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Layoff
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Global Workplace Insider
Discrimination Found Where Lay-Off Decision Did Not Consider Disability
In the recent decision Besner v Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development the Public Service Staffing Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) held it was discriminatory to lay-off a disabled employee…
Legal Profession Blog
Not Ready For Private Practice
An attorney who had served as an assistant county prosecutor for sixteen years was laid off due to budget considerations. She had gone to the prosecutor position directly from law…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
State Officials Ask Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of 2002 Layoffs
Last Friday, lawyers representing two government officials petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether former a 2002 state decision to layoff only union personnel violated those employee's constitutional…
Cruise Law News
Loyal to Royal? Royal Caribbean Axes 100 Jobs in Corporate Headquarters
By Jim Walker
The rumors of job terminations at Royal Caribbean ended yesterday when multiple news sources announced that the Miami-based cruise lines cut around 100 employees from its payroll. Seatrade Insider was…
Education Law Prof Blog
Chicago Teachers’ Lawsuit Moves Forward in the Midst of the District’s Ongoing Reforms and Closures
By Derek Black
Last week, I posted on Chicago's new five pillar plan to turn around the district. Tuesday, a federal district court, in Chicago Teachers Union, Local no. 1 v. Board of…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Thomson Reuters' Eikon Flop Causes More Layoffs
By Greg Lambert
Image [cc] Global X Thomson Reuter's flagship financial product, Eikon, is turning out to be more like the Titanic after hitting an iceberg. According to reports from the New York…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs : LXBN January 7, 2013
We kick off the week with a strong episode of LXBN TV as Hodgson Russ's Michael Hecker joins me to discuss Lisa Jackson's legacy as head of the EPA following…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Clear Channel Lays Off Employees
Sometimes an employee is just fired just because. According to the Toledo Blade, Clear Channel Communications, a major corporation headquartered in San Antonio, has been quietly laying off numerous employees.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
You’re Fired
From the Financial Times, via The Faculty Lounge:Some 100 of [UBS]'s fixed income traders in London discovered at the turnstiles that their passes were no longer working when they tried…
The Faculty Lounge
The Post-it Breakup: Finance Version
From the FT: Some 100 of the Swiss lender’s [UBS] fixed income traders in London discovered at the turnstiles that their passes were no longer working when they tried to…