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Letter to the President Elect — Our Workplace and Asian Pacific Americans

Leave a Comment / discrimination, President Obama / By max cyril

Dear President-Elect Obama, Congratulations on the start of a new administration. As one of a handful of pan-Asian legal advocates in the nation focused on the civil and legal rights of Asian Pacific Americans, The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center hopes that your administration is mindful of issues that are specific to Asian Pacific …

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What Will First Lady Michelle Obama’s Work-Life Balance Efforts Look Like?

Leave a Comment / BestBosses, SmallBusiness, WinningWorkplaces / By max cyril

We have heard for some time that Michelle Obama’s pet concerns on the campaign trail, which she hoped to be able to continue while in the White House – and will indeed be able to after last week’s dramatic election finish for her husband, President-Elect Barack – are helping families create a healthy work/life balance …

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Hard Knocks in the Workplace

Leave a Comment / Supreme Court / By max cyril

Many federal laws protect the rights of working men and women, but recent Supreme Court decisions have made some of these laws a dead letter, and employers know they can violate them with virtual impunity. As a result, today’s workers are defenseless against certain blatant violations of their rights. The most recent of these decisions, …

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Obama and the Future of Labor and Employment Law

Leave a Comment / President Obama / By max cyril

With the historic election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and the substantial gains for Democrats in the House and Senate, there is almost certainty that there will be significant labor and employment law reform in the near future. Not being a shrinking violet by any means, I would like …

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Employee Free Choice Act: Good for Everyone

How Small Business Could be Reshaped After Today’s Election

Leave a Comment / BestBosses, healthcare, MinimumWage, Senate, SmallBusiness, TaxCuts, WinningWorkplaces / By max cyril

Disclaimer: This post is not meant to be an endorsement of any party or candidate but, rather, an exploration of issues affecting small business as shaped by what will *most likely* happen at the polls today. Today’s election will be historic, no matter the outcome. If you’re anything near the political junkie that I am, you’ve …

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Help Wanted: A Secretary of Labor Who Cares About Workers

Leave a Comment / economy, President Obama / By max cyril

We need a Labor Secretary in the mold of Francis Perkins, whose top priority was to help the working man. In recent days, colleagues have asked me to write about the near-collapse of the economy. My first response was to decline — recognizing all too well that I, like most of our nation’s leaders, was …

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Voters rebel at ‘fat cat’ bailouts

Leave a Comment / economy / By max cyril

Do not bail out the fat cats. Voters made that perfectly clear, and their re-election-obsessed congressional representatives took heed. Delaying a Wall Street bailout wasn’t wise for the international economy, but chalk up points for the worker bees. They finally got someone’s attention in Washington! Nobody bails me out if I make bad financial decisions. …

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New Whistleblower Protection for Consumer Product Safety Issues

Leave a Comment / whistleblower / By max cyril

On August 14, 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act became law. Of interest to employees and their advocates is a new whistleblower provision. The Act creates a legal protection for employees who raise concerns about the safety of consumer products. About 20 million Americans work for employers involved in the manufacture, distribution, and sale …

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Defense Attorneys Make Excuses, But the Outcome is the Same

Leave a Comment / EEOC, Labor Day / By max cyril

When attending the American Constitution Society’s panel following the release of Schwab and Clermont’s seminal report, Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs in Federal Court: From Bad to Worse?, I was expecting the defense representative on the panel to attempt to explain away the results (even in the midst of what has to be silent glee that their …

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