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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
Maine Workers Feel Insurance Rate Squeeze
Under the best conditions, logging is a hazardous way to make a living. But these days many Maine logging concerns are taking additional risks by not carrying workers' compensation insurance, which pays for medical care and provides workers a portion of their wages while they recover from injuries received on
U. hit with job discrimination suit
A man claiming he is a former Penn employee recently filed a complaint against the University, alleging employment discrimination on several different counts. Gordon Roy Parker, a publisher and self-proclaimed activist, claims that during his employment at Penn, the University practiced racial, gender, disability, retaliation, creed and irrelevant criteria discrimination against
Political Briefing; An Injured Politician Seeks Compensation
The way State Senator Maurice Washington, a Republican from Sparks, Nev., saw it, he was at work when he ruptured his Achilles' tendon. O.K. So Mr. Washington was playing basketball. But wait -- the game was between Republican and Democratic lawmakers and was sponsored by the Legislature to raise money
Former Sanford police major loses appeal for reinstatement
SANFORD (April 2, 2008): that the former Sanford Police Maj. Lyndon Abbott was not enough evidence of the fall of the city, the decision to dismiss him, Superior Court Justice Arthur G. Brennan Abbott appeal of the city, in a ruling Tuesday hands down. Abbott filed a complaint against the
Court Backs Ban on Racial Slurs at Work State justices say pervasive use of epithets is harassment
In the first ruling of its kind, the California Supreme Court yesterday upheld the right of a judge to ban racial slurs in the workplace, rejecting the argument that it violated free speech rights. Balancing two powerful constitutional protections, the high court said a San Francisco judge could legally
Suggestions pour into NPC on draft employment law
A total of 4,713 suggestions have poured into the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) via Internet and mail since the public were invited on March 25 to comment on the draft employment promotion law. Discrimination in the employment market is one of the issues of most concern.
LETTERS; A Different Approach To Workers' Compensation
Rebecca Shafer Bruce's suggestions ("Workers' Comp: Ripe for Cost Cutting," Viewpoints, March 12) contradict the successful experience of the Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Advisory Council. Her solution to workers' compensation costs is to reduce benefits. Employers who follow her plan may succeed in reducing injured workers' incomes, but they will
Maine Legislature Approves Budget
After 16 days of intense negotiations and an on-and-off government shutdown, Maine legislators adopted a budget today for the 1992 and 1993 fiscal years. Gov. John R. McKernan, a Republican who had wrangled with the Democratic-led Legislature over spending, taxes and workers' compensation insurance laws, is expected to sign the
Report: SouthTrust officers entitled to millions in severance pay
SouthTrust's chief executive is entitled to more than $30 million in severance pay if his contract ends after his bank's buyout by Wachovia. That's according to a report in The Birmingham News. Last month, Wachovia agreed to buy Alabama's second biggest financial institution for more than $14 billion in stock, earning a
Don't Drive Your Attorney Insane
Follow these tips to ensure an efficient, cost-effective working relationship with your outside legal counsel. HR professionals know that employees are quick to cry "foul" whenever business necessity calls for unpopular company action. They also know that plaintiffs' attorneys are increasingly creative in devising strategies that support these employees' claims.