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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

Child employment law challenge

A 14-year-old Somerset school girl is calling for a change in child employment laws after losing her job as a waitress. Catherine Male, of Kingstone near Iminster, had been working Saturday evenings and Sunday lunchtimes at the village pub in the tiny hamlet of Dowlish Wake, to earn money to

Focus shifting to new issues in employment law

Ten years ago, it seemed that half of the largest employers in California, in one way or another, question on the status of the complexity of the laws governing so-called pay overtime. There are fewer violations and complaints accused today overtime, but lawyers for workers and employers say they are

Mayor violated no laws in letter

Mayor Bob Young broke no law when he wrote an upbeat letter recommending former Fire Chief Ronnie Few to Washington, D.C., officials two years ago. But it was a serious error in judgment to give a glowing endorsement to a public safety official under investigation for malfeasance, ethics experts say. "The

Fisher & Phillips LLP Adds Attorney in Atlanta Office

Atlanta (March 27, 2008) - Fisher & Phillips LLP, a leading national labour and employment policy at the law firm, announced that labour and employment lawyer Hiudt Tiffani, the company d Atlanta's Bureau associates. Hiudt just Ms. Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, where for four years, they advise clients

New Employment Laws Take Effect in California

Keep better employee records to ease lay, Augusta, Ga., managers say

Firing 100 people is a lot harder than it seems. Picking who is going to be canned, and justifying it, is often a tedious task for those trying to cut costs and improve efficiency. And if not done correctly, it could end up costing a company more than it would

Steel workers compensation doubt

A group of British steel workers who lost their pensions seem unlikely to be awarded compensation by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court's Advocate General has said the UK is not obliged to make good their pension losses. About 1,000 staff at ASW in Cardiff and Sheerness lost

Ex-PUD treasurer's lawsuit set in Grant County

EPHRATA - A $ 4 million unfair dismissal complaint filed by Grant County PUD of the former treasurer is in court on May 15 at a conference of the state-Grant County Superior Court A trial version of the date had not been placed Wednesday in the former treasurer Nick Gerde's

A watchful eye

Employee theft can destroy a company's vitality, but there are ways of fighting back Employee theft results each year in billions of dollars in lost revenue for employers, and those in Central Ohio are not immune. Take this example: Last year, a loading dock employee at a Newark retail store

Former Selah Employee to City: I was kicked when I was down

SELAH - A former employee Selah, who claims she was suddenly released from the two best city leaders, in part because she was a supporter of the former police chief, has agreed with the city, because after dismissal. Janine is the latest Beghtol Selah former assistant city guide accuse of