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2 hrs ago | JD Supra

EEOC Settles Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit Against Grace Church and Episcopal Diocese of L.I.

Grace Episcopal Church of Whitestone, Inc., a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will pay $192,500 to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , the agency announced today.

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Related Topix: Law, Whitestone, NY

Thu May 23, 2013

Observer

Carriage House layoffs less than expected

The New York State Department of Labor has provided an update on the status of Carriage House employees who were notified of impending layoffs from the Talcott Street facility in Dunkirk in January.

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Related Topix: New York Government, New York, Law

WLTI-FM Syracuse

Jobless Claims Dropped Last Week

A report from the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday showed jobless claims dropping for the week.

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Related Topix: Law

Daily Kos

OR-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D) To Give Opening Keynote At Netroots Nation 2013

Sen. Jeff Merkley will give the opening keynote address at the Netroots Nation conference next month in San Jose, Calif., according to an email shared with The Huffington Post that will be sent out later Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, Blog News, Immigration Reform, Law

JD Journal

Judge Finds Abercrombie & Fitch's Hollister Stores Guilty of Discrimination

Abercrombie & Fitch was found by a judge to have failed in providing adequate facilities for the disabled, and will be forced to renovate hundreds of stores.

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Related Topix: Abercrombie and Fitch, Retail, Apparel, Law, Albany, OH, New Albany, OH

13WMAZ.com

Job Opening in Warner Robins

Call the Department of Labor Career Center at 751-6164 and give them the job number of the position that interests you.

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Related Topix: Warner Robins, GA, Law

Anchorage Daily News

Police: Ex-Pa. judge hired in Alaska stole coke from cases

The state police say the charges against former Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky will be prosecuted by the state attorney general, though the spokesman for that office, Dennis Fisher, says he can't confirm or deny the investigation.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

ABA Journal

Drug testing as a condition for unemployment benefits supported by some lawmakers

The state house passed Bill 21 Wednesday, Reuters reports. The bill had already passed in the Texas senate.

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, Texas Government, Texas, Law, Rick Perry, US Governors

The Citizens' Voice

Layoffs of state labor department workers to start Friday

The layoffs of about 100 employees at the state Department of Labor and Industry because of federal aid cuts will start Friday, and House lawmakers are pushing a short-term funding solution to help protect the agency's unemployment compensation services.

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Related Topix: Law, Mount Pocono, PA

Iol.co.za

'Hacktivist' SAPS nightmare

This is the message from cyber security experts in the wake of the news that 15 767 e-mails sent to the SAPS from the public were hacked and published online.

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Related Topix: Law, Science / Technology, Computer Security

94.3 WSC

How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press

Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, but now it's coming for them First they came for Fox News, and they did not speak out - because they were not Fox News.

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Related Topix: Law

Wed May 22, 2013

WAPI-AM Birmingham

Obama Picks Former Campaign Official Katherine Archuleta as OPM Director

President Obama will nominate former campaign official Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management on Thursday, according to a White House official.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Law

Law.com

EEOC Gets Tough With Companies on Genetic Privacy

Earlier this month the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed- and quickly settled -its first lawsuit accusing an employer of gathering illegal genetic information during a job applicant's medical exam.

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Related Topix: Law, Corning, NY

C-SPAN

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Policies

Jacqueline Berrien testified about Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policies and practices.Much of the hearing was focused on the agency's reasons for changing its guidance on criminal background .. Read More Jacqueline Berrien testified about Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policies and practices.Much of the hearing was focused on ... (more)

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Salon

Experts: Fox News spying scandal a game-changer

Addressing reporters Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, "If you are asking me whether the president believes that journalists should be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the answer is no." The comment came in light of revelations that in 2010 an FBI agent had described Fox News correspondent James Rosen as a possible ... (more)

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Related Topix: Journalism, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Kansas City Star

U.S. Department of Labor pushes for minimum wage increase

The acting U.S. secretary of labor, Seth Harris, believes enough Americans back an increase in the minimum wage strongly enough that Congress will raise it next year.

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Related Topix: Law, Kansas City, MO, Offbeat

The Post-Standard

U.S. Department of Labor sues to free retirement funds of former...

The U.S. Department of Labor is suing a defunct Syracuse construction company to free retirement funds belonging to 19 former employees.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Law, Syracuse, NY

Times Herald-Record

Local jobless rates fell in April

Unemployment rates dropped in the mid-Hudson region last month compared to the same time a year ago, with some of the biggest employment gains found in the leisure and hospitality industries.

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Related Topix: Law, Dutchess County, NY

Detroit Free Press

New law limiting fireworks use could be in effect by the Fourth of July

A collection of new legal firework devices as described by the Bureau of Fire Services within the Department of Labor and Economic Growth seen here on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Motor City Fireworks in Monroe, Mich.

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Related Topix: Law, Monroe, MI, Home Listing, Home, Wine, Drink

Chicago Reader

When push comes to shove, should laid-off journalists sue?

When the Sun-Times decided to shrink its payroll in 1998 by firing Washington reporter Basil Talbott, former senator Paul Simon and future governor Rod Blagojevich both protested publicly, and Jesse Jackson called the editor of the paper.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Law, Chicago, IL