Labour and Employment
This year was a busy one for the California legislature. In spite of the state budget crisis and a worsening economy, some noteworthy employment bills became law.

Employment up throughout N.C. counties in October
(The following information is from the NC Employment Security Commission.)

Disgraced ID senator broke employment laws, faces fine
A former state senator who quit the Idaho Legislature in 2005 just as lawmakers pushed for him to be expelled over ethics transgressions has been ordered to pay $6,575 for breaking state employment laws.

Christian counsellor heads to Employment Tribunal over dismissal
A Christian counsellor solicitor and former church elder took the charity Relate Avon to the Employment Tribunal on Monday after he was dismissed for a perceived failure to comply with Relates equal opportunities policy regarding the provision of sex therapy to same sex couples

Global meet on National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)
Visakhapatnam, Dec 1 : Andhra University Social Work Department Head And Conference Director B Devi Prasad today inaugurated a two-day global conference on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

Disgraced ID senator broke employment laws, faces fine
Associated Press - December 2, 2008 6:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A former state senator who quit the Idaho Legislature in 2005 just as lawmakers pushed for him to be expelled over ethics...

Employment in Douglas on upswing despite state reports
Douglas unemployment ballooned to 9.4 percent based on the most recent unemployment report from he state. Now, we can officially say the sky is falling.

Employment service feeling needbefore unemployment benefits extension
TRAVERSE CITY ? No one understood the need for President George Bush?s extension of unemployment benefits more than local staff with Michigan Works!

Saudi women in beauty salons asked to sign employment contract
ABHA: Saudi women employed in beauty salons should be made to sign Ministry of Labor-drafted work contracts to assure them that their jobs are official, said businesswomen who attended the 10th annual conference of investors related to tailoring, beautification and décor organized by the Abha Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Services activity at record low: report
A services sector barometer has dropped to a record low with the sales and employment measures posting their worst results in the survey's six-year history.

Talking about jobs: Labour market planner speaks with youth about employment
It was pretty simple to Beverly Ann Myers - if you want to know what the youth need, you have to listen to what they have to say.

Labour and Employment
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which will become effective on January 16, 2009. The rule both implements recent amendments to the FMLA that provide leave entitlements for family of military servicemembers and revises the DOL's prior FMLA regulations in various respects.

Service center breaks ground near Florence
The employment-services company Monster broke ground Tuesday for a customer service center near Florence. The 75,000-square-foot facility is expected to open next fall and bring 350 new jobs to the area. Compiled from reports by The Associated Press and Andrew Shain

HB 5452 seeks end of discrimination in job ads
MANILA, Philippines - Gender discrimination in employment advertising will soon be a thing of the past if a bill pending in the House of Representatives is passed into law.

U.S. automotive jobs 101
The automotive industry directly employs more than 2 million workers in the United States. That is more than 43,000 workers, on average, in every state. While Michigan is the top state for automotive-related employment, with more than 240,000 workers, even Alaska employs nearly 2,500 workers in the auto industry. Check out our interactive map that displays the number of auto jobs across the ...

Federal judge rejects challenge by school administrators
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by New Jersey's school administrators that sought to block new state limits on their employment contracts, ruling the regulations are in the state's "perfectly legitimate" interests. But the decision by U.S. District...

Problem Solver: New Craigslist Scam Targets Job Seekers
If you're one of the growing number of people who are looking for a new job, FOX 4 has a warning about a new Craigslist employment scam that could expose your bank account and social security number vulnerable to criminals. FOX 4's Problem Solver Linda Wagar has this week's Scam of the Week.

Come clean on merger, union tells Qantas
The Transport Workers Union is calling on Qantas management to guarantee the jobs and employment conditions of Qantas workers in the event of a potential merger with British Airways.

Losing My Software Rights?
vintagepc writes "Having written a piece of software as part of my research employment, I now face (and will later face again, with other software I've developed), the issue of intellectual property rights. The legal department stated that if I was paid by the University to produce the software, the University would own all rights to it. This is supposedly black and white, not a gray area. ...

French keep faith in labour tribunals
Norbert Gilmez embodies the abiding faith of the downtrodden in France's prud'hommes - a system of elected employment tribun-als that is unique in Europe.