Employment / Labor Law News

There was a significant surge in employment opportunities while the number of unemployed people declined in Taipei City during the month of April as jobseekers had an average of 1.64 offers, according to officials at the municipal Department of Labor.

For a business or commercial property owner, getting your building and property to conform with the Americans With Disabilities Act might seem like a process of obeying the law - and it is.

In sexual harassment cases, the Supreme Court has distinguished between students and workers, requiring students to show that their peers' conduct was "severe and pervasive" before it will be considered sexual harassment, but requiring workers only to show "severe or pervasive" conduct.

A Northeast Pennsylvania woman with Multiple Sclerosis battled a pharmaceutical giant, and won, in a case that has changed the employment landscape.

More Pennsylvanians went to work in April, swelling the ranks of the state's employed to over 6 million workers.

Ellison Bronze Inc. was recently recognized for achieving seven years in the Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program.

This popular, basic-to-intermediate level program, updated and revamped from previous years, is structured to cover on a practical basis many of the issues and problems typically arising in today's workplace on which corporate counsel, or a private practitioner with a general practice, may be called to handle on behalf of the company or the ... (more)

Detective Sgt. Andy Kehm, of the Bethlehem Police Department, speaks about law enforcement response.

Today at the White House, we convened the 10th annual meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

Tampa, Florida -- The Americans with Disabilities Act says service dogs are working dogs and are free to go anywhere.

First, the details. Republicans have been successfully using the threat of filibuster to make it incredibly difficult for the Obama White House to appoint judges to circuit courts, political staffer positions at executive agencies, and - to an extent - chill the administration's decisions for cabinet picks.

The Idaho Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained stable at 6.1 percent in April, in part because of a continuing decline in the number of people seeking work.

In an executive session, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to confirm the nomination of Thomas Perez to become secretary of the Department of Labor.

Unemployment in Arkansas is finally headed down again. The state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point from 7.2 percent in March to 7.1 percent in April.

A row over the cancellation of thousands of motoring offences continues unabated in the 26 Counties, despite the report of an internal Garda police investigation which cleared the force of corruption.

The state Department of Labor & Industry said Friday the April rate of 7.6 percent compared to 7.9 percent in March.

The U.S. Department of Labor 's Employee Benefits Security Administration is seeking comments before issuing a proposed rule on how plan sponsors can provide lifetime income products, such as annuities, to participants in 401 and 403 defined contribution plans.

Kevin Poulsen and Aaron Swartz working out the kinks of their open sourced safe house.

From left to right: a Linda Propost, Regional Human Resources Director, Allied Barton Security Services a Marla Milligan, assistant director, Veterans' Employment and Training Service , US Department of Labor a Clark Bridges, Southwest Workforce Development Center, EDD a Yesenia Thomas, readjustment veterans outreach specialist, San Bernardino Vet ... (more)

The lawsuit filed in federal court claims Nashville-based Standard Candy Company, which makes Goo Goo Clusters, is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.