The Civil Service Reform Act coversfederal workers. State and local government personnelare under state public sector bargaining laws. Under the applicable statutes, employees have the right to organize and to select exclusive bargaining agents. These agents negotiate collective agreements defining their w...
generally up to a maximum period of 60 days. The Canadian government signed collective agreements with the Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO) and the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (SFSO) on August 1. 25.6.2 The senior official of the Mission...
He states that legal adjudication of rights creates more, instead of less, federal-state conflicts. The author is Chief Field Examiner in the Philadelphia NLRB Office. The views expressed herein are the author's and must not be taken as the official pronouncement of the NLRB or its General ...
“Ruhlmann’s employees are dissimilar from Plaintiff Romero and must pursue any claims they may have in an arbitral forum rather than federal court.” Def. Mem. at 8–9. Romero challenges both the enforceability and the validity of these arbitration agreements. He argues that the agreements ...
Industry Quick Wins Strategy Southern Interior Forest Region Presentation to Provincial Industry/Ministry Forum – March 5, 2009 Background On November 21st, 2008, the Minister of Forest and Range (MOFR) convened approximately 125 executives and senior managers from the forest industry and government...
During talks on the sideline of the summit, the U.S., EU and Japan reiterated their determination to reach agreement on various trade agreements meant to expand mutual market access. In their declaration, the summit leaders cited a possible departure of Britain from the European Union, dep...
Negotiation Skills and Alternative Options:Experienced federal criminal defense attorneys in Stillwater understand that not all cases go to trial. They have the negotiation skills necessary to engage in discussions with federal prosecutors and pursue alternative options, such as plea agreements or reduced ...
and similar enterprises required a level of organization that rugged individualists alone could not accomplish and capital that only large corporations and the federal government could provide. Soon enough big companies shunted aside the pioneers and hired mass gangs of workers at the lowest wages the...
This Arbitration Agreement evidences a transaction in interstate commerce and thus the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The arbitration will be administered by AAA in accordance with the Consumer Arbitration Rules (the “AAA Rules“) then in effect, ...
and the right to strike. It also prohibits any employee from being fired for protected activity. However, certain categories of workers are specifically excluded from the NLRA; these include federal, state, and local government employees and agricultural laborers. ...