Labor & Employment Law

ALSH book, dissertation and paper prize deadlines

Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities Invites Applications for Dissertation Award
Julien Mezey Dissertation AwardThe Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities invites submissions for its 2009 Julien Mezey Dissertation Award. This annual prize is awarded to the dissertation that most promises to enrich and advance interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of law, culture and the humanities...

Recent Texas Philosophy PhD Making History as Female Candidate for Parliament in Kuwait
In my thirteen years at UT Austin, I've had the privilege of working with many wonderful students, but Aseel Al-Awadi (whose dissertation was directed by my colleague A.P. Martinich) is the only one making political history in her native country!...

Conference Announcement: Labor History
The Pacific Northwest Labour History Association and the Labor & Working Class History Association are sponsoring a conference entitled Indigenous, Immigrant, Migrant Labour & Globalization, June 6-8, 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

Why do You Blog
Great post today over at Tame the Web: Libraries and Technology called, Why do you Blog? Michael Stephens gives us a peek at his dissertation in his post. He provides just a bit of an answer to those who have been asking about his dissertation...

A Twitter Dissertation (exceeds 140 characters)
Twitter: Expressions of the Whole Self - An investigation into user appropriation of a web-based communications platform, MSc Dissertation Edward Mischaud (LSEs Department of Media and Communications)...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

EB-1 and EB-2 Visa Status
Obtaining a Green Card Without Going Through the Labor Certification Process

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Toyota Recalls 3.8 million vehicles
Biggest Toyota Recall in History

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action
UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action

Valero Energy
Faces National Labor Class Action

US Postal Service Workers
File Labor and Wages Class Action

Northwestern Mutual
Faces $200 Million Fair Labor Class Action