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Maine’s governor recently signed H.P. 160 - L.D. 225, amending the state’s final wages statute to require that “[a]ll unused paid vacation accrued pursuant to the employer's vacation policy on and after January 1, 2023 must be paid to the employee on cessation of employment.” The amendment provides that private employers with 11 or more employees must pay all unused vacation to a separated em...

Labor law is not central to the 2nd round campaign. The great opposition between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is on pensions. Marine Le Pen is opposed to any increase in the current legal retirement age (62). The candidate of the Rassemblement national (RN) defends a legal retirement age of 60, for employees who worked before 20 and for forty years. Emmanuel Macron, on the other hand, wa...

Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Head of Reference, Instruction, and Engagement at Roger Williams University School of Law, discusses how law school faculty can create more diverse and inclusive classrooms by auditing their course materials and teaching methods... In academia, summer is the time for researching, writing, and travel. It is also an ideal time of year for professors to audit classroom mate...

UH law student Keoni Williams will work in US Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele’s Washington office this summer as the 2022 Patsy Tekemoto Mink Legislative Fellow. Photo Courtesy: UH University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa law student Keoni Williams was named the 2022 Patsy Takemoto Mink Legislative Fellow. Williams will spend the summer working in the Washington office of US Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele, who currently ho...

Bradford Gamble is one of only 33 people who have successfully petitioned to leave a Pennsylvania state prison in the past 13 years because of illness. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Philadelphia,...

San Francisco, California, on March 29, 2022. Conchita Lozano-Batista joins group She succeeds GC K. Kelley McKenzie Earthjustice has brought aboard a new general counsel, Conchita Lozano-Batista, as the group ramps up efforts to protect endangered and threatened species. The former labor and employment lawyer succeeds K. Kelley McKenzie, who retired after nearly six years as the San Franci...

The Shopping Reform and Modernization Act ("Scanner Law"), became effective September 1, 2011. This legislation replaces the former Pricing and Advertising of Consumer Items Act ("Item Pricing Act"). While the Scanner Law retains many provisions of the Item Pricing Act, the most fundamental change is that retailers are required to display the price of items offered for sale in the store at th...

PreLaw Magazine has again listed Elon University School of Law in its annual rankings of best law schools in the United States dedicated to “preparing students for practice.” Elon Law earned an “A” and is North Carolina’s highest-ranked law school in PreLaw Magazine’s 2022 feature of “Best Schools for Practical Training.” The annual rankings published by one of the nation’s most widely read p...

Sports Concussion Graphic A concussion is a brain injury, caused by a blow, bump or jolt to the head that can have serious consequences. It can occur in any sport or recreational activity. Michigan was the 39th U.S. state to enact a law that regulates sports concussions and return to athletic activity. The law went into full effect on June 30th, 2013, and was amended in October of 2017. The s...

After latest OYO homicide, Baton Rouge to examine law targeting crime-ridden motels  The Advocate