Despite the continued increase in female participation rates, Australia remains one of only two developed nations in the world without a paid maternity leave scheme. While research interest and public policy debate about paid maternity leave entitlements continues, little is known about the actual utilization of the 52 weeks unpaid...
It is, perhaps, one of the most frustrating experiences in HR: A person goes to great lengths and expense to design compensation and benefits plans to keep employees motivated and happy, and, over time, employees come to expect them as their due. Privileges become rights, and perks lose their power...
An employee representing a union is entitled to official time for representational purposes including while negotiating a collective bargaining agreement during the time the employee otherwise would be in a duty status. The entitlement extends to time expended in proceedings designed to resolve an impasse in negotiations.
The Children's Internet, Inc. (OTCBB: CITC)("TCI") announced today that the press release they issued on June 5, 2008entitled, "The Children's Internet, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement inPrinciple to Merge," had an incorrect statement which the Company isofficially retracting. The incorrect statement being retracted is asfollows, "Further details of the agreement will...
Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research anddevelopment of treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, today announcedthat Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, the Chairman of Prana's Research and DevelopmentAdvisory Board has been invited to present findings from the company'sPhase IIa clinical trial during the "Hot Topics" session...
On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at 4:00 pm CDT, ORLive.com will broadcast a panel discussion entitled, "Access to SurgicalIntervention for Metabolic Syndrome and Other Diseases." Dr. HenryBuchwald, Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,Minnesota, will serve as moderator. The panel will include Dr. NeilHutcher, Commonwealth Surgeons, St Mary's Bon Secours...
Appellate Division, Third Department Workers' Compensation Full Salary -- Employer Reimbursement Pawlewski v. Buffalo Board of Education 504131 Appealed from the Workers' Compensation Board Background: The claimant, a teacher in Buffalo...
U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Due Process Prison Contraband Jones v. Breckon 02-CV-0055 Judge Schroeder Background: A corrections officer observed the plaintiff inmate in possession of a document entitled...
Post-Schoemehl case might be first and last The teenage children of a woman who died while her workers' compensation claim was still pending will receive their mother's disability benefits for the rest of their lives. On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court decided, 4-3, that...
The teenage children of a woman who died while her workers' compensation claim was still pending will receive their mother's disability benefits for the rest of their lives. On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court decided, 4-3, that its 2007 decision in Schoemehl v. Treasurer of the State...
A Baltimore judge has, for the second time, thrown out former city Police Commissioner Kevin P. Clark's wrongful termination lawsuit. Judge Albert J. Matricciani, who granted summary judgment for former Mayor Martin O'Malley and the city in the case in April 2005, again shot down Clark's claims...
ViRexx Medical Corp. (TSX: VIR) (AMEX: REX) a company focused on immunotherapy treatments for certain cancers, chronic hepatitis B & C and embolotherapy treatments for tumours, today announced that it has set a record date of July 25, 2008 for its up coming rights offering (the "Rights Offering"). The Rights...
YAMANA GOLD INC. (TSX: YRI)(NYSE: AUY)(LSE: YAU) today announced its July 2008 monthly dividend of US$0.01 per share. Shareholders of record at the close of business on Thursday, July 31, 2008 will be entitled to receive payment of this dividend on Thursday, August 14, 2008. The dividend is an "eligible...
MONROVIA, Calif. -- Prolacta Bioscience has announced that the American Academy of Pediatrics 2008 National Conference and Exhibition has accepted their abstract demonstrating the effects of human milk-based human milk fortifier on pre-term infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics 2008 National Conference and Exhibition NCE will take place October 11-14,...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b2b1d7/pr_seminar_series) has announced the addition of the "PR Seminar Series Bundled" report to their offering. This Product is a CD recording of two seminars entitled: * PR Series: Seminar 1: How the New Rules of PR Can Help an Emerging...
CALGARY, Alberta -- Petroflow Energy Ltd. ("Petroflow") (TSX VENTURE:PEF)(AMEX:PED) announces it has granted an aggregate of 292,000 options to its officers and employees pursuant to Petroflow's existing Stock Option Plan effective July 10, 2008. Of the 292,000 options granted, an aggregate of 69,800 options were granted to employees (other than...
MOSCOW AFP — Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky applied Wednesday for parole in the hope that President Dmitry Medvedev might prove more liberal than his predecessor, his lawyer said. "Khodorkovsky's defence today in Chita asked that he be released on parole," Yury Schmidt said, referring to the...
INETCO Systems Limited, a leading provider of business transaction intelligence software, received further validation this month from new research published by the Aberdeen Group. The report, entitled "Application Performance Management: The Lifecycle Approach Brings IT and Business Together", was sponsored in part by INETCO and concludes that Best-in-Class organizations treat...
These days one can meet a future spouse on the Internet, but finding a marriage partner in days gone by was a different story. Library and Archives Canada LAC offers a glimpse into the challenges that people faced in finding a marriage partner in the 1800s with a new virtual...
Radiant Energy Corporation, ("Radiant" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE: RDT), the developer and marketer of radiant de-icing systems, announced that it has agreed with the main lender of its Series A convertible debentures to settle the outstanding principal and interest, totaling US$803,842, by a payment of US$250,000, the issuance of 4,140,279...
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