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Study Shows that Unions Help Make Family-Friendly Workplaces

September 30th, 2009
Family-Friendly Workplaces: Do Unions Make a Difference?, written by Jennifer MacGillvary of the Labor Center at the University of California-Berkeley and Netsy Firestein of the Labor Project for Working Families, concludes the unions lead to workpla… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Study, Union

Labor Market Continues to Worsen

September 26th, 2009
As our clients continue to tell us, the current labor market is an incredibly brutal environment for workers seeking work. Nationally, the number of job openings per person looking for a job is at a record low. Hopefully, the Senate will soon pass th… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Congress, Job Market, Labor and Employment, Unemployment Benefits

USW Workers Ratify Goodyear Contract

September 24th, 2009
The United Steelworkers (USW) announced that workers overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year agreement covering about10,000 union members at seven Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants, including the plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The new pact… Read More
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Tags: Contract, Goodyear, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Union, USW

EEOC Proposes New Regulations for ADA Amendments Act

September 22nd, 2009
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was passed last year and went into effect on January 1, 2009. The Act makes important changes to the definition of the term “disability” by rejecting the holdings in… Read More
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Tags: ADA, ADAAA, Disability, Discrimination, EEOC, Labor and Employment, Regulations

Employee Free Choice Act Update -- Specter Edition

September 20th, 2009
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Tags: Congress, EFCA, Labor, Labor and Employment, Union

Study Shows that Low Wage Workers are Subject to a Host of Employment and Labor Law Violations

September 8th, 2009
A new study, “Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers,” shows that employers routinely violate the employment rights of low wage workers, with frequent violations of the wage and hour laws, workers’ compensation laws, and anti-retaliation… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Labor and Employment, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Retaliation, Union, Wage and Hour, Workers' Compensation

Amicus Brief Filed on Behalf of School Administrator in Adkins v. Stanly County Board of Education

September 2nd, 2009
The North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ), along with the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, North Carolina Association of Educators, and North Carolina Troopers Association, have submitted an amicus brief to the N.C. Court of Appeals in… Read More
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Tags: Amicus, Appeals, Briefs, Burton Craige, Constitutional Law, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, NCAJ

Today's Employment Decision by the NC Supreme Court

August 28th, 2009
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Tags: Case Commentary, Labor and Employment, NC Supreme Court, Unemployment Benefits

Today's Employment and Workers' Compensation Decisions by the NC Court of Appeals

August 18th, 2009
Hawkins v. General Electric Co.: The court mostly affirmed an award to the plaintiff based on an occupational disease, contact dermititis, that was causally related to his employment. The court also agreed that he was disabled as long as his conditio… Read More
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Tags: Arbitration, Case Commentary, Labor and Employment, NC Court of Appeals, North Carolina Wage and Hour Act, Workers' Compensation

4th Circuit Rejects STAA Retaliation Claim

August 12th, 2009
In UPS v. Calhoun, the plaintiff (who worked at the UPS facility in Greensboro) had filed a complaint with OSHA that he had been retaliated against for engaging in daily vehicle inspections that he thought necessary for vehicle safety. He claimed tha… Read More
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Tags: Case Commentary, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Retaliation
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