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By Mitchell H. Rubinstein

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 01:00:00

Academic Pay Hit By The Economy

Posted on June 11, 2010
So you want to be a professor? If you do, you should not be interested in this career for the money-particularly in these times. An April 11, 2010 New York Times article states that faculty salary increased by 1.2% which...

College student tells NPR that law school "is a great way to kill time"

Posted on June 11, 2010
NPR has been broadcasting a series of interviews this week on the topic of how recent college grads are coping with the recession. Yesterday they interviewed a young man who told listeners that he is considering moving to New York,...

DePaul law prof (allegedly) refuses to follow grade curve, creates dispute with dean

Posted on June 11, 2010
According to this story from Above the Law. a DePaul law dean asked the director of the law clinic there to lower his grades in a Legal Profession course he taught this past spring to comply with the school's mandatory...

Judges and Mandatory Retirement

Posted on June 10, 2010
Nine States Report Considering Changes to Mandatory Judicial Retirement Policies is an interesting April 15, 2010 New York Law Journal article (registration). Justice Stevens' retirement from the Supreme Court at age 90 just highlights how outdated state mandatory retirement laws...

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College Pets

Posted on June 10, 2010
College Extend the Welcome Mat to Student Pets is an interesting June 4, 2010 New York Times article. It is about how some colleges are allowing students to bring their pets to school. As the article states: Stephens joins a...

Anonymous Blog Comments

Posted on June 10, 2010
Legal Blog Watch ran an interesting story about anonymous blog comments and links to several other stories. As the posting states: The New York Times ran an interesting article Monday about how certain news Web sites and blogs have begun...

An employee?s suspension without pay may extended if the delay in an administrative disciplinary action is caused by the accused

Posted on June 10, 2010
Matter of Skrypek v Bennett, 31 AD3d 827, reversed, 7 NY3d 919 May an employee, in the course of a disciplinary hearing, be removed from the payroll after he or she has already been suspended without pay for up to...

If you don't get that teaching job you're after, is it ok to ask why?

Posted on June 10, 2010
The other day we gave you some tips on landing an adjunct appointment. But if you don't get it, it would seem reasonable to ask the head of the hiring committee the reason for that decision so you can do...

Individuals incarcerated in federal prisons not entitled to minimum wages for work performed while in prison

Posted on June 09, 2010
J. Tony Serra, et al v Harley Lappin, Director, Bureau of Prisons, et al, U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, April 09, 2010, No. 08-15969 The U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, dismissed an appeal advanced by current and former...

So How Should You Chose Your Career?

Posted on June 09, 2010
Kids are always asked by adults "what they want to be when they grow up?" Now, the BLS has an excellent web site that kids can check out which describes various jobs and what they pay, here. Though the web...

Firefighter demoted after being found to have engaged in an extramarital affair with a subordinate

Posted on June 09, 2010
Starling v Bd. Of City Commissioner, USCA, 11th Circuit, #09-11168 Randolph Starling, a Palm Beach County firefighter, sued the County Commission pursuant to 42 U.S.C. �1983 alleging that it violated his First Amendment right of association after the County demoted...

Unprepared students and administrative hassles contribute to prof burn-out according to new study

Posted on June 09, 2010
According to a survey of 411 full time professors (both tenured and tenure-track) burn-out is a little discussed but serious problem that has several causes including unprepared students and the frustration of dealing with university administrators. The Chronicle of Higher...

Public Employment - Front pay award, as proxy for reinstatement, was equitable remedy, under FMLA, to be determined by court rather than jury.

Posted on June 08, 2010
Traxler v. Multnomah County, (C.A.9 (Or.)) March 3, 2010: In a matter of first impression, the Ninth Circuit joined the Fourth, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits, in holding that front pay awarded under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was an...

And Your Embarrassed By A Typo!

Posted on June 08, 2010
We all make them. Lord knows I make them on this blog and I often get emails from readers about them. They are typo's. Take a look at this major league typo. A San Francisco Giant took the field with...

Wal-Mart To Invest In Online University

Posted on June 08, 2010
Wal-Mart to Offer Workers College Education is an interesting June 3, 2010 New York Times article. Wal-Mart will offers some of its employees a 15% discount on an online education program that it is investing in. Seems to me it...

New York To Become First State In The Union To Provide Protection To Domestic Workers

Posted on June 08, 2010
Domestic workers are amongest the lowest paid and most abused workers. They are excluded from many laws such as the NLRA. Additionally, because they often work in households, they are often not protected under Title VII because of the 15...

Labor and Employment - Puerto Rican custodian with back problems was not subject to discrimination based on race, national origin or disability.

Posted on June 08, 2010
Agostinello v. Great Neck Union Free School Dist., (C.A.2 (N.Y.)) March 2, 2010: A New York school district was entitled to summary judgment on all of an employee's claims under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The...

With summer, finances get tight for some adjuncts

Posted on June 08, 2010
The story below may help you find a job as an adjunct. This story may make you question your sanity for even trying. While acknowledging the incredible dedication and sacrifice many undergrad adjuncts make for their students and for the...

How to get a job as an adjunct

Posted on June 08, 2010
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Ed is directed at, primarily, those seeking adjunct positions at the undergraduate level but most of the advice applies equally well to anyone interested in teaching at a law school. Among the tips:...

Too Hot To Work

Posted on June 07, 2010
The Village Voice ran an article about a secretary who was too hot. She claims that she was terminated because her boss could not concentrate on work. Workplace Prof Blog picked up this story and concluded that she was have...

Dispute between unions and railway company was "minor," and thus subject to binding arbitration under Railway Labor Act

Posted on June 07, 2010
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Div. v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. Co., (10th Cir. March 3, 2010) The contested action in a case brought by rail worker unions, namely, the railway company's contracting maintenance responsibilities to New Mexico...

California Issues Guidance On When Interns Have To Be Paid

Posted on June 07, 2010
California Revises Rules On Paid Internships is another great article by N.Y. Times reporter Steven Greenhouse. One of the toughest issues in employment is distinguishing between employees and non-employees-at topic we frequently discuss on this blog...

Lawyers' Ability To Predict Case Outcome Is Not Good

Posted on June 07, 2010
Your Lawyer is Wrong is a very interesting June 4, 2010 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. It is about a recent study conducted by psychologists which indicated that lawyers are not very good at predicting the outcome of...

Open-NYS Legislative Research

Posted on June 06, 2010
Open is a beta service of the NYS Senate. It provides a way to research legislation. A summary of what this new research tool can search is contained on its home page which provides as follows: Bills Calendars Meetings Transcripts...

NLRB To Get A Phone App

Posted on June 06, 2010
At NYU's 63rd Annual Conference on Labor which was co-sponored by St. John's Law School and Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations on June 2, 2010, NLRB General Counsel Ronald Meisburg, in his remarks, stated the the NLRB...

NLRB General Counsel To Step Down

Posted on June 06, 2010
NLRB General Counsel Ronald Meisburg recently announced that he was stepping down and joining the management law firm of Proskauer Rose. His term was set to expire in August. The Board's Press Release is available here. Any bets on who...

St. John's Law School Center For Labor And Employment Law

Posted on June 05, 2010
St. John's Law School Center For Labor And Employment Law held its inaugural event on June 2, 2010 at St. John's Manhattan campus and what an event it was. NLRB Chairman Wilma Liebman was the keynote speaker. Chairman Liebman was...

Public employers may abolish and, or, consolidate positions for sound economic reasons, so long as the decision is not motivated by bad faith

Posted on June 04, 2010
Appeal of Sherman Roberts, Audrey Lewis, Calvin Wilson, Sally Neumann, Yolanda Howard, Thomas Wright and Gina Talbert from actions of the Board of Education of the Wyandanch Union Free School District regarding the abolition of positions, Decisions of the Commissioner...

Payment for unused vacation credit upon separation from employment

Posted on June 04, 2010
Baksh v Town/Village of Harrison, 38 A.D.3d 808 Mohamed R. Baksh sued the Town and Village of Harrison [Harrison] to recover damages for an alleged ?breach of contract? after the Town rejected his demand for payment of the monetary value...

Justice Scalia Is Pleased That Kagan Is Not A Judge

Posted on June 04, 2010
Justice Scalia commented about President Obama's choice of Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court during a lecture he gave in Washington. A National Law Journal article described Justice Scalia's comments as follows: During his keynote address at the second annual...

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