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typepad/qaBDhttp://feedburner.google.comLaw Profs as Ministers?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570fa6059970c2009-07-10T14:40:38-04:002009-07-10T18:40:38Z2009-07-10T18:40:38ZThe National Law Journal has an interesting report on the litigation between Ave Maria School of Law and three former professors who allege they were were suspended and banned from campus after they objected to the way the law school...laborprof lpbEmployment Common LawHayes to be Republican Nominee to NLRBtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571ec6d36970b2009-07-10T09:58:29-04:002009-07-10T14:01:58Z2009-07-10T13:58:29ZAnd then there were three. After a delay following the naming of the Democratic nominees (likely the result of Senate Republicans), the White House has just announced that they have nominated Brian Hayes as the final--Republican--member of the NLRB. They...laborprof lpbLabor LawNew E-Verify Ruletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570f5d8b8970c2009-07-09T23:12:23-04:002009-07-10T03:12:23Z2009-07-10T03:12:23ZHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano just announced that all winners of federal contracts must use the E-Verify database to check employees' immigration status. This is the same program that the Bush administration tried to implement, and which generated a lot...laborprof lpbLabor and Employment NewsEEOC Will Hold Public Hearing on Age Discrimination July 15tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570f109f0970c2009-07-09T09:54:43-04:002009-07-09T13:54:43Z2009-07-09T13:54:43ZThe EEOC has announced that it will hold a public hearing on age discrimination next Wednesday. In light of widespread layoffs, a significant spike in age discrimination charges, threats to employee benefits, and controversial recent court decisions, the U.S. Equal...laborprof lpbEmployment DiscriminationUnions To Meet With Obamatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571e06282970b2009-07-09T00:15:59-04:002009-07-09T04:15:59Z2009-07-09T04:15:59ZSteven Greenhouse (New York Times) is reporting on a meeting next week between union leaders and President Obama. Among the items on the agenda: health care and EFCA. According to Greenhouse: Labor leaders said they hoped to talk with the...laborprof lpbLabor LawNLRB Still Following Non-acquiescence Policy on Two-Member Decisionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571de859b970b2009-07-08T20:25:38-04:002009-07-09T00:25:38Z2009-07-09T00:25:38ZIt's not a surprise, but despite the D.C. Circuit's refusal to hear Laurel Baye en banc, the NLRB will continue to use its non-acquiescence policy and issue two-member decisions. The Board recently made that clear in its Standard Plumbing case...laborprof lpbLabor LawMassachusetts Challenges DOMAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571dc066e970b2009-07-08T13:58:08-04:002009-07-09T02:08:48Z2009-07-08T17:58:08ZMassachusetts is suing the United States, challenging the constitutionality of part of the Defense of Marriage Act, according to the Boston Globe. From the article: The lawsuit argues that DOMA, which was enacted in 1996, precludes same-sex spouses from a...laborprof lpbWard Churchill "Remedy" Upheldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571d62d83970b2009-07-07T21:53:30-04:002009-07-09T04:21:14Z2009-07-08T01:53:30ZEarlier this year, Ward Churchill won his claim that his termination violated the First Amendment--but he received only $1 in damages. Today, a judge upheld that award. According to the New York Times: Chief Judge Larry J. Naves of Denver...laborprof lpbLabor and Employment NewsThe D.C. Circuit's Register-Guard Decisiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570df3f25970c2009-07-07T14:01:25-04:002009-07-07T18:15:34Z2009-07-07T18:01:25ZThe D.C. Circuit has just released its review of the NLRB's Register-Guard decision, in which the Board refused to give employees protection when using employer-owned email and severely restricted the discrimination exception to employer bans on workplace communications. The short...laborprof lpbLabor LawThe Next ERISA Supreme Court Casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570ded8f8970c2009-07-07T12:02:38-04:002009-07-07T16:03:02Z2009-07-07T16:02:38ZGoing unnoticed in all the hub-bub surrounding the Ricci decision was the fact that the Court granted cert. in another important ERISA case concerning the deference due to plan administrators in Section 502(a)(1)(B) denial of benefit cases. Peter Stris, a...laborprof lpbPension and BenefitsThe WARN Act and the Recessiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571d289d2970b2009-07-07T09:18:34-04:002009-07-07T13:18:34Z2009-07-07T13:18:34ZWith all the job losses accompanying the current recession, it's no surprise that the WARN Act has been getting a higher-profile. In particular, the business exigency exception is getting more attention. That exception was supposed to be fairly narrow, but...laborprof lpbLabor and Employment NewsStone on Transferred Intenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570d42501970c2009-07-06T10:29:57-04:002009-07-06T14:29:57Z2009-07-06T14:29:57ZKerri Stone (Florida-International) has a post at Prawfsblawg on transferred intent after the Supreme Court's recent decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. She notes the majority's opinion seems to say that any person adversely affected by a decision in which race...laborprof lpbEmployment DiscriminationA Review of This Term's Discrimination Decisionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570d1f772970c2009-07-06T01:04:17-04:002009-07-06T05:06:17Z2009-07-06T05:04:17ZThe National Law Journal recently summarized this Supreme Court term's discrimination cases (Ricci, Crawford, Pyett, Gross, and Hulsteen). Among the commentators was Marcia McCormick (St. Louis University), Paul Secunda (Marquette), and friend-of-the-blog Paul Mollica: [Speaking about Crawford], even that victory...laborprof lpbEmployment DiscriminationTexas Center for Women in Law Seeks Executive Directortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570be7e97970c2009-07-03T22:31:43-04:002009-07-04T02:31:43Z2009-07-04T02:31:43ZThe Center for Women in Law at The University of Texas School of Law is asking for your help in our search for a new Executive Director. Founded in 2007 by thirty women attorneys, the Center is dedicated to advancing...laborprof lpbTargeting Employers Instead of Employeestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571aefa20970b2009-07-03T14:44:50-04:002009-07-03T18:44:50Z2009-07-03T18:44:50ZThe Obama administration has begun moving away from the well-publicized Bush administration criminal raids of undocumented workers. The enforcement emphasis is shifting instead to going after the employers who hire these workers--through civil sanctions, not criminal charges--in an acknowledgment that...laborprof lpbLabor and Employment News