Employment Laws & Contracts

Personal Injury Catastrophic Injury Los Angeles

In any organization across the world, there is one golden rule: “rewards are paid commensurate with risk”. Many industries across the globe deal in activities which may be hazardous to human life and functioning. With the...

The hands behind the turkey

Before you slice that ham or carve that turkey this Thanksgiving, take a moment to reflect on the hidden costs of bringing that food to your table.Throughout the South, in rural areas along the hog belt and poultry belt,...

Job cuts sweep through SA

A fresh wave of labour cuts has already begun to ripple through the economy. Lonmin's announcement is the first visible sign of large-scale labour cut-backs, but in Statistics South Africa's quarterly labour force survey it was...

Bargain for nobody

But it's OK. Evidence tends to be backfill, as suggested by the September 15 decision of the NSW Remuneration Tribunal to give judges a 4.3per cent pay rise. Comparative wage justice - or "relativities" for NSW judges - had to...

Labor Dept. Accused of Straying From Enforcement

Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 1, 2008; Page A02 The next labor secretary will be taking charge of an agency widely criticized for walking away from its regulatory function across a range of issues, including...

City, unions work on long-term deals

With barely a month to go before Mayor Mark Begich leaves town to become Alaska's new U.S. senator, labor contracts with about half the unions representing city employees are up for approval by the Anchorage Assembly.

Innes Clark: Taking prejudices to work is fraught with potential for pitfall

Published Date: 01 December 2008 DO WE take our prejudices to work with us? The recent disclosure on a website of a membership list of the BNP (which purportedly included police officers, medical professionals, soldiers and...

How far will Obama go for unions?

After one of the most dramatic, hardest-fought campaigns in American history, Election Day has come and gone. Barack Obama is the next president of the United States and, as he celebrates his victory and his party's expanded...

In the South, there's disdain for Detroit

America's Big Three automakers, which are teetering on a financial abyss, shouldn't expect much sympathy in West Point. By Richard Fausset Los Angeles Times WEST POINT, Ga. — West Point, an attractive old mill town along the...

Illegal-worker law may be difficult to implement

Nov 30, 2008

Jeff Rogers spent 21 years in the Air Force, working in military intelligence. Yet the Arkansas native doubts he could pass muster under Columbia County’s new voter-approved law requiring employers to check new hires’...