labor laws
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PublishedOctober 9, 2024
Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker’s rule to do it on your own time
A court in Switzerland has ruled that a manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2024
U.S. bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced labor
The new approach marked a shift in the U.S. trade relationship with China to increasingly take into account national security and human rights.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2024
Maine employers face heftier fines for labor law violations
The state Department of Labor hopes a new rule that went into effect Thursday will end a pattern of small fines and few collections of penalties.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2024
Maine home of Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member, seeks national monument designation
An architect of New Deal measures like Social Security and the 40-hour work week, Perkins returned throughout her life to a home in Newcastle that had been in her family since the 1750s.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2024
Former employee sues Bath Iron Works alleging ADA violations, racial discrimination
James Breaux, a Black resident of Morgan City, Louisiana, says that BIW violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and terminated him because of his race after creating a 'racially hostile work environment.'
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PublishedJuly 3, 2024
Microsoft to pay $14.4 million settlement over alleged parental, disability leave discrimination
Although Microsoft is headquartered in Washington state, it has significant operations in California, where the case was brought.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2023
New rule would make it easier for millions of American workers to unionize – but businesses are pushing back
Critics say the new rule is an overreach by the labor-friendly Biden administration that undermines independent business owners.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
Commentary: With Maine governor’s veto, farmworkers were again denied their basic economic rights
We’re concerned that the stakeholders group Mills has set up won’t give farmworkers the state minimum wage and protection from excess overtime they deserve.
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
Commentary: Staffing hospitals at skeletal levels forces nurses to scramble
Nurses from Portland to Presque Isle have told me they are unable to either save patients’ lives or ensure they go home without any preventable complications. L.D. 1639 could change that.
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PublishedMay 23, 2023
Commentary: Mondays should be part of the weekend already
In the UK, a May with several four-day weeks is a chance for most workers to test the efficiency of shorter schedules.
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