Labor & Employment Law

The Office of U.S. Trade Representatives (USTR) has given Guatemala 6 months to meet two commitments on labor issues, reports Prensalibre.com (Dec. 20, 2011). Failure to comply with these provisions, included in the...

Venezuela said it has defended itself in an international arbitration case brought by Exxon Mobil Corp. and will need to pay only $255 million of the more than $900 million awarded to the...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) on Monday said that its president Veda Shook has taken part in the official announcement of the implementation of the Airline Flight...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) on Monday said that its president Veda Shook has taken part in the official announcement of the implementation of the Airline Flight...

MANORVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Officer James Greco, a 17-year veteran of the Nassau County Department of Corrections, has been denied his retirement status by the Sheriff of Nassau County....

The new year brings a few new laws for employers, including law firms, though the changes are relatively minor compared to past years, according to Christie Totten, an employment law attorney with Davis...

Workplace social media use is a fertile ground for potential federal labor law violations, according to a new guidance memo released by the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board detailing...

Mattress World's recent closure, due in part to owner Sherri Hines owing nearly $2 million in uncollected Washington sales tax, is a wake-up call for other Oregon companies with similar business dealings to...

A health club employee suing for unpaid overtime was not bound by an arbitration clause in his employee handbook, the 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff worked as a sales...

William T. Patton, a Lane Powell shareholder, has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors...

LAW Moritt Hock & Hamroff in Garden City added a new area of practice in the patent sector with the addition of Steven S. Rubin as counsel. Rubin, who has 15 years of...

Fueled in part by an increase in age and disability discrimination claims, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record-high 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal 2011, the agency announced this week....

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Air Canada on Tuesday said it remained at the negotiating table awaiting a response from ACPA, the union which represents its pilots, to a proposal tabled by the...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Air Canada on Tuesday said it remained at the negotiating table awaiting a response from ACPA, the union which represents its pilots, to a proposal tabled by the...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) on Tuesday said that Air Canada is abandoning the efforts to negotiate a new contract with the assistance of a federal conciliator. Under...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) on Tuesday said that Air Canada is abandoning the efforts to negotiate a new contract with the assistance of a federal conciliator. Under...

The appeal establishes that the lower courts violated the Ecuadorian constitution by refusing to take any corrective action in response to the extensive fraud and corruption committed by plaintiffs' lawyers and their representatives....

An ERISA plaintiff was not required to show that he was a plan participant for the purpose of establishing subject matter jurisdiction in his lawsuit challenging the termination of his long-term disability benefits,...

The retail real estate industry this week applauded City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's recent compromise solution to the heated debate over mandated wage requirements in New York City. "Since ICSC began this campaign,...