http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org Labor Law Talk Blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A text-messaging sex scandal that gripped the city for nearly a year ended today when the last main figure, ex-mayoral aide Christine Beatty, pleaded guilty to two felonies and agreed to a 120-day jail ...Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/12/02/ex-detroit-mayoral-aide-beatty-pleads-guilty/ The question: Generally what percentage of prevailing wage monies should be put towards health and welfare benefits? This is a tough question as this varies by contractor, field, and even region of the country.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/12/01/what-percentage-of-prevailing-wage-should-be-contributed-to-health-welfare-benefits-16/ The Department of Industrial Relations announced a new federal law extended unemployment benefits for up to seven weeks.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/30/good-news-for-some-on-unemployment/ The question: Generally what percentage of prevailing wage monies should be put towards health and welfare benefits? This is a tough question as this varies by contractor, field, and even region of the country.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/29/what-percentage-of-prevailing-wage-should-be-contributed-to-health-welfare-benefits-15/ Gov. M. Jodi Rell said if Connecticut's unemployment numbers continue to rise, the state's unemployment compensation fund may fall short of cash.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/28/rell-unemployment-fund-running-out/ The question: Generally what percentage of prevailing wage monies should be put towards health and welfare benefits? This is a tough question as this varies by contractor, field, and even region of the country.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/27/what-percentage-of-prevailing-wage-should-be-contributed-to-health-welfare-benefits-14/ As unemployment levels climb higher, local staffing agencies have been inundated with people looking for work, but placement has grown harder.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/26/staff-agencies-busy-with-high-unemployment/ The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires large employers to permit employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave if they become seriously ill, have complications due to pregnancy, become a parent, or need to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. ... http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/25/family-and-medical-leave-act-fmla/ North Carolina's private industry workers have never been safer according to the annual nonfatal injury and illness figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the N.C. Department of Labor.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/24/north-carolinas-injury-illness-rate-drops-to-all-time-low/ The question: Generally what percentage of prevailing wage monies should be put towards health and welfare benefits? This is a tough question as this varies by contractor, field, and even region of the country.Read more http://labor-law-talk.legal-questions.org/2008/11/23/what-percentage-of-prevailing-wage-should-be-contributed-to-health-welfare-benefits-13/