Select an article: EEOC Claims Reach Highest Volume Since 2002 Hawaii Awarded Grant to Assist Molokai Ranch Workers EEOC Charges Reach Record High in 2008 Solis Nominated for Secretrary of Labor Criminal Record Use in Hiring Before EEOC Liebman to Chair NLRB Mediation Board Expects Heavy Caseload Puchala Nominated to National Mediation Board by Obama NLRB Posts to Union Attorneys Puchala Sworn In as Chair of National Mediation Board Solis Confirmed as Secretary of Labor

Select an article: Number of Labor Arbitrations Remain Relatively Stable

Select an article: Internet Abuser Reinstated Use of Retrograde Extrapolation in Drug/Alcohol Test Drug Testing Refusal Few Arbitrators Use Daugherty's Just Cause Checklist One Instance of Neglect of Duty Not Cause for Termination U.S. Supreme Court Supports Arbitration of Discrimination Claims

Select an article: Pay Secondary to Benefits and Job Security, Survey Finds Benefit Incentives Attract Top Accountants, Survey Finds Retiree Health Care Beset by Rising Costs and Less Savings Employee Benefits Being Cut Back or Replaced with Less Costly Programs Retirement Income Projections Show Workers Unprepared at Big Firms Unemployment Insurance Benefits Extended Seven Weeks Same-Sex Marriage Requires Few Workplace Policy Changes

Select an article: Movie, Television, Communications Top Bargaining Calendar in 2008 Reductions in First-Contract Charges Shown by NLRB Statistics of Refusal to Bargain Employee Free Choice Act Opposed by Chamber Economic Crisis Calls for Passage of EFCA Auto Workers Approve Ford Contract Hawaiian Airlines/IAM Negotiate New Contract Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify Contract Employer Bargaining Objectives Survey Issued by BNA New York Times Guild Members Agree to Pay Cuts to Avoid Layoffs

Select an article: Attorneys at Large Firms to Get Largest Salary Increases, Study Predicts Teacher Pay in Decline in Comparison with Other Professions, Report Finds Health Care Jobs Top Highest-Paid Occupations, BLS Reports Unionization Gives Biggest Boost to Low-Wage Workers, Study Shows Mandatory Overtime by Illinois Employees Cause Staffing Crisis, AFSCME Charges Retiree Living Standard at Risk at Middle Income Level Income Inequality Increasing Worldwide, ILO Reports Nonprofit Earnings Slightly Higher Than Public Sector Union Workers Receive Higher Wages But Need EFCA Law

Select an article: Taxi Drivers Not Independent Contractors, Ninth Circuit Affirms Ninth Circuit Allows Retirees to Arbitrate Pension Benefits Class of One Equal Protection Claim of State Employee... Union Liable for Harassment of Female Employee... Union-Represented Employee Rights to Judicial Forum to Be Heard by Supreme Court Nonunion Members Liability for Extra-Unit Litigation Costs Before Supreme Court Pension Loss Recoverable Under ERISA, Supreme Court Rules Hawaii and Alaska Exclusion from Federal Locality Pay Constitutional, Court Rules FMLA Protects Hawaii Nurse Fired Upon Return from Leave, Court Rules "Recognition Clause" Requires Arbitration, Supreme Court Declines Review Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy Violates Fourth Amendment Rights, Appeals Court Rules Retiree Health Benefits Ruling, Supreme Court Declines Review FAA Grounds for Review Exclusive, Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Arbitration Cases Before Court May Result in Far-Reaching Ruling Discipline of Pharmacist Who Took Drug Samples Denied Supreme Court Review Whistleblower's Compensatory Award Taxable, Supreme Court Lets Stand Teacher Union Affiliates Subject to LMRDA, Federal Court Rules Agency Fee Calculated Illegally, Ninth Circuit Rules School Superintendent Liable for Declining to Promote Teacher Right to Sue for Retaliation Implied in 1866 Civil Rights Act ADEA Protects Federal Workers Against Retaliation "Class-of-One" Claim by Oregon Employee Rejected by Supreme Court Arbitration Award Upheld by Ninth Circuit ADA Claim Available to UPS Driver with Heart Trouble Hawaii Employee May Sue Employer for Misrepresentation Disparate Impact Claim Requires Employer to Prove RFOA Exception Disparate Disability Benefits Not ADEA Breach NLRA Preempts California Law Limiting Use of State Funds ERISA Benefit Denials Must Consider Conflict of Interest Privacy Rights Violated with Reading of Employee's Text Messages FMLA Damages Awarded for Denial of Leave Honolulu Hotel's Refusal to Arbitrate is Not Breach of Agreement Pension Plan Change Not Violation of ERISA, Ninth Circuit Rules Free Speech Rights Violated by Shopping Malls, Ninth Circuit Rules Checkoff Bargaining Not Waived by Expiration of Contract, Court Rules Fiduciary Breach Claims Under ERISA Upheld by Ninth Circuit Retirees Without Vested Rights Lack Standing, Ninth Circuit Rules ERISA Plaintiffs Not Subject to Issue Exhaustion, Ninth Circuit Rules Free Speech Retaliation Claim May Proceed, Ninth Circuit Rules Public Employees in Illinois Win Card-Check Procedure Service Fee Including National Union Expenses Chargeable to Local Nonmembers Checkoff Ban Not Violation of First Amendment, Supreme Court Rules UNITE HERE Liable for Organizing Breach, Supreme Court Rules Arbitration of Bias Claims Enforceable, Supreme Court Holds Furloughs of Public Employees Upheld by New Jersey Court Bargaining Unit Merger Negates Duty to Bargain, 9th Circuit Rules NLRB Authority in Question as Board Reduced to Two Members Union Recognition Withdrawal Overturned by 9th Circuit

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Select an article: Genetic Discrimination Becomes Unlawful

Select an article: Congress Told to Fix "Broken" Policies to Help Families Get Ahead GM and Chrysler to Get $17.4 Billion Bailout Loan Working Families Task Force Planned by Obama Middle Class Working Families Task Force Created by Obama New York, Detroit with Greatest Job Losses Among Large Cities

Select an article: Family Leave Plan Signed into Law in New Jersey Genetic Education Key to GINA Implementation Parental Leave in U.S. Ranks 20th Among 21 Rich Nations Domestic Partners Receive Benefits in Large Firms

Select an article: Health Insurance Coverage Down Sharply, Study Finds Retiree Health Benefits Liability May Be $1.6 Trillion, GAO Reports Health Insurance Costs for Employers Increase, Kaiser Report Finds Health Benefit Plans Down Since 1995 College Enrollment Up in 2007, BLS Reports Health Insurance Cost Rising Ten Times Faster Than Pay, Study Finds

Select an article: Minimum Wage "Hot-Button" Issue in State Laws Passed in 2007 Pension Funding Relief Bill Signed by Bush Pay Equity Law Signed by Obama Employee Free Choice Act Opposition Bill to be Introduced by Republicans Employee Free Choice Act Endorsed by Professors

Select an article: NLRB Decisions Electronically Accessible Arbitration Text Published by BNA NLRB Book Published by BNA

Select an article: "Salting" Guidelines Subject of NLRB Memos E-mail Decisions By NLRB Topic of ABA Meeting Union Trust Fund Reporting Proposal by DOL NLRB Representation Election Subject of Senate Hearing Hawaii Governor Vetoes Card-Check Bill NLRB E-mail Decision Critized by Professors FMLA Final Rule Issued by Labor Department NLRB Not Likely to Change Labor Law Under Obama Administration Union Financial Disclosure Rule Issued NLRB Charged with ULP in Refusal to Bargain Case Union Representation Elections Win Rate Up in 2008 Retirement Plans Hit by Recession; Employers Reduce Contributions FMLA Leave Opinion Letter Issued by DOL

Select an article: State Employee Salary Increases Less Than Inflation Rate, AFT Finds

Select an article: Compensation Costs Higher in Public Sector Than Private Sector Utah Mandates Four-Day Workweek for Public Employees State and Local Employment Up 4.5 Percent from 2002

Select an article: GAO Finds State DOTs Increasing Contracting Out Activities Survey Finds Public Sector Facing Risk of Ethics Scandal Public Sector Bargaining Expansion Bill Vetoed by Iowa Governor Arizona State Employees Granted Meet-and-Confer Rights Governors Respond to State Budget Crisis Furlough of California State Workers Ok'd

Select an article: Writers Guild Board Recommends Terms of New Contract and Ending Strike Strikes and Lockouts Idle 189,000 Workers in 2007

Select an article: Union Members Slightly Up in 2007 AFTRA Receives Direct Charter from AFL-CIO; SAG and AFTRA May Drop Joint Bargaining Laborers' Union Rejoins BCTD T-Union, A New Union is Formed by CWA and Ver.di Union Election Win Rate Drops, Ending 10-Year Rise, NLRB Reports Hawaii Receives $5.2 Million for Aloha and ATA Airline Workers from DOL Mandatory Arbitration of First Contract Deadlocks Violates Constitution, Lawyer Says USW and UNITE the Union Create First Global Union Union Membership Largest Since 1983 at 12.4 Percent Jobs Bank Program to End with UAW and Auto Makers Agreement UNITE HERE Faction Vote to End Merger; Forms New Union Employee Free Choice Act Debated in Senate Unions Unification Talks to Continue Healthcare Workers Union Formed After Break with SEIU

Select an article: Pregnant Women Working Longer and Returning Sooner, Census Finds Women Rank Pay Increase as Top Concern in AFL-CIO Poll Women Workers in Unions Earn More, Report Shows Gender Pay Gap Varies From 4 to 36 Percent Gender Earnings Gap at Every Education Level Women's Share of Jobs Up, Nearing Pay Parity with Men Pay Gap Narrows in Federal Sector

Select an article: Hispanics to Impact Future Workforce, Pew Report Finds Teens School Enrollment Up, Employment Down, BLS Finds Pay Differences of Same Jobs Largest in Sales, Education, Airlines, BLS Reports Strikes in Fiscal 2007 Fewest in FMCS History One-Stop Career Centers Link Older Workers with Jobs, GAO Finds Real Earnings Decline as Hours Fall and Prices Increase New Labor Law in China Codifies Worker Rights and Employer Responsibilities SEIU Passes 2 Million Member Mark Happy Hour Attended by One of Five Workers Job Satisfaction Up Since 2002 Hours of Work Decline Slightly for Full-Time Employees Older Workers Receptive to Job Training Opportunities Baby Boomers Hold More Short-Duration Jobs Labor Market Shows Earning Increasing, Jobs and Health Care Accessible Earnings are Less Volatile, CBO Reports Boomers with Higher Education have Better Job Prospects Women Job Loss Rates Equal to Men During Recessions Displaced Workers Number 3.6 Million in 2005-2007 Knowledge Transfer from Baby Boomers to Next Generation Crucial College Degree Jobs to Grow 15 Percent from 2006 to 2016 Offshoring of 160 Service Occupations Theoretically Possible Young Workers Without College Attendance Hold Short-Term or No Jobs Planned Job Cuts Climb to Seven-Year High High-Tech Industry Incurs Job Losses in 2008

Select an article: Diversity in the Workplace Lacks Clear Definition, SHRM Reports Internet Monitoring of Workers Increasing, Survey Finds E-mail Data Security Breaches are Employer Concern, Survey Finds