04/22/13 The Raw New York City Employment News Feed

• Wauconda firm cited for safety hazards _{2013-04-22, 08:20 pm}
  Berger Excavating Contractors failed to properly protect workers from cave-ins during a trenching operation in Franklin Park, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• Healthcare Law -- Apr 22, 2013 _{2013-04-22, 10:12 am}
  NOTE: The following article is the first of a three-part series, "Employer Responsibility for Health Coverage: Are You Ready for 2014?" This month, we provide answers to some of the most frequently-asked questions employers are posing about health reform, to help you anticipate the ACA's impactplan for coming changesand analyze your choices.
• DPS officers reassigned to tackle overtime issues at Public Safety _{2013-04-22, 08:02 pm}
  To tackle Governor Lolo M. Moliga's move to discontinue overtime, Commissioner of Public Safety William Bill Haleck has made personnel changes within the police station and substations.
• Retirement Planning Resources for Women _{2013-04-22, 07:51 pm}
  Dear Savvy Senior: What retirement planning resources can you recommend to women? I'm 58 years old, divorced and living on a tight budget and need all the help I can get.
• Scuttlebits _{2013-04-22, 07:49 pm}
  The New Orleans Crime Coalition released the results of its semi-annual Citizens Satisfaction Survey last week.
• Reed & Reed recognized for workplace safety _{2013-04-22, 07:38 pm}
  Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette has announced that the construction firm Reed & Reed based in Woolwich has earned the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program Award for the Sewall's Bridge project in York.
• Federal judge dismisses second EEOC lawsuit against Evans Fruit Co. _{2013-04-22, 07:31 pm}
  A federal judge in Yakima has dismissed the second of two lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of orchard workers against Evans Fruit Co.
• Lawyers: Hall Didn't Seek to Pad Bonuses _{2013-04-22, 07:26 pm}
  Prosecutors' allegations that former Atlanta schools superintendent Beverly Hall participated in a scheme to inflate test scores to pad her bonuses are false and misleading, her lawyers said Monday.
• City settles with feds on ADA violations _{2013-04-22, 07:08 pm}
  The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to settle with the city of Jacksonville over dozens violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act at city buildings and property.
• NHS 'culture of fear' stops nurses raising patient safety concerns _{2013-04-22, 06:02 pm}
  Survey by Royal College of Nursing shows that when staff come forward as whistleblowers they are intimidated to keep them quiet Staff rally outside Stafford Hospital on Saturday to stop the hospital partly closing after criticism of it in official reports.
• U.S. Supreme Court Endorses Employer Efforts to 'Pick Off' Named... _{2013-04-22, 05:42 pm}
  On April 16, 2013, the United States Supreme Court in Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk , 569 U.S. ___ , held that a trial court properly dismissed as moot a Fair Labor Standards Act overtime collective action where the employer had made an offer of judgment to the named plaintiff for all amounts she sought on her individual claim.
• Government takes action against FLDS company over child labor violations _{2013-04-22, 05:33 pm}
  The U.S. Department of Labor is taking action against a southern Utah company it says is with holding information about polygamous children being used as farm workers.
• Job postings: Which employers and occupations have the most openings? _{2013-04-22, 05:21 pm}
  Regions Financial Corp., Brookwood Medical Center and The University of Alabama had the most job openings posted in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area for March, according to new data released by the Alabama Department of Labor .
• Donna Dietrick and Susan (Cornelius) Marks Join Henderson Brothers Employee Benefits Team_{2013-04-22, 04:38 pm}
  Pittsburgh, Pa., United States, April 22, 2013 - - Henderson Brothers continues to build the expertise and breadth of its Employee Benefits Division by adding Donna J. Dietrick as assistant vice president, senior benefits consultant, and Susan Marks as assistant vice president, senior underwriting consultant.
• MnDOT discusses upcoming pedestrian facility improvement project in Wykoff _{2013-04-22, 04:37 pm}
  By Paula Vagts Spring Valley Tribune Wykoff residents attending a public open house Monday, April 15, at the community center learned about the upcoming pedestrian facility improvement project by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, which had representatives available for questions about the project.
• Carrie Underwood celebrates Earth Day by asking fans to stop Ag-Gag bill _{2013-04-22, 04:35 pm}
  Carrie Underwood cares about the animals . The Tennessee musician has ventured into social issues and politics by using her voice to help others concerned about animals.
• Job Corps enrollment freeze ends _{2013-04-22, 04:32 pm}
  The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a directive that lifts enrollment freezes nationwide for its Job Corps program effective immediately.
• Employee Benefit Plan Audit Workshop and Conference _{2013-04-22, 12:00 am}
  This Ohio Society of CPAs event lets auditors of all skill levels get first-hand news from nationally-known speakers on the issues that are critical to employee benefit plan audits.
• 20130410_unemploymentfeature.jpg _{2013-04-11, 03:00 am}
  Some statistics cannot be understood without setting them within a political framework because they reflect politics as much as or more than they do reality.
• Workers comp for firefighter cancer? Michigan bill would treat disease as occupational hazard_{2013-04-05, 03:00 am}
  Firefighters put their lives -- and lungs -- on the line in order to protect Michigan residents, and advocates say the state should do more to protect them.