Employment contracts

Comp Rx: Kill Employment Contracts?

CFO (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

Amid the tussle over what to do about executive compensation, a radical solution is floated.

Back to school with Fannie and Freddie…

Footnoted.org (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

The Fannie/Freddie debacle brings many “teachable moments.” One of the classes we can sign up for is “what’s wrong with corporate employment contracts” - or what’s right with them, if you happen to be the executive who’s got one. As Michelle noted yesterday, the feds said they wouldn’t try to recover compensation from departing Fannie CEO Dan Mudd [...]

Corporate Manslaughter act -HSE Docs Only in English?

the Courier Shop blog (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

If all your HSE and training documents are only in English, you could be leaving yourself wide open under the Corporate Manslaughter act. It appears to pay to translate if you use migrant workers who may have English as a second language. Does this apply to Employment Contracts as well? Will all our documents have to be [...]

Union worried about actors not being paid for R22m Ngema play

Pretoria News (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Controversial playwright Mbongeni Ngema has been accused of failing to enter employment contracts with young actors who were chosen to perform in his R22 million musical, Lion of the East: Gert Sibande and the Potato Boycott.

Row over 'Lion of the East' casting

The Star (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Controversial playwright Mbongeni Ngema has been accused of failing to enter employment contracts with young actors selected to perform in his R22-million musical ...

Enterprise Agreements within Australian Workplaces

Thinking made Easy (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

Introduction In Australia, there are specific ways that employees could be employed. Various forms of employment contracts have significant impacts on rights and entitlements. Noteworthy to mention is the fact that Australia is a federation with six states and two internal territories; as such, the conducts of industries are guided...

You can take your Non-compete and….

The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008

In a decision that has interesting repercussions for the web industry, the California State Supreme Court has ruled that non-compete clauses in employment contracts are not enforceable in California. Non-competes, for those who have never dealt with them, restrict employees who leave their existing jobs from taking a similar role in another company or to start [...]

California Supreme Court says noncompete agreements are illegal

VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

California’s highest court has ruled that a common feature of employment contracts called a noncompete agreement is illegal under state law and has been since 1872. Basically, a noncompete says a company’s employees can’t work for or start a competing company, usually for a certain period of time. The rationale is that employees shouldn’t be able [...]

California Supreme Court: Non-compete clauses are not enforceable

Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

The California State Supreme Court has ruled that non-compete clauses in employment contracts are not enforceable in California. I'm reminded me of the study from the Duke Center for the Public Domain that concluded that the reason that the tech corridon on Route 128 near Boston had grown so much more slowly than Silicon Valley was that Massachusetts has enforceable non-competes, while California does...

£1.6 million payoffs for "Team Livingstone"

James Cleverly (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Wow. It seems that Ken Livingstone repaid the decades of loyalty displayed by his team of closest advisers by changing their employment contracts a little while before the election. Their fixed term contracts were amended to include a very generous payoff if Livingstone lost the election. He lost, they now get a total of £1,600,000. I wonder why he made that change, perhaps he wasn't feeling

Telstra accused of super swindle

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008

TELSTRA has been accused by unions of "swindling" up to 20,000 staff on individual employment contracts.

• Unions accuse Telstra of pay packet dip - Business Spectator
• Telstra accused of swindling workers' pay - News.com.au
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

208 Indonesian care workers, nurses to arrive next week

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008

Under an economic partnership agreement, 208 Indonesian care workers and nurses are scheduled to arrive in Japan on Aug. 7 to prepare to take up jobs throughout the country, according to government sources. The 104 care workers and 104 nurses have concluded employment contracts with entities in 34 prefectures, the sources said, citing Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry data. Read the full story

Pat Powers goes totalitarian

Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008

Amazing that Pat Powers did not learn from my post regarding employment contracts, such as that of his wife, not falling within the restrictions of IM10. Instead he puts up a post yesterday titled, "Wait a minute. IM10 doesn’t just...

"Moral Turpitiude" Blooms in Ohio

Holland & Hart Health Care Law Blog (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008

Many hospitals, state medical boards and physician employment contracts have reference to disqualification for "moral turpitude." We can all conjur up some concept of moral depravity which would legitimately give rise to collective disgust and a refusal to share comity with the offender. The State Medical Board of Ohio appears...

Former Tesla Motors employee files class-action suit

Cnet (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008

Former PR executive claims that Tesla violated employment contracts after he was laid off in company restructuring last year.