Tag Archives: Labour law

Tech Industry: Where Lay-offs is a Permanent Feature

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While much of the focus in the current news cycle seems to be on celebrity top executives and the minutia of selecting and deselecting them, there is an underlying trend receiving far less...

What 2013 Teaches Employers For 2014 & Beyond

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By Gene Connors and Amanda Haverstick 2013 left employees as the overall victors on the employment law battlefield, by arming them with a host of new statutory rights and options, primarily at the...
    






Unemployment Extension 2014 on Trial

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Many needy Americans, as many as 1.3 million, lost the right to unemployment wages over the Christmas holidays. But now a renewal of this for at least three months is the talk of the town. President...
    






Minimum Wage Hike Increased by WCC

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It happens to be the highest rate in the entire US. But that is the way things are. Washington City Council took a decision that may have been abrupt yet it was necessary too. The raising of minimum...
    






$11.50 Minimum Wage Approved by Washington’s City Council

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Good news for the people living in Washington. The DC council has approved to raise the minimum wage in the US capital. In 2016, the basic per hour income will be $11.50 in Washington. Washington's...
    






HP cutting 1,124 jobs in the U.K., says report

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Layoffs are a part and parcel of a successful business. But if the layoffs rise to more than a thousand, the company suddenly becomes the center of attention, and, sometimes, criticism. Such is the...

Paramount Layoff will Hit 110 Workers

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Paramount layoff season come again this year. And the studio is going to lay off almost similar number of employees this year as it did last year. 110 employees out of total 2200 studio workers will...