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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has released the newly mandated poster it says is necessary to inform employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Board issued the final rule requiring most private-sector employers to display the poster on August 25, and it must be in place by November 14. […]
Undocumented workers who are injured on the job are entitled to seek workers’ compensation benefits, a California Court of Appeals has ruled.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released figures showing that in 2005, 12.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members, the same percentage as in 2004. Note that while the percentage remained steady, the actual number of union members increased by 213,000. Union membership was at a peak […]
The debate over a national ergonomics standard continues. The Bush administration is currently reviewing the new ergonomics rules, and at least 31 lawsuits have been filed challenging them. Plus, the question of whether there is scientific support for the standard is still open. A long-awaited study by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that some […]
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised its “EEO is the Law” workplace poster.
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended a 9.5 percent cut for workers’ compensation insurance pure premium rates for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1, 2007. The recommendation far exceeds the 6.3 percent cut recently recommended by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB).