Job growth and wages picked up. The workweek lengthened. But much of the strength came from Census hiring — and the economy remains a long way from being healthy.
Census, employment, historical comparisons, jobs, jobs report, May 2010 jobs report, Uncategorized, Unemployment
Comparing This Recession to Previous Ones: Job Changes
Since the downturn began in December 2007, the economy has shed, on net, about 5.4 percent of its nonfarm payroll jobs.
New York Nanny Protection Law
A recent New York Times article on a proposed law in New York state to provide basic employment protection to domestic employees like nannies, raises a very interesting issue. In Florida, domestic employees have very little protection from abusive employers. While it is relatively well established that the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor […]
City of Lakeland Unfair to Labor by Not Giving Pay Raise
In Utility Workers Union of America v. City of Lakeland, the Second District Court of Appeal, on June 2, 2010, held that the City of Lakeland engaged in an unfair labor practice by altering the status quo pending collective bargaining.
For twenty years, the City has provided annual across-the-board wage adjustments to its employees. In June […]
Unemployed and O.K. With It, if They’re Not Alone
People are less unhappy about being unemployed if their friends are also out of work, and they look less intensively for new work, a study finds.
ADEA, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Discrimination, Executive Compensation and Severance, Older Workers Benefits Protection Act, OWBPA, Wrongful Termination
Why do I have 21 days to consider this severance agreement and other common severance issue
When an employee receives a severance offer, they are often shocked to see in the agreement that the employer is telling them to consult a lawyer, that they have 21 days (or sometimes 45 days) to consider the agreement, and that they have seven days after they sign the agreement to change their mind.
Why do […]