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Make My Day business law that would protect use of deadly force in workplace …Washington PostThe state already has a law that allows people in homes to gun down invaders, and the bill's sponsor, Republican state Rep. Chris Holbert, is asking lawmakers to weigh: “Are you worth somehow less in the workplace than you are [...]

Bloomberg BNA Books Announces the Publication of "Workplace Harassment Law"MarketWatch (press release)20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Bloomberg BNA today announces the publication of Workplace Harassment Law, an expansion and update of Sexual Harassment in Employment Law, now providing the most complete coverage of harassment issues in the …and more » View full post on law [...]

In case the politics surrounding the National Labor Relations Board aren’t sufficiently charged these days, the board has emphatically rejected an arbitration agreement that required employees to waive their class action rights, notwithstanding the U.S. Supreme Court’s AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion ruling. On the last day of his term, an outgoing NLRB member mustered a [...]

SAN FRANCISCO – A California appeals panel on Nov. 8 affirmed summary judgment for a construction company owner named as the defendant in a workplace accident case, concluding that the trial court properly ruled that the defendant could not be held liable as a hirer for failing to provide safety equipment on the worksite (Charles [...]

LAKE CHARLES, La. – A Louisiana Court of Appeal panel on Nov. 2 upheld a $ 2,725,571 judgment for the family of a man killed in a workplace accident, finding no error by the trial court for allowing expert testimony regarding his employer’s knowledge of a possible danger in the workplace (Tynirsha W. Rhine, et [...]

Abrasive and impolite comments by a manager or co-workers may make for an unpleasant workplace, but if the comments are directed toward everyone, it’s not actionable under New Jersey’s anti-discrimination law, a state appeal court has ruled in a case where the plaintiff was the sole female employee. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Supreme Court on Oct. 12 upheld a jury award for a man injured in a slip-and-fall accident at work, finding no errors in rulings made by the trial judge after the verdict (Donald Jacobs v. Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad Corp., No. 25811, S.D. Sup.; 2011 S.D. LEXIS 125). [...]

The fact that an employer sells sexually oriented merchandise — marketed in a “sexually charged atmosphere” not deemed objectionable by female employees or customers — gives it no special cover from claims of sex harassment and retaliation, a New Jersey court has ruled. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

California behind on workplace smoking lawsOCRegisterWhen the state passed a law in 1994 banning smoking from enclosed areas of most workplaces, it was a groundbreaking idea. But in the past 10 years alone, 25 states and the District of Columbia have enacted total bans on indoor areas of private-sector …and more » View full post on [...]

Supreme Court Rules Oral Workplace Complaints Are Protected Under Labor LawABA JournalThe US Supreme Court has ruled that workers are protected from retaliation when they voice complaints about labor law violations, but fail to commit them to writing. The court ruled for fired Wisconsin factory worker Kevin Kasten …and more » View full post on law [...]