Retirement Plans - Financial Security Upon Retirement
Posted on February 23, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Most employees, upon reaching retirement age, anticipate such time when they can totally relax while still enjoying financial security. That’s why even at the very beginning of their employment, they are already looking far into the future about the kind of retirement benefits they might possibly get.
There are formal contracts to provide retirement benefits for employees upon reaching retirement age. They are called retirement plans. Some retirement plans can be set up by the employee themselves while some are sponsored by their employer.
Read More..>>Employed At Will? Watch Out For Wrongful Termination
Posted on February 23, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
There is a large number of people who are employed in a company in a so-called at will scheme. It means that they have not signed any formal or binding employment contract or have not signed any kind of agreement in terms of his or her employment with their employers.
This being the case, the law of the state has implicit permission that their employment can be ended at any given time, whatever occurs to their employers.
Meanwhile other employees have an employment contract signed with their employers, with a clause of “at will” to the condition that their employment may end depending on the employers’ option.
Read More..>>Acquiring A Credible Employment Lawyer
Posted on February 20, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The growing number employer-employee disputes in California also lead to an increasing figure of labor related cases filed in courts. In addition, with the civil rights of the workers threatened to be violated by those self-serving and intimidating employers, more and more law firms have engaged in the legal arena to provide their services to those who will seek of protection and legal representation.
Read More..>>Terminated Employees Do You Know Your Rights?
Posted on February 16, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
As an attorney who practices employment law in both Massachusetts and the Federal system, it strikes me as odd, how few rights employees realize they actually have in the work place. Even more suppressing is the rights that terminated employees have which they are not aware. I make it a point to discuss with every potential client some basic rights and steps they should take, whether they retain my services or not, whether I take their case or not. Employees who were either terminated or simply quit should understand that they have a right to know everything their employers have said and written about them during their employment and even their application process.In Massachusetts, every employee has the right under Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 149, section 52C to receive a complete copy of the employee’s personal file. This file may contain information from their job application, every annual review, and any complaints against that employee.
Read More..>>A Deeper View On Sexual Harassment
Posted on February 15, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
In the United States, around 15,000 cases of sexual harassment are filed in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) every year. These unruly sex discrimination acts by a higher authority such as the employers are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law pertains to labor institutions, employment agencies and also the federal government. Its scope covers the employers having fifteen or more workers under his supervision.
Read More..>>Types Of Sexual Harassment
Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
There are two types of legally recognized way of committing sexual harassment: (1) Quid pro quo sexual harassment; and (2) Hostile environment harassment.
I. Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment
Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when an employee is offered to be retained in his/her job or be promoted in exchange for sexual favors. In case of a student, the offer is to help receive a good grade or a favorable recommendation in exchange for sexual favors. The person who commits quid pro quo sexual harassment is a person with power to influence the victim’s employment or educational situation like a supervisor, manager or a teacher in case of a student. An example would be if a manager suggests that an employee goes out with him on a date or asks for a neck or back rub every so often in exchange for retaining her post or be promoted.
Read More..>>A Baby And Its Repercussions
Posted on January 21, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Pregnancy has always been given importance, particularly when the one bearing a child is an employee. Such delicate is the period of nursing a child, that even our laws provide ample protection to the mother. The Fair Employment and Housing Act of California provides, in a detailed fashion the protection afforded to an employee for disability accustomed as a result of pregnancy, even childbirth, and other related medical conditions. As a consequence thereof, they may be transferred to duties that would require less effort and less strain, all these protection if it would be medically advisable.
Read More..>>Employment - Do You Know Your Rights?
Posted on January 16, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Do you know your rights?
Your rights are governed by your contract of employment and by the law. Your contract does not have to be written. But, if you are an employee, once you work for your employer continuously for 2 months, you are entitled to a written record of the most important terms of your employment. You have different rights if you are ‘self-employed’, rather than ‘employee’.
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Read More..>>Racial Discrimination And The Law Behind It
Posted on January 14, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Still in our times, the battle against racial discrimination is yet far from being settled. This is very much evident on the large number of job discrimination cases which were filed in courts across the United States and most especially in the state of California. Typically, equal employment rights and opportunities should be handed down to everyone regardless of his race or color and his association to a certain ethnic group.
Read More..>>The Serious Threats Of Labor-related Sexual Harassment
Posted on January 8, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The growing number of incidents related to sexual harassments in the workplace is one of the major concerns that the U.S. employment sector is dealing with. In the past few years, thousands or even a hundred thousand of these cases were reported and were filed in the courts every year. Consequently, a lot of the victims suffered a great deal of emotional damages due to these indecent acts. One of the questions that arose in these labor issue is how can we say that the said acts are done unlawfully and maliciously rather than that of the acceptable human behavior. Thus, the major public finds the definition of sexual harassment as assumed by the law, very vague. In this reason, and also maybe of the uncomfortable and tricky procedures of defending a sexual harassment case, most of the victims fail to succeed in their pursuit of justice.
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