Sentences with phrase «public employers»

Our German labor and employment lawyers advise and represent companies and public employers in all areas of individual and collective labor law, including aspects of social welfare law and tax law.

As can be seen in the graph above, employer contributions are already eating up a significant portion of public employer budgets, and are on the rise.

But because the law applied only to schools and not to other public employers, such as police and fire departments, teachers unions argued that it engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.

A new law ordered French public employers to offer stable employment to workers after 6 years of short - term contracts, through the opening of a new route of recruitment.

For many years, public employers did have all the power and public employees had no free speech rights.

Throughout the 1990s, as public employees contributed 3 percent of salary each year, public employers contributed only token amounts.

In public union contracts there is usually a clause to require the same level of benefits so public employers can't do anything but pay the large premium increases.

Public employer contribution rates are substantially higher than they've ever been before and that reduces funds available for public services.

Mr. Courtin is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and he counsels school and public employers on various employee issues, and defends schools and private employers against demands and litigation... Continue reading Adam Courtin, Partner

The U.S. and New Hampshire constitutions also prohibit public employers from discriminating against workers based on their race.

Triborough requires public employers to bargain in good faith.

Topics include unemployment insurance, FMLA and public employer issues.

The program is an alternative to pay - day lending, and involves pairing public employers with banks and credit unions that offer saner alternatives to payday loans.

The bill, which the Senate and Assembly passed in the last legislative session, and awaits Gov. David Paterson's signature, would prohibit public employers from shifting health care costs to retirees and prohibit them from diminishing health insurance benefits for one year while a study is completed to determine how to provide health insurance in the most cost - effective manner.

Summaries of selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State.

Singh said the Sikh community and other faiths were motivated in particular by discriminatory practices by public employers such as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the NYPD.

But those unions are now angry that McDonald fell in line with other Republicans (and Andrew Cuomo) voting to reduce pension benefits for new public employers.

NYSPELRA is a non-profit association of professionals who represent the managements of various public employers throughout New York in their dealings with their union - represented employees.

Large private employers such as IBM have converted to such plans, as have a few public employers.

Wearing his AG hat again today, Andrew Cuomo released a preliminary report detailing pension padding abuses uncovered in his ongoing probe and sent out 23 more letters sent to public employers asking for payroll information.

Another case — 1994's Waters v. Churchill — gave institutions an additional advantage by allowing them, as public employers, to limit speech that administrators deemed «disruptive» to a public school.

• Some laws just ban public employers from asking about a job candidate's pay history, while others ban all employers.

The $ 168 billion budget agreement includes language that bolsters the ability of unions to collect dues, allowing public employers to begin deducting dues from new employees» paychecks within 30 days of their hiring.

The state's three pension systems will bill Long Island's public employers $ 1.25 billion over the next 12 months, an increase of nearly 40 percent from the previous yearlong period.

Cuomo's staff will request payroll data from 50 more public employers.

Oneida County Commissioner of Personnel, John P. Talerico, was elected President of the New York State Public Employers Labor Relations Association (NYSPELRA) at the 39th annual training conference held July 16 - 19 at Saratoga Springs New York.

Current obligations are due to reforms necessitated by the Wall Street crash of recent years and a decade of public employers not contributing to the system while employees contributed 3 percent of salary;

Rejected a proposal to make public employer's financial ability to pay the primary factor that a public arbitration panel uses in arriving at a determination in disputes.

Virginia's ban on public employers providing family health coverage and other family - based fringe benefits to gay and lesbian employees creates «a substantial incentive for our gay and lesbian faculty and staff to leave the Commonwealth's public universities and colleges,» Trammell says.

«Courts» unconstrained deference to government's ability to constrain their workers» off - duty speech could permit public employers to punish workers for any off - duty speech to which the public might object without any meaningful relationship to the government's effectiveness,» she says.

However, the 4th Circuit's decision in Liverman may signal a trend of courts closely examining public employers» social media policies.

Public Employer Policy of Prohibiting Religious Speech on Workplace Listserve and Electronic Bulletin Board Violates the First Amendment

Prior to joining the firm, Chris served as a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, defending New Jersey public employers against employment - related statutory, constitutional, and tort claims.

He distinguished public employers from those in the private sector, and found that this should be central to evaluating their ability to limit the powers of review by a labour board,

Major public employers include the public schools, California State University, Long Beach and the city.

«We are very excited about the partnership with NEOGOV because it solves a number of challenges that public employers face,» said Dawn Standerwick, Vice President of Strategic Growth at ESR.

«Our partnership will help public employers in their recruiting and hiring processes while seamlessly supporting an array of compliance requirements related to their background screening programs.»

Peter Dagostine represents private and public employers in labor relations, labor and employment law, and related litigation.

ALBANY, NY (01/20/2009)(readMedia)-- «This rule will have a profound impact on the working lives of thousands of public employees and it will save lives,» CSEA President Danny Donohue told state Department of Labor officials today about a proposed DOL rule that would require public employers to put in place workplace violence prevention programs to protect their workers.

If the accounting rules for public funds also change, reducing the discount rate on liabilities, the employers of public school teachers, along with other public employers, will face a double hit, requiring sharp increases in contributions.

Topics include unemployment insurance, FMLA and public employer issues.

Suffolk was one of 11 public employers on Long Island to choose a new option this year: to amortize its pension costs, paying less initially, and spreading what it owes into future years.

Summaries of selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State.

We are an active member of EarthShare of California, a non-profit that partners with more than 100 corporate and public employers throughout California to run workplace giving campaigns and raise critical funds.

A 2012 law that ordered French public employers to offer stable employment after 6 years of short - term contracts backfired, making it impossible for many postdocs to extend or get a new contract in academia.

Figure 2 contrasts with the relatively smooth accrual that would occur with a cash balance pension plan (see our EFP paper for an explanation of this type of program, used by many large private employers and a few public employers).

«Public employers do have the right to discipline employees to maintain discipline,» he says.

The combination of the unilateral authority of public employers to determine whether and how essential services are to be maintained during a work stoppage, combined with a lack of an adequate review mechanism and the absence of a meaningful dispute resolution mechanism to resolve bargaining impasses, can only lead to the conclusion that the PSESA is not minimally impairing — and so it is unconstitutional.