Essential Documents Employment 2009/2010: Your Personal Library of Employment Contracts, Policies, Procedures and Letters
Saltzafrazz (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I've heard of over-parenting in college, but this is stunning, pathetic, ridiculous, and so many more adjectives I can't think of right now (just had some tequilla). [ Time ] Overparenting had been around long before Douglas MacArthur's mom Pinky moved with him to West Point in 1899 and took an apartment near the campus, [...] But in the 1990s something dramatic happened, and the needle went way past...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Government yesterday published details of its draft banking reform Bill which will give the UK's financial watchdog powers to claw back bankers' bonuses, and rip up their employment contracts, if they are deemed to endanger the financial system by encouraging excessive risk-taking.
halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
...vote for him... The effect of earlier confrontations with natives -- particularly at Ipperwash and Oka, was to terrify Ontario's government into a state of near paralysis. Premier Dalton McGuinty is a man heavily disposed towards confrontation avoidance. His solution to potential conflict is often to try and buy off the other party, with juicier employment contracts , for instance, or, as in this...
Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Republican senators are somehow surprised by negative publicity over their vote endorsing Halliburton's gang rape cover-up. Both of my senators have attempted damage control. In response to my email, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent me a letter that is a scandal in its own right. Thank you for contacting me regarding Senator Franken's amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, H.R....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Serious Organised Crime Agency says criminals are offering 'too-good-to-be-true' earning opportunities Online job hunters are being used as unwitting "money mules" to launder the proceeds of criminal activities, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) warned today. Soca said those looking for the work during the recession needed to be on their guard against "too-good-to-be-true"...
Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
New legislation to be outlined in this week’s Queen’s Speech will include measures to restrain City bonuses. According to reports, a new Financial Services Bill will allow the Financial Services Authority to nullify bankers’ employment contracts that could promote the attitudes to risk that have been blamed for the credit crisis. The outlawing of guaranteed bonuses and [...]
Flip Chart Fairy Tales (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Another week another story about bankers’ bonuses. When I heard the headline this morning about how the government plans to give the FSA powers to strip bankers of their bonuses I wondered how the hell it was going to work. Surely, I thought, that would be forcing employers to renege on existing employment contracts. Apparently, these powers will [...]
Family Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sean Williams (University of Texas School of Law) has posted Sticky Expectations: Responses to Persistent Over-Optimism in Marriage, Employment Contracts, and Credit Card Use, 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 733 (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Most people underestimate...
icWales (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A row over new employment contracts for thousands of British Airways cabin crew will switch to the High Court when a union will start legal action against the airline.
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
In the video clip below, a rape victim asks Senator David Vitter why he voted against the right of rape victims to have their day in court. Senator David " Small Penis " Vitter appears unsympathetic to say the least. The Shameless Senator was one of 30 Republican senators who voted against an amendment that would defund government contractors who prevent employees from seeking justice after...
icWales (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
British Airways cabin crew workers are due to hold a mass meeting to discuss opposition to new employment contracts they complain are "unfair and unworkable".
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
BRITISH Airways cabin crew will hold a mass meeting today to discuss opposition to new employment contracts they complain are "unfair and unworkable".
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
BRITISH Airways cabin crew workers were holding a mass meeting today to discuss opposition to new employment contracts they complain are "unfair and unworkable".
Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The Register reports that 150 customer engineers in the UK are voting on taking strike action because of changes in their employment contracts. They belong to Unite, the largest trade union in the UK. A statement from Unite: This is the first time HP employees in the UK have been asked to vote on industrial action and follows an overwhelming vote for industrial action amongst the workers in a consultative...
Mars Hill (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
I agree with most of this , although I am concerned about the issue of not employing relatives. Notwithstanding the issue of employment contracts, many MP's find having spouses working for them very helpful to their marriage and well-being. MP's work long hours, in stressful environments and while some marriages work well with both couples spending long periods apart, some do not. I am open to becoming...
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