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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
German minister calls for law against spying on employees
BERLIN (AFP) - Germany, Consumer Protection, Horst Seehofer, the minister opted for a regime of the law on the collection of information relating to employees, according to the revelations discount retailer Lidl had secretly monitored his employees. "Lidl, monitoring methods are not worthy ... and unacceptable," said Seehofer, in an
Secret DHB recording may have broken law
Former Hawke's Bay District Health Board chief Ray Lind has confirmed he secretly recorded a meeting with a whistleblower outlining conflict of interest allegations now being probed by two investigations. An employment law expert says the secret recording may have breached the law and Mr Lind, the husband of Cabinet
Bias Lawsuit May Have Wide Impact
When Clara Watson dropped by Fort Worth Bank and Trust in 1973 to pick up an application for a job as a teller, she said, the chilly reception almost ended her dream of working at the bank. When Clara Watson dropped by Fort Worth Bank and Trust in 1973 to
BACK with a VENGEANCE.
R revolutionaries trying to return. Cas. If Liberty Mutual Insurance, the largest nation of accident insurance for workers holders, which comes from a new analysis of the economic impact of injuries in the workplace, nobody in the world of work and the field of health protection was surprised to learn
Massachusetts Acts on Workers' Comp Fraud
It was with great interest that I read your news articles regarding the terrible problem of workers' compensation fraud across the country (front page, Dec. 29; Business Day, Dec. 30). On Dec. 23, 1991, I signed into law a reform of the Massachusetts workers' compensation system. The elimination of fraud
Would you hire this man
At many American companies, managers face gag orders that make prisoners of war look positively chatty. Forget "name, rank, and serial number." When someone asks for references on a potential hire, these bosses are supposed to reveal only job titles and dates of employment. Never mind that the employee pilfered office
House poised to impeach Clinton
After a partisan, daylong debate, the House of Representatives stands ready to impeach President Bill Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky affair, according to the latest CNN survey of House members. The CNN survey indicates that 219 lawmakers -- one more than needed for a majority -- are either supporting or leaning
Legislators wrangle over workers' compensation
A partisan battle over how to rein in workers' compensation costs intensified Wednesday as Republicans pushed a ballot proposal to change how benefits are delivered to injured workers and Democrats demanded that insurance companies cut their rates. Republican lawmakers signed petitions kicking off the drive to put Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Alito's Appeals Court Record on Race, Gender
According to some legal analysts, fewer race and gender discrimination cases would be heard by federal courts if Judge Samuel Alito is confirmed to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Ari Shapiro reports on the legal debate about Alito's 15-year career at the Third Circuit Court
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Workplace Issues Column
When I went into management with my employer, my salary was based on a 40-hour week. All managers have now been told that we have to work a minimum 45-hour week with no pay increase. Our paychecks still say 40 hours and our paid time off is still based on