Labor and employment law - uncertainty over burden of proof for mixed motive employee discharge.
Labor and Employment Law--Uncertainty Over Burden of Proof for Mixed Motive Employee Discharge--Hospital Cristo Redentor, Inc. v. NLRB, 488 F.3d 513 (1st Cir. 2007) In 1977, the United States Supreme Court espoused a framework to determine whether impermissibly discharging an employee due to his or her union...

Labor and employment law - First Circuit upholds Department of Labor's broad construction of the FMLA.
Labor and Employment Law--First Circuit Upholds Department of Labor's Broad Construction of the FMLA--Rucker v. Lee Holding Co., 471 F.3d 6 (1st Cir. 2006) In 1993, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). (1) The law permits eligible employees to take up to twelve weeks...

Labor and employment law - a deferential standard for administrators within a statute meant to protect workers.
Labor and Employment Law--A Deferential Standard for Administrators Within a Statute Meant to Protect Workers--Bard v. Boston Shipping Association, 471 F.3d 229 (1st Cir. 2006) The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted in 1974 to protect the millions of Americans affected by employer-funded pension plans....

Economics of labor and employment law; 2v.
9781845427061 Economics of labor and employment law; 2v. Ed. by John J. Donohue III. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 534 pages $350.00 Hardcover Economic approaches to law; 12 KF3369 Donohue...

Department of Labor and Employment 73rd Anniversary.
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) started as a small bureau in 1908 and became a department with the enactment of Act 4121 on December 8, 1933. Today, the organization and functions of the department are in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 126,...

Labor and employment law in the new EU member and candidate states.
9781590319024 Labor and employment law in the new EU member and candidate states. Ed. by Anders Etgen Reitz. American Bar Association 2007 402 pages $99.95 Paperback International practitioner's deskbook series KJE2855...

400,000 new job openings up in Canada soon -- DoLE.
Byline: Raymund F. Antonio Four hundred thousand jobs will soon be available to Filipino and other foreign workers in the Canadian province of Alberta with the scheduled signing of a labor agreement between the Philippines and Canada. The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said...

Labor unions poised for a resurgence with change in tactics.
Byline: Andy Lewis For blue chip Since private sector union membership peaked at roughly 35 percent in 1953, the number of American workers affiliated with labor unions has hit an all-time low, dropping to just 7.4 percent in 2006. But for those who assume that downward trend...

Ex-police chief awarded $770,000; Harrington wants back on Winchendon force.
Byline: Danielle M. Williamson WORCESTER - The lawyer for former Winchendon Police Chief Robert N. Harrington Jr. said yesterday he will file a motion to get his client's job back after a U.S. District Court jury awarded the ex-chief nearly $770,000 in an employment discrimination suit. ...

Take preventative steps to minimize risk of wage claim lawsuits.
Byline: BUSINESS AND THE LAW By Andy Lewis For The Register-Guard While consumer class actions against manufacturers have been around for decades, a new type of class action lawsuit has quickly become popular among plaintiff's attorneys: The wage claim. In the typical class action wage...