On May 6 & 7, 2003, you will have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of workers around the country. On those two days in May, Workplace Fairness and our sister organization, the National Employment Lawyers Association, are cosponsoring Lobby Days in Washington, DC, on behalf of the Civil Rights Tax Relief …
Yesterday (4/9/03) the House Education and Workforce Committee approved HR 1119, the Family Time Flexibility Act, on a strictly party-line vote of 27-22. This bill, sponsored by Illinois Representative Judy Biggert, would allow hourly workers, through a voluntary agreement with their employer, to choose paid time off as compensation for working overtime hours. (See Biggert …
Due to a recent series of meetings and unanticipated travel, postings to Today’s Workplace have fallen behind the regular daily schedule. Regular postings will resume on Wednesday, April 9. In the meantime, here are some interesting articles I have noted. Additional commentary is likely to follow. Workers Who Feel Discarded What Should Happen When Sexual …
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One of the latest hare-brained proposals currently under consideration by Congress is the “Class Action Fairness Act of 2003.” (House version/Senate version). While class action fairness may sound like a good idea, the bill as written promises anything but fairness to class action litigants. Maybe they should call it the “Fairness to Businesses Hit with …
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I will be out of the office for a Workplace Fairness board meeting until Tuesday, April 1, so I will be unable to keep up with my blog posts during that time. However, I hope to be able to post some exciting new web site developments we’re discussing this weekend after I return.
If you read the news at all, you may have read several articles recently about the sorry state of the airline industry. Even before the war started, airlines were hemorrhaging money left and right, and now airline travel is down significantly due to safety concerns. See USA Today article.) So guess who’s bearing the brunt …
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A new survey has been released that indicates that more than one-third of federal employees who took part in a government-wide survey released today said they were considering leaving their jobs, with a little less than half of the 34.6 percent who are considering leaving said they were planning to retire within three years. According …
In tough economic times, the conventional workplace wisdom is that companies scale back their benefit programs. Not only is cost cutting a significant concern, with benefit cuts marginally more palatable than layoffs, but some companies may feel less pressed to offer comprehensive benefit packages when the job market is much less competitive. So you might …
Now that the U.S. is at war, how will war affect the workplace? For some, a conflict halfway around the world will have little or no impact on their day-to-day schedules, but others will notice some significant changes. Some workplaces have reportedly become more patriotic, with American flags, pins and pictures of loved ones serving …
Wondering how employers are coping with the loss of workers due to the deployment of military reservists? It’s never easy to lose valuable workers on extremely short notice, which is now happening all across the country as a number of reservists face imminent deployment or escalated training activity. Some employers appear to be coping better …
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
