Friday, May 9th, 2008

Employment Bills in the Alaska Legislature - An Update

We reviewed major employment bills on February 22nd.  Here’s what’s happened since then (bottom line: not much):
Caps on mandatory overtime for nurses: CSSB 28 (B. Davis) would set caps on mandatory overtime (generally 80 hours in a 14-day period, though with multiple exceptions), and establish an enforcement process in the Department of Health and Social Services.  […]

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Performance Reviews for Attorney Employees

Not many Alaska law firms are large enough, I bet, to do formal performance reviews of their attorneys.  Maybe such reviews are common in mega-firms.  Here’s one done for the former Paul Hastings associate whose departure has recently been big news.  The attorney apparently authorized the release of the review.   H/T: Wall Street Journal Law Blog