The trader, Thomas R. Hudson Jr., sued Goldman in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday, complaining that he was a victim of sex and religious discrimination and that, in firing him, the firm had violated a federal civil rights statute, state labor laws and a city human-rights law.
On Monday, Mr. Limato won the right to leave I.C.M. despite his contract when an arbitrator ruled that a California labor statute made parts of the agreement void.
The most delicate topic on Mr. Monti's agenda is the infamous Article 18 of the Italian labor statute of the 1970s, long a sticking point in labor talks.
It is noteworthy that American workers in the airline and railway industries, which are governed not by the 1935 law but by a stronger statute, the Railway Labor Act, have much higher rates of unionization.
A more sensible response would have been simply to provide those workers with shares in the company, but that would be an open admission of the coercive power that unions receive even under the current labor statute.
California's labor statute spells out exactly who cannot receive any tips: Neither the restaurant's owners nor its agents are permitted to take tips.
Under California's studio-friendly labor statute, employers were entitled to hold individuals to personal services contracts for up to seven years; De Havilland's contract was set to end in mid-1943.
The Executive Order would require prospective contractors to disclose violations of federal labor statutes before being able to win a contract.
The labor relations statute bars employers from providing "thing of value" to unions and union officials.
These statutes forbid employers and labor organizations from negotiating collective bargaining agreements requiring all workers to pay either fair share fees or union dues.
