up the rhetorical heat Tuesday on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, raising concerns about her work for a Latino advocacy group. Jeff...
SubmitYOURArticle.com (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Article by Simon King. The appeal stages and court structure in legal proceedings concerning employment rights disputes in the UK is demonstrated by the high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins [2006] legal case, where the Employment Tribunal's verdict of race discrimination led to the record £2.8 million compensation award, and is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal in July...
Why Dont You Blog? (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
UNITE – the UK’s biggest trade union – has a vicar’s section. Wow. Blimey. The union is currently a bit pissed off by the state of vicarages . Some Church of England clergy and their families are living in crumbling and decrepit vicarages that are unsafe and environmentally unfriendly, according to trade union officials. Unite, the country’s largest union that represents...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
The complaint was filed in March 2009 and alleged that Mobilex violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by failing to reemploy Frantz Julien in either his mobile radiologic technician position or in a like position upon his honorable discharge from active duty in the U.S. Army. Under the terms of the settlement, which is embodied in a consent decree that has been...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
Leases that run for years after the dying skills quango is gone may cost the taxpayer millions. By Peter Kingston The final days of the Learning and Skills Council may yet be its rockiest. Not only is its disillusioned workforce considering strike action over their employment rights, but now comes the realisation that the taxpayer may have to pay nearly £42m merely so the dying quango can vacate...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/22/2009
WASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement that will resolve its lawsuit filed against Grand Forks County, N.D., on behalf of Suzanne L. Halverson in accordance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), if approved by the U.S. District Court in Fargo. USERRA prohibits employment discrimination...
Gravitate HR Blog (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
In the current economic climate some companies might be tempted to hire independent contractors on a self-employed basis rather than hiring staff as employees. The advantages and flexibility seem extremely attractive as this individual will not be entitled to any employment rights (apart from non-discriminatory rights), will only be paid when he or she produces [...]
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
Former sewage treatment plant superintendent files lawsuit against village to get his prior job back. (PRWeb Apr 16, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2331734.htm
Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Pat McFadden MP, Minister for Employment Relations, writes exclusively for labour.org.uk on the new employment rights being introduced this month... When the Labour Government came to power 12 years ago workers had no right to minimum pay, no right to paid leave and the imbalance between work and family life meant workers often had to choose one or the other at a cost to themselves and the economy...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
A comment from Tim yesterday: - no one’s tax-free income falls below half national median earnings; - abolition of prescription charges, and restoration of free eye and dental treatment; - employment rights to begin on day one of employment and apply regardless of the number of hours worked, as promised by John Smith; - saving council housing, and bringing all council services back in house;...
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