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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
Booklets breach rules on election ads
Two brochures produced by the political parties and parliamentarians in the implementation of the Parliamentary crest was decided that elections to advertising as part of the Electoral Commission Finance Act. However, the Electoral Commission said there are no consequences. The parties, labour and law, receive a warning and a reference
Dateline Pittsburgh: 12/21/06
Burns & Scalo Roofing landed the roofing contract award for the Holiday Inn, Steubenville, Ohio, from general contractor Massaro Corp. Vector Security Inc. named Pipitone Group to develop strategic marketing programs for its service channel as well as a customer relationship program in its national accounts division. CommuniTech LLC, a full- erational efficiency,
Severance Pay Down from 2001 Levels
Employees let go today are likely to get less severance pay than they would have in 2001, but their prospects are still better than they were in 1998, according to a survey by global career services company Lee Hecht Harrison. The 2005 study is based on a survey of 1,030
Thoroughness Pays Off When Searching for a Perfect New Employee
She was the perfect job candidate. Her resume had the requisite education and retail experience. She was polished and personable. Donn Flipse was eager to offer her a job as a saleswoman at his flower store in Davie when two other managers advised against it. "They couldn't say why exactly.
Excerpts From Court Opinions About Job Rights
Following are excerpts from the majority opinion of Justice Byron R. White and the minority opinion of Justice John Paul Stevens in the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision today on the elements of proof in employment discrimination cases. FROM THE OPINION By Justice White Following are excerpts from the majority
Attorney suing Wal-Mart sees justice, not dollar signs
SAN FRANCISCO – Brad Seligman made millions as a class-action and employment attorney with a small Oakland law firm – so much money he says it made him "uncomfortable." That discomfort has transformed the former hippie into one of the country's most recognized class-action attorneys, taking on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Governor readies campaign for workers' compensation reform
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger accused legislators Monday of moving too slowly to cut a deal to fix the costly workers' compensation system, and warned them to shake loose of special interests or see the issue handed off to voters in November. "They are dragging their feet," Schwarzenegger said at an outdoor
Wal-Mart wants to declassify lawsuit
A federal district court in San Francisco certified a sex discrimination class action suit against Wal-Mart earlier this summer. (When a court "certifies" a class action, it allows the case to proceed with a class of plaintiffs, according to class action rules -- as opposed to with a number of
British employment law leaves expats exempt
Peter Pallot explains why expatriates working for British companies abroad can not claim unfair dismissal in Britain. A basic rule is that when you leave a country you leave behind its laws and practices. But with overseas business travel the norm for many in Britain's workforce, this basic rule is bending
Bias on the job? Clock's ticking
Supreme Court conservatives yesterday made it more difficult for women and minorities to win employment-discrimination complaints, perhaps setting up Capitol Hill's next civil-rights battle. In a 5-4 opinion that's a victory for business, the court set strict time limits on filing such discrimination cases. Employees can't reach more than