by Girish Anand | Jul 30, 2009 | Random Musings, State Labor Law
Vice President Joe Biden even visited the factory to proclaim a great victory for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and the new owners pledged to hire back everyone laid off in December 2008. However, despite plans for Republic Windows and Doors to be...
by Girish Anand | Jul 24, 2009 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, Personnel Concepts, Uncategorized
Mass layoffs of 50 or more employees receded in June to 2,763 events, down 170 from May’s record high. In all, the June layoffs resulted in 279,231 new filings for unemployment insurance, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced on July 23. Thus, over the...
by Girish Anand | Jul 20, 2009 | Random Musings
Or some such reasoning, if such a thing (reasoning) can be said to apply to French workers and politics. I’ve blogged before about how terminated French employees will often hold their bosses hostage until a more suitable severance package is offered. As it...
by Girish Anand | Jul 17, 2009 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is so concerned about the rise in age-discrimination filings that it recently held a public hearing on the matter. "Age discrimination is an equal opportunity plague," acting EEOC Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru...
by Girish Anand | Jul 16, 2009 | Health Care Reform
Anyone paying any attention (in the voting public, that would be no one except for me and a few others) will soon see unmistkable proof that the Democrats running Congress (and our nation, for better or worse–mostly the latter) are planning to ration health care...