EMPLOYMENT 
Published: January 12, 2012
Tags: employment
An employee injured while working on land may still recover under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act where he can establish a substantial nexus between his injury and his employer’s extractive operations on the Outer Continental Shelf.
U.S. Supreme Court. Pacific Offshore Operators v. Valladolid, No. 10-507. Jan. 11, 2012. Lawyers USA No. 993-3480.
EMPLOYMENT
Published: January 11, 2012
Tags: employment, First Amendment
The First Amendment bars a disability discrimination suit brought by a teacher who was fired by a religious school.
See “Constitution bars job-bias suit against religious school”
U.S. Supreme Court. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran
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Big year leads up to a bigger one at Supreme Court
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: December 29, 2011
Tags: 2011, arbitration, employment, health care, immigration, preemption, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – At the U.S. Supreme Court, 2011 was a remarkable year – not just for the things the justices did, but for the cases they agreed to take up in the near future.
New book gives job search tips
Published: November 18, 2011
Tags: employment, job search, legal careers
Considering a career move or looking for a new job?
Then pick up a newly released book from the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section, Job Quest for Lawyers: The Essential Guide to Finding and Landing the Job You Want.
The hot practice areas in 2012
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2012, employment, legal jobs
Despite sobering unemployment numbers across the country, employment for lawyers continues to be promising in the hottest practice areas.
Firms are actively hiring attorneys who specialize in the highest-demand niches, according to Charles Volkert, Executive Director at Robert Half Legal, a national legal staffing agency.
Bill would give tax breaks to employers who hire
Published: July 14, 2011
Tags: Congress, employment, Job Creation Tax Credit Act, tax credits, unenployment
WASHINGTON – A bill introduced in the Senate will give employers refundable tax credits for hiring previously unemployed workers.
Bill would make E-Verify mandatory within a year
Published: July 5, 2011
Tags: Congress, E-verify, employment, illegal worker, immigration
WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced in the Senate would make use of the federal E-Verify system mandatory for all employers within one year of enactment.
NYC affirmative action plan may violate Title VII
Published: May 9, 2011
Tags: affirmative action, employment, reverse discrimination, Ricci v. Destefano
The civil rights of non-minority New York City employees may have been violated by an affirmative action plan granting new minority employees retroactive seniority, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
EMPLOYMENT
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 22, 2011
Tags: employment
The Fair Labor Standard Act’s anti-retaliation provision protects an employee who alleged he lost his job because he made verbal complaints to his employer about timeclocks.
See “Worker fired for verbal complaints can sue”
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Senate aide: Expect Senate fight on NLRB nominees
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 28, 2011
Tags: Congress, employment, NLRB, Paycheck Fairness Act
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board – an agency that has come under fire by critics as well as the Supreme Court in recent months – will face a tough confirmation process in the new Senate, a top aide said Wednesday.
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