Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Texas must ease rules on unemployment benefits to get stimulus money

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The Austin American Statesman is reporting today that the lure of $555 million in federal stimulus money for additional unemployment insuran...

Report Finds US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division is Utterly Failing

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The New York Times has an important story out this week reporting that an audit of the federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, o...

Is due process what looks bad?

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Those of you who are following news of judicial elections in other states may be interested to know that the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday ...

Fifth Circuit: ADA Protects Employee with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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A really interesting case out of the Fifth Circuit this past week: EEOC v. Chevron Phillips, No. 07-20661 (5th Cir. June 5, 2009).  The case...

Jay Shepherd: Employers' Rx for swine flu? Eliminate sick days

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One of my favorite employer-side HR bloggers has another great piece out this week that I recommend you check out.  As you may have read, th...

Do Federal Judges Discriminate Against Discrimination Claims?

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The Wall Street Journal Blog and Paper has a story this week analyzing whether job discrimination plaintiffs get a raw deal in federal court...

Employers: Are you Prepared for a Flu Pandemic?

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In the event of pandemic influenza, employers will play a key role in protecting employees' health and safety as well as limiting the ne...