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New DOL Solicitor Confirmed; Filibuster Defeats NLRB Nominee News Employment of Minors, FLSA, Health And Safety, Labor Government Agencies, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Policies And Liability, Unions, Wage and Hour Laws The U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) has a new solicitor but President Obama's nominee to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) went down to defeat. .
Chapter 4. Apprenticeship State Statutes Staffing And Contractors, Unions California 3070. There is in the Division of Apprenticeship Standards the California Apprenticeship Council, which shall be appointed by the Governor, composed of six representatives each from employers or employer organizations and employee organizations, that sponsor apprenticeship programs under this chapter, respectively, geographically selected, and of two representatives of the general public.
Billions More Allocated to DOL, EEOC, NLRB for Fiscal Year 2010 News Benefits And Leave, Discrimination, FLSA, Health And Safety, Labor Government Agencies, Unions, Wage and Hour Laws Employers should expect increased enforcement activities under U. S. labor and employment laws as a result of an omnibus spending bill that Congress prepared for President Obama's signature over the Dec.
New Nurses Union Stakes Out Positions News Health Care, Staffing And Contractors, Unions A newly-formed union of nurses -- the result of a merger of three nursing associations -- is poised to make an impact on the medical industry and health care reform efforts and immediately staked out activist positions on several issues.
Agencies Delete Notice Requirements for Federal Contractors Articles Policies And Liability, Staffing And Contractors, Unions Agencies of the U. S. government have removed all references under government acquisition rules to a requirement under a revoked Executive Order that contractors inform employees of their rights regarding the payment of union dues or fees.
DOL Seeks Greater Transparency on Advice to Employers on Union Matters News Labor Government Agencies, Unions Employers should be more transparent about "advice" they get from consultants on how to deal with workplace unions or unionization attempts, the U. S. Department of Labor said, announcing its intention to seek proposed changes in current disclosure rules that it believes are too employer-friendly.
Layoff Protection, Right-to-Work Bills Pending Before Congress News Benefits And Leave, Immigration, Plant Closings, Policies And Liability, Reductions in Force, Staffing And Contractors, Unemployment Insurance, Unions, Worker Rights Bills recently introduced in Congress would cushion the impact of layoffs on U. S. workers by banning the use of foreign labor after a layoff and encourage short-term compensation programs in lieu of layoffs, and establish a national-right-to-work law.
Congress, U.S Agencies Move to Strengthen Employee Protections News ADA Amendments, Discrimination, Health And Safety, Job Development, Labor Government Agencies, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Policies And Liability, Staffing And Contractors, Unions, Wage and Hour Laws, Whistleblower Protection, Worker Rights Congress and U. S. agencies are moving ahead with plans for new laws and regulations to provide employees additional protections in areas such as workplace safety, wage and hour practices, discrimination and union rights.
Article 22A. Injunctions in Labor Disputes State Statutes Dispute Resolution, Labor Government Agencies, Unions New York Section 807. Injunctions issued in labor disputes. 1. No court nor any judge or judges thereof shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, as hereinafter defined, except after a hearing, and except after findings of all the following facts by the court or judge or judges thereof to be filed in the record of the case: (a) That unlawful acts have or a breach of any contract not contrary to public policy has been threatened or committed and that such acts or breach will be executed or continued unless restrained; (b) That substantial and irreparable injury to complainant's property will follow unless the relief requested is granted; (c) That as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted upon complainant by the denial thereof than will be inflicted upon defendants by the granting thereof; (d) That complainant has no adequate remedy at law; (e) That the public officers charged with the duty to protect complainant's property have failed or are unable to furnish adequate protection; and (f) That no item of relief granted prohibits directly or indirectly any person or persons from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts: (1) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment; (2) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any agreement, undertaking or promise; (3) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance or other moneys or things of value; (4) By all lawful means aiding any person who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any state; (5) Giving publicity to and obtaining or communicating information regarding the existence of, or the facts involved in, any dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, picketing, patrolling any public street or any place where any person or persons may lawfully be, or by any other method not involving fraud, violence or breach of the peace; (6) Ceasing to patronize or to employ any person or persons; (7) Assembling peaceably to do or to organize to do any of the acts heretofore specified or to promote lawful interests; (8) Advising or notifying any person or persons of any intention to do any of the acts heretofore specified; (9) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore specified; (10) Advising, urging or inducing without fraud, violence or threat thereof, others to do the acts heretofore specified; (11) Doing in concert of any or all of the acts heretofore specified on the ground that the persons engaged therein constitute an unlawful combination or conspiracy or on any other grounds whatsoever.
DOL Propose Requirements for Notifying Employees of NLRA Rights News Staffing And Contractors, Unions, Worker Rights Government contractors and subcontractors would have to post a detailed statement of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) as part of a proposed rule the U. S. Department of Labor issued on Aug.