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1 hr ago | The Independent

Leading article: Whistleblowers welcome

Faltering steps towards openness in the public service have been taken over the years, yet there is still so much farther to go.

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Related Topix: Law, Opinion

9 hrs ago | Workplace Prof Blog

Lipnic Nominated for EEOC Commissioner

President Obama has nominated Republican Victoria Lipnic to the EEOC. Lipnic has an extensive background in employment law, serving as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards in the prior administration--she was responsible for administration and enforcement of the FMLA and FSLA, among other things--and counsel for the House Committee ...

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18 hrs ago | News9 Oklahoma City

Former Employee Sues Sperry Schools for Playground Duty

A former employee of Sperry Public Schools has sued the district alleging she was forced to serve playground duty in the sun although she has skin cancer.

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Related Topix: Sperry, OK, Skin Cancer, Medicine, Health, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK, Law

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Workplace Prof Blog

Cherry on Working for (Virtually) Minimum Wage: Applying the Fair Labor Standards Act in Cyberspace

As more work enters cyberspace, takes place in virtual worlds, and collapses traditional nation-state barriers, we are entering a new era of a oevirtual work.a In this article, I use a oevirtual worka as an umbrella term to encompass work in virtual worlds, crowdsourcing, clickworking, even sweeping in, to some degree, the commonplace telecommuting ...

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Turnto10.com

Jobless in RI can now get benefits up to 99 weeks

Unemployed Rhode Islanders can now collect jobless benefits for up to 99 weeks. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law that gives 14 more weeks of benefits to the unemployed, and an additional 20 weeks of benefits to people out of work in high-unemployment states like Rhode Island.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island, Rhode Island Government, Law

Workplace Prof Blog

Zimmer on Gross ADEA Case and Employer Strategy

Over on Concurring Opinions , friend of the blog Mike Zimmer has an interesting commentary on the recent Gross Supreme Court decision, which deals with the shifting of burdens of proof in ADEA cases.

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Related Topix: Law, US News

GreenvilleOnline.com

Landscaping company fined for alleged violations of the state Illegal Immigration Reform Act

MOUNT PLEASANT - Pleasant Places, Inc. landscaping faces a $24,000 state fine for alleged violations of the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act, officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, Mount Pleasant, SC, Law

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WSBT

Company penalized in man's wood chipper death

NEW CARLISLE a *The Indiana Department of Labor has issued a fine in the death of a man working with a wood chipper.

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Related Topix: Law, Kosciusko County, IN

Cape Cod Times

Seafood plant fined following ice machine death

A New Bedford seafood plant, where a worker was crushed to death by an ice machine last spring, is facing nearly $67,000 in proposed fines after federal safety inspectors cited the company for 23 alleged violations of workplace safety standards.

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Related Topix: Law, OSHA

WCAU-TV

Woman Felt Forced to Wear Diapers to Work

A single mother of three said she was forced to wear diapers to her job at a construction site because the company didn't provide a way for women to use the restroom, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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SOA World Magazine

Latest Data Leakage Scandal Highlights Government's Use Of Outmoded Storage Technology.

Woking, Surrey: 4th November, 2009 - Farmers' Weekly has reported[1] that two back up tapes, containing thousands of farmers' bank details, have been lost by the Rural Payments Agency .

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Personal Injury Law News

Oregon farm pays $14,500 to female farmworks to settle sexual harassment suit

PENDLETON, Ore. a ' Schiemer Farms of Nyssa, Ore., will pay $14,500 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , the agency announced today.

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Related Topix: Pendleton, OR, Nyssa, OR, Law

KPLR-11

Southern Ill. coal mine subject of administrative law hearing over roofing, ventilation

Dozens of workers in a southern Illinois coal mine are hoping an administrative law judge gives their mine the go-ahead to resume full operations.

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Related Topix: Johnston City, IL, Law

Great Falls Tribune

Court rules in favor of insurance companies

HELENA - The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off worker's compensation payments when the injured or disabled party is of retirement age.

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Related Topix: Montana, Law, Personal Finance, Retirement

Workplace Prof Blog

19th Annual National Institute on ERISA Litigation

The American Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel present the 19th Annual National Institute on ERISA Litigation, November 16-17, 2009, at The Millennium Knickerbocker, Chicago, IL .

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Domain-B

Spurious drugs: government announces reward scheme for whistleblowers

The central government has announced a scheme providing financial rewards to whistleblowers who risk providing information about those involved in the spurious drugs racket.

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The Seymour Herald

Tennessee receives More than $12 million for trade adjustment assistance

Labor Commissioner Jim Neeley today announced the state of Tennessee has received $12,055,644 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to enhance the state's Trade Adjustment Assistance Program.

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Related Topix: Tennessee, Tennessee Government, Law

WTKR-TV Norfolk

All Hampton Roads cities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act

At the pace of everyday life, the bumps taken by people like Jacobi Harvey are easy to miss.

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Related Topix: Law, Norfolk, VA

Lawyers Weekly USA

Disapproval of insurance not preempted by ERISA

Montanaa s insurance commissionera s practice of disapproving any insurance contract if it contains a a oediscretionary clausea isna t preempted by ERISA, the 9th Circuit has ruled.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Ventura County Star

Lawry's settles men's sex discrimination suit

The Lawry's restaurant chain agreed Monday to pay more than $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it barred men from waiting tables at its high-end steakhouses.

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Related Topix: Law, Restaurant Management

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