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- ADA Accommodation Requests Should Not Violate Bona Fide Seniority Systems
- A recent decision by the United States Supreme Court addresses the conflicts that sometimes occur between a seniority system and a disabled employee's request for "reasonable" accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Court held that employers are entitled to a rebuttable presumption that an accommodation is unreasonable if...
- White papers 2003-07-01
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- Employers Dealt A Wild Card - Seniority System Trumps A Request For Accommodation
- Co-authored by Mr Bruce Alper In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court kept a tight reign on the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") by limiting an employee's right to a "reasonable accommodation." In US Airways v. Barnett, 122 S. Ct. 1516 (2002), the Supreme Court...
- Research articles 2002-05-30
- Former TWA Pilots Suffer Setback in Bid to Gain Seniority Rights at American.
- By Jack Naudi, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25--Pilots of former Trans World Airlines have been dealt a major setback in their bid to regain seniority lost when they were absorbed two years ago into American Airlines. ...
- Research articles 2003-07-25
- Japanese firms need to reform seniority system: Mazda head.
- TOKYO, May 16 Kyodo Mark Fields, the head of Mazda Motor Corp. who has guided his company back to profitability under an aggressive two-year restructuring plan, said Thursday that Japanese firms need to reform their seniority-based promotion system to regain their vitality. ...
- Research articles 2002-05-20
- Seniority Rules! Not Necessarily
- SENIORITY SYSTEM Since I was a little kid, all I ever wanted to do was fly airplanes. Seeing as my primary goal in life was to be a military pilot, after college I immediately went into the Air Force and received my pilot's wings the following year. This...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- JAPAN'S HITACHI EYES REVIEW OF SENIORITY BASED PAY STRUCTURE.
- TOKYO, Feb 13 Asia Pulse - Hitachi Ltd. (TSE:6501) said Wednesday that it plans to propose to its labor union a full shift toward a performance-based pay system while shrinking the portion of remuneration linked to years of employment. TOKYO, Feb 13 Asia Pulse...
- Research articles 2003-02-13
- Labor & Employment Law Update
- On April 29, 2002, a divided United States Supreme Court held that employers are entitled to a rebut table presumption that a disabled employee's accommodation request under the ADA is unreasonable if it conflicts with the job assignment rules of an employer's seniority system. Under the ADA, employers may not...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Tribune-owned Newsday prepares more job cuts
- Newsday is preparing to cut 20 management jobs as it continues restructuring efforts, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The Tribune Co.-owned newspaper is already in the process of wrapping up a voluntary buyout of 65 staff members. Newsday also agreed last week to outsource its listings tasks, formerly...
- Research articles 2005-11-18
- Two ADA cases slated
- WASHINGTON AP -- The Supreme Court agreed to hear a pair of cases to clarify workers' protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court said on Monday that it will hear one case involving a worker at a Toyota plant in Kentucky who says she is...
- Research articles 2001-04-17
- Ashdown says he'd refuse a Senate pay raise
- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Pete Ashdown made five campaign promises to Utahns Thursday, a few of which would be major changes in how national elections and Congress are run. Ashdown, who seeks to replace 30-year Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants shared or public funding of campaigns, seeks to...
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- The ADA meets the seniority system in the Supreme Court. (Labor Law for Supervisors).(Americans with Disabilities Act)
- In this term of the United States Supreme Court, two employment policies met head-on and scattered the justices into several different camps. The case was US Airways v. Barnett, 122 S. Ct. 1516 (April 29, 2002). The question was: How does the...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Chamber issues fared well during session
- Describing the 2001 legislative session in one word isn't easy because several immediately come to mind contentious, polarized and partisan, to name a few. The 114th General Assembly was the first time in 125 years that Republicans held a majority in the Senate, and they wasted little time in making...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Supreme Court to Rule on Cases Concerning Transfer of Jobs for Disabled.
- By Glen Elsasser, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 17--WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether employers must move workers with limited disabilities to different jobs and whether employers can override an established seniority system to transfer workers with more serious...
- Research articles 2001-04-17
- Revival in the Arkansas House.
- Many were surprised when a low-profile member of the Arkansas House succeeded in pushing for rule changes which would overhaul the whole General Assembly. Rep. Bobby L. Hogue, who had become House Speaker under Arkansas' seniority system, had quietly prodded colleagues from both parties to come up with the rule...
- Research articles 1995-07-01
- Andrew Wilkow's Solution for GM
- Greg Schuetz submits:While I am not saying that I advocate this idea I wanted to throw it out there because it does have some merit. I will admit upfront that the idea is politically charged relating to the President asking the CEO to step down as well as negative view...
- External links 2009-04-05
- Readers write: Is pay-for-performance harmful or good?
- The impending demise of DOD's pay-for-performance system has provoked some strong reactions, and many commenters are not sorry to see it go. They say that pay-for-performance allows managers to play favorites in awarding raises. A few, however, argue that the traditional federal system, basing pay on seniority, provides little incentive for...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Pay, Performance, Money and Bureaucracy
- The federal government is moving toward a pay for performance system. Those who have been in or around government for the past twenty-five years will have a sense of deja vu in the current drive to increase productivity and reward employees based on performance instead of how long a person...
- White papers 2004-08-17
- The Japan Model and the future of employment and wage systems.
- Susumu WATANABE [*] In recent years, it has often been argued both inside and outside Japan that the country's conventional labour management practices, notably the lifetime employment system LES and the seniority-based wage system SWS, are nearing collapse. Indeed, the media have often ...
- Research articles 2000-09-22
- Supreme Court[acute accent]s <I>US Airways</I> Decision: Employers Are Not Required To Override A Seniority-Based System to Accommodate A Disabled Employee
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- Research articles 2002-06-21
- Matsushita Electric to Abolish Seniority-Based Pay System.
- Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-11-26
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