Paolo Boffetta

Dr. Boffetta moved to Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2010.  He is Director of the Institute for Translational Epidemiology and Associate Director for Population Sciences of The Tisch Cancer Institute.  He is also the Bluhdorn Professor of International Community Medicine.

Dr. Boffetta's previous employments include Columbia University (New York, NY), the American Cancer Society (New York, NY), the American Cancer Society (New York, NY), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (Lyon, France), and the German Cancer Research Center (Heidelberg, Germany).


Dr. Boffetta is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, MA), Visiting Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Turin (Turin, Italy), Adjunct Professor at the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Affiliate Member of the R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada), Senior Fellow of the Hellenic Health Foundation (Athens, Greece), Honorary Professor at the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Dundee (Dundee, United Kingdom), Adjunct Professor at Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), and Vice-President of the International Prevention Research Institute (Lyon, France).

Dr. Boffetta is the author of over 700 peer-reviewed publications, mainly in the field of epidemiology of chronic diseases.  He has edited 15 books and authored over 80 book chapters.  He is associate editor of Lung Cancer, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Frontiers in Cancer Epidemiology, and is a member for more than 10 editorial boards of scientific journals.  He is the founding member of several international cancer epidemiology consortia and networks.

Labour Law Plano, TX

How can Labour Law Plano TX be helpful for you?

 If you are a worker, there can be t times you can find yourself tangled in the web of laws just because you don’t know these laws. That’s when you can reach out to a lawyer who practices Labour Law Plano TX. That person can guide you properly through the legal work.

The law

This law binds the relation between the employer, the worker (employee), government and the trade unions. The law is concerned about the employees’ right at work. This is a tripartite relationship among the three. It guides the employee through the contract. 

The areas that it covers

This law guides the worker through certain features at his work. These are: minimum wage that the organisation should give to the workers, the living wage which is higher than the minimum wage and it is given to the full time worker so that he can support his family, the working hours are set in the contract and it also sees that if a worker works additional hour he is being paid for it. This law also guides the worker about his/her health and safety at work. The lawyer who is a practioner of the law sees that his/her client does not suffer from discrimination at work by the employer.

Situations where the law is applicable

You as a worker might feel that your boss discriminates you in the workplace or if you knowingly /unknowingly break any law that is being put forward by the organisation then a lawyer who knows this law can come to your help. If you employer suddenly plans to terminate you, then you can take the help of the lawyer of Labour Law Plano TX such that the lawyer can come up with the best solution for both the parties.

The verdict

The law is a relief for the workers who sometimes have no idea about the legal procedures. The contract and the formalities can be a pain for the worker, at that time a lawyer who practices this law can be your saviour.

Thus a lawyer of Labour Law Plano TX is the defender of rights for the worker and also comes up with the best possible solution for the parties involved.