Canada: Two Nova Scotia Pension Developments: Financial Hardship Unlocking And PRPPs

There have been two developments in Nova Scotia pension law in recent weeks.

The first is an amendment of Part IV of the Pension Benefits Regulations, which deals with pre-retirement withdrawals from a pension fund in circumstances of financial hardship. The Regulations set out the circumstances of financial hardship. Previously, someone could apply for an early pension unlocking in a case of a mortgage default. The amendments to the Regulations now permit an application where […]

By | November 4th, 2014 ||

United States: Concerted Activity Is Not Necessarily Protected: The NLRB Weighs In On Terminated Employees’ Facebook Comments

In November 2013, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) administrative law judge (ALJ) found that two employees of a nonprofit youth center engaged in concerted activity when they discussed their workplace concerns via Facebook. Richmond Dist. Neighborhood Ctr., NLRB ALJ, No. 20-CA-91748, 11/5/13, previously reported here. The NLRB recently affirmed the ALJ’s decision, holding that while the Facebook chatter was concerted activity, it was not protected under the National Labor Relations Act […]

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United States: No Matter Where Employees Come From, You Can’t Ignore California Law For Work They Do In California

A Silicon Valley-based printing technology firm brought over employees from India and paid them their normal wages for the work they did in California. As reported on BBC News, Electronics for Imaging brought over 8 employees, worked them 122 hours in a week, and paid them $1.21 per hour, with no overtime. Plus it paid them in rupees.

This isn’t the first time that a company brought employees into California and paid them as if […]

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