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Thursday, July 25, 2013

ADA not without its costs

Nellie Doneva/Reporter-News Participants mingle during the Americans with Disabilities Act Recognition Fun Fair on Thursday afternoon at the Abilene Civic Center.



http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/jul/25/ada-not-without-its-costs/?partner=RSS

Expect to see more discrimination and wage-and-hour lawsuits

Goodlesttsville-based Dollar General made headlines in late June when the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company, alleging that its use of requiring criminal background checks in hiring discriminated against minorities.



http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/07/what-to-watch-out-for-in-labor-and.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_nashville+%28Nashville+Business+Journal%29

Does Alice's Restaurant have accessible parking?

Unlike holidays such as Thanksgiving, which has its own commemorative song courtesy of Arlo Guthrie, today's 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act has no song in its honor.



http://thegazette.com/2013/07/26/does-alices-restaurant-have-accessible-parking/

UC Davis's Pepper Spray Cop Wants a Worker's Comp Payout

Pepper spraying a bunch of seated student protesters might turn out to be one of the best career decisions John Pike ever made, despite the fact that the former University of California at Davis police lieutenant lost his job over it .



http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/ucd-pepper-spray-cop-wants-workers-comp-payout.html

Sgt. Pepper Spray at UC Davis seeking Workman's Comp

Not much to this story and do not want to bump up on the fair use thing. So this will be short.



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/26/1226672/-Sgt-Pepper-Spray-at-UC-Davis-seeking-Workman-s-Comp

Cop who pepper-sprayed studentsa

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 incident.



http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/national/Cop-who-peppersprayed-students-seeks-workers-comp_87058043

UC Davis Pepper-Spray Cop Seeking Worker's Compensation For Psychiatric Injury

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.



http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/07/25/uc-davis-pepper-spray-cop-seeking-workers-compensation-for-psychiatric-injury/

Groups rally on Capitol Hill, pressure Senate to ratify Disability Treaty

Civil and human rights groups, disabled veterans and people with disabilities gathered on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging Congress to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , known as the Disability Treaty.



http://www.examiner.com/article/groups-rally-on-capitol-hill-pressure-senate-to-ratify-disability-treaty?cid=rss

Police officer who pepper-sprayed students seeks workers comp

DAVIS, Calif. - The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.



http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jul/26/police-officer-who-pepper-sprayed-students-seeks-w/

Berks dislocated workers to be helped by state funding

Reading Eagle Dislocated workers now have new training opportunities through a $3.6 million grant from the federal Department of Labor.



http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=495579

Cop who pepper-sprayed studentsa

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 incident.



http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/us/Cop-who-peppersprayed-students-seeks-workers-comp_96615000

Discriminatory Hiring Practices

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed claims this month against two companies that don't seem to have much in common, luxury car maker BMI and dollar store Dollar General, except for the one thing - their hiring practices.



http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/26/discriminatory-hiring-practices/

Davis pepper-spray cop seeks workers comp

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California , Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.



http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Cop-who-pepper-sprayed-students-seeks-workers-comp-4687998.php

Cop In UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Seeks Workers Comp

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at UC Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 incident .



http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/07/25/cop-in-uc-davis-pepper-spray-incident-seeks-workers-comp/

Extension of Participant Fee Disclosure Deadline Is Available for 2013 or 2014

Summary The Department of Labor has provided plan administrators with a one-time opportunity to delay annual distribution of investment information to retirement plan participants for up to 6 months in 2013 or 2014.



http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/extension-of-participant-fee-disclosure-72329/

Cop who pepper-sprayed students seeks workers comp

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.



http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/217052341.html

New 401(k) Fee Controversy Goes Viral: What Should Fiduciaries Really Be Looking At?

The web was on fire this past week with reports from advisers whose clients had received some very unusual letters from a Yale law professor who doesn't teach an ERISA course.



http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-401k-fee-controversy-goes-viral-w-74552/

Cop who pepper-sprayed studentsa

The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.



http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/us_news/Cop-who-peppersprayed-students-seeks-workers-comp_74186978

If The Whistle Sounds, Is a Penalty Coming? - Alberta's New Whistleblower Legislation

The Act , spurred on by the increasing desire for government transparency, reflects similar changes made to American and Commonwealth laws over the past two decades.



http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/if-the-whistle-sounds-is-a-penalty-comi-57416/

Don't Forget That EEO-1

The EEOC's Notification Letters have been sent and the lines are now open to complete the EEO-1 survey .



http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/dont-forget-that-eeo-1-52425/