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Women win equal pay claims

Howes Percival LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 31 2008

Women employed by councils in the North East of England have won their long-running equal pay claims in the Court of Appeal

City's pre-employment drug testing unconstitutional

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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July 10 2008

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Lanier v. City of Woodburn that the City of Woodburn could not rescind an offer of employment to Janet Lanier because she declined to be tested under the City's pre-employment drug and alcohol screening policy

A question of political judgement? Judicial review and the Ombudsman

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 3 2007

In our increasingly litigious society, a complaint to the Ombudsman is typically viewed as a means of seeking a political, rather than legal, remedy in cases of maladministration

Regulatory proceedings and property rights: revisited

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 19 2007

The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the High Court in R (Malik) v Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust and others 2006 EWHC 487, in which Mr Justice Collins held that a decision by a Primary Care Trust to suspend a doctor from the medical performers list, as part of professional disciplinary processes, was an unjustified interference with the doctor's rights under Article 1 of the First Protocol (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) ("A1P1"

Unnecessarily broad background checks halted as an invasion of privacy

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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February 8 2008

The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco) has ruled that the government may not conduct broad background checks of low-level contract workers who do not work with classified material

Supreme Court upholds state’s right to limit union’s use of non-member fees for political purposes

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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July 11 2007

On June 14, 2007, the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld a Washington state law requiring public employee unions to obtain consent from non-members before using their fees for election-related activities in the case of Davenport v. Washington Educational Association, 2007 WL 1703022 (June 14, 2007

Employee’s right to privacy

Cobbetts LLP
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European Union
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July 12 2007

The European Court of Human Rights has held that a public sector employer monitoring and saving an employee’s correspondence, via telephone and emails, amounted to a breach of human rights

Adequacy of training stepladders

Kennedys Law LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 31 2008

The Claimant, a school caretaker, fell from a ladder during the course of his employment with the Defendant local authority

Equal pay chaos

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 4 2008

The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the combined appeals in the long-running equal pay disputes of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge and Others and Surtees and others v- Middlesbrough Borough Council

Statute of limitations on teacher’s discrimination claim begins to run on date plaintiff received notice of reduction in force

Ogletree Deakins
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USA
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August 1 2008

Here, the Appellate Division affirmed the State Board of Education’s determination that a non-tenured teacher’s discrimination claim was barred by the statute of limitations, where the teacher received notice that her contract would not be renewed due to a RIF, but did not file a discrimination claim until after the 90-day limitations period expired

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Women win equal pay claims

City's pre-employment drug testing unconstitutional

A question of political judgement? Judicial review and the Ombudsman

Regulatory proceedings and property rights: revisited

Unnecessarily broad background checks halted as an invasion of privacy

Supreme Court upholds state’s right to limit union’s use of non-member fees for political purposes

Employee’s right to privacy

Adequacy of training stepladders

Equal pay chaos

Statute of limitations on teacher’s discrimination claim begins to run on date plaintiff received notice of reduction in force

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