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New Employment Laws Take Effect in California
The time has come to dust off the employee handbook and update it with new employment laws that affect businesses throughout California. The state's 14.6 million workers come out as the biggest winners from legislative changes. They will see benefits rise and certain rights expand from legislation passed in 2002 or from earlier laws that had provisions for 2003, employment law experts say. The most-talked-about legislation of 2002, Family Temporary Disability Insurance u more commonly known as paid family leave u benefits employees and will be funded by them as well. This legislation, SB 1661, has caused the most confusion
Compensation battles inflict new wounds on 9/11 families
The million-dollar federal payments that Congress designed to help the nearly 3,000 families of people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have sparked feuds within hundreds of the families. Take, for example, the family of Robert Cirri, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police lieutenant. Before 9/11, Cirri, 39, lived in Nutley, N.J., with his wife, Eileen Cirri, and her three children from a previous marriage. His own three teenagers from two previous relationships lived with their mothers. Relations were harmonious. "We never had children of our own together, but we all got along," says Eileen
Californians Find Slow Road to Obtain Workers’ Compensation
Sharron Lockwood easily bursts into tears when she talks about how the workers' compensation system has left her family in a tangled web of bureaucrats, lawyers, insurance adjusters and paperwork. "It's appalling what they do to people," Lockwood said. A year ago, Lockwood's husband, Bruce, was run over by an excavator while working at a road construction site. The Wilton man struggled for a month to save his leg, but it had to be amputated. He and his wife are now waging an even bigger fight to get his workers' compensation benefits. The family has had to battle insurers and
Paid family leave law highlights
WHAT SOUVENIR: During the past year, the legislature has an action that could pay up to $ 250 per week for up to five weeks if people should care for a new child, including children adopted. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM: Benefits are expected to begin in October 2009. A task force was established last year to decide who would run the program, such as costs to a minimum, and how they pay, and their recommendations to the legislature this year. But after discussing several ideas, including taxing soft drinks or workers to pay members of the Task Force, which did
Speaking Out on Why “The World Can’t Wait”
Bites are quick worldcantwait.org with different perspectives on why the Bush administration needs to be pushed. Read these reports (and more) on worldcantwait.org and you hear a sound explanation historian Howard Zinn [link to the web version]. Fr Aaron Archer, Rector, St-Jean-Baptiste, RO, Spring Valley, NY; Fr Luis Barrios, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Harlem; Fr Earl Kooperkamp, Pastor, St. Mary's Epsicopal Church, Harlem, the Rev. George W. Webber, President Emeritus, New York Theological Seminary: ... We all know the litany of abuses that call for the action of our most demanding heavens: Immoral and illegal war
Getting Two Bites at the Compensation Apple
The $108 million award by a Texas jury against the Monsanto Company to the family of a chemical worker who died of leukemia (news story, Dec. 13) points up one of the strangest anomalies in today's liability crisis: The workers' compensation system, originally intended to replace tort liability for on-the-job injuries, gives plaintiffs two bites at the compensation apple. Workers' compensation is usually rationalized as a deal that benefits workers and employers. Workers benefit because standards of causation are relaxed, so that more claims get paid and paid more quickly. Employers benefit because awards are not so high as juries
Interview Dos and Don`ts, CNNfn
ALI VELSHI, CNNfn ANCHOR, YOUR MONEY: I really don`t work well in groups. I have a tendency to run late for everything. And that volunteer group on my resume? Well, I only helped out for about an hour one Saturday last year. These are all kinds of things you just shouldn`t say in a job interview. There are also things that prospective employers shouldn`t say to you in an interview. There are certain questions that are absolutely illegal to ask in an interview. Michael Karpeles is an employment attorney and a partner at Goldberg Kohn. He joins me now from
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Jobs Column
My husband is a salaried employee at a doctor's office, and he typically works between 50 and 60 hours a week. Despite the fact he is neither a supervisor nor a manager, he is never paid overtime. He recently took a couple of days off for a family emergency and was docked about a third of his weekly pay. When he asked why his pay was docked when he doesn't get paid for his overtime hours, the doctor replied that as a salaried employee he is not entitled to overtime. Is it legal to dock a salaried Source : accessmylibrary.com
204 firms punished for flouting labour laws
Doha • The Ministry of Labour has made a stern warning to some 204 different companies because of the violation of labour law provisions and the treatment stopped with them, until it is fully compliant with legislation. The companies have been set for the action during a series of surprise raids, labour inspectors between 23 and March 27 to examine their compatibility with the new labour law. The law provides, health and the stringent safety conditions for workers in case of the reserve work, companies in the field, as well as construction sites and other workplaces. "With these companies were
The do’s and don’ts for writing an employee handbook
Do things by "the book" or risk having "the book" thrown at you. Apparently, this book carries some weight, particularly when it comes to the employee handbook or office manual that spells out company policies and procedures. If employees do not abide by the book, they could face disciplinary action or termination. For companies, the price could be even higher in that they could be hit with expensive and time consuming lawsuits. Given the seriousness of an employee handbook misstep, some telephone companies and cooperatives--particularly the smaller ones--assume their operations will be simpler, and that they may be less liable
Commentary: Caught: A Job-Hunter. Penalty: House Arrest
Who owns the contents of Rich Cronin's brain? A judge in a Manhattan courtroom is mulling that question right now as Cronin, his former employer, Viacom Inc., and his prospective new employer, News Corp., wage a particularly nasty battle over the future of a valued executive. At issue is the leeway
Meese says u.s. Will support drug tests for new teachers
LEAD: Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d said today that the Justice Department supported mandatory drug testing for teachers being considered for employment. Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d said today that the Justice Department supported mandatory drug testing for teachers being considered for employment. ''We in the Department of Justice view
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Comment from USATODAY.com Host: Welcome to today's chat with attorney Jane Howard-Martin, who writes for the USA TODAY Careers Network, "Ask an Attorney" column. Howard-Martin, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has practiced employment law for 15 years with a focus on employment discrimination litigation, human resources counseling and workplace
Chirac to scrap employment law
The French government today bowed to weeks of protests and announced it was scrapping a controversial employment law that made it easier for employers to fire workers under the age of 26. In the wake of the biggest street demonstrations for almost 40 years, the office of the president, Jacques
Blake posts $1 million bail for bodyguard
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Blake posted $1 million bail for bodyguard Earle Caldwell, who was jailed on a charge of conspiring to kill the "Baretta" star's wife, the actor's lawyer said Friday. "He's an employee and a friend, and Robert felt responsible for him," attorney Harland Braun said. Braun said Blake
U.S. to Make First Payment In Death Tied To an A-Plant
A year and a half after the government admitted that nuclear weapons production had sickened or killed workers, Elaine L. Chao, the secretary of labor, plans to make the first compensation payment on Thursday. But despite a new law, for thousands of victims there is as yet no money and
Compensation Law Amendment Also Affects Employes of City
All persons engaged in hazardous employment by the State, any county, town, or village, must be insured by it under the amended workmen's compensation law in the same manner as private employers are now compelled to do. Source : query.nytimes.com
Area lawyers named in 'elite' publication
Five attorneys from the Fredericksburg area in annual Virginia Business list Five local lawyers have been recognized as being among the best in the state. Their names are included in the Legal Elite, an annual list published by Virginia Business magazine. The attorneys are among 704 statewide appearing in the
Employment law concerns judges
Judges of the Employment Court have expressed concerns about some aspects of the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill. In a written submission to parliament's transport and industrial relations select committee, the judges say the new definition of good faith behaviour by employers is not precise. Under the Bill, employers proposing
High court ruling likely to usher in new era for gays Decision's logic to have impact
The Supreme Court has ruled that it is no longer a crime to be gay. On its face, the court's decision Thursday in Lawrence vs. Texas, striking down the nation's 13 remaining sodomy statutes and reversing its 1986 Bowers vs. Hardwick ruling in a similar sodomy case, merely decriminalizes gays