tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70584599642693873282011-11-27T16:45:40.352-08:00Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.comBlogger9131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-3818721451510486162009-06-23T11:09:00.009-07:002009-06-23T11:09:07.564-07:00The Austin American Statesman is reporting today that the lure of $555 million in federal stimulus money for additional unemployment insurance has Texas legislators mulling whether to expand unemployment benefits to more workers.<br /><br />To get the stimulus money, Texas would have to implement some key changes to state law &mdash; including modifying some eligibility requirements to include tens of thousands of low-wage workers. Such changes have been considered but not enacted in previous...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/legislation/texas-must-ease-rules-on-unemployment-benefits-to-get-stimulus-money/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-381872145151048616?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-67415909767328683772009-06-23T11:09:00.007-07:002009-06-23T11:09:04.855-07:00The New York Times has an important story out this week reporting that an audit of the federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws is failing in that role, leaving millions of workers vulnerable.<br /><br />In a report scheduled to be released Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office found that the agency, the Labor Department&rsquo;s Wage and Hour Division, had mishandled 9 of the 10 cases brought by a team of undercover agents posing as aggrieved...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=b6YpFPabGVM:LSjcDlUVxPs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=b6YpFPabGVM:LSjcDlUVxPs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=b6YpFPabGVM:LSjcDlUVxPs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=b6YpFPabGVM:LSjcDlUVxPs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=b6YpFPabGVM:LSjcDlUVxPs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/wage-hour-law/report-finds-us-department-of-labor-wage-and-hour-division-is-utterly-failing/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-6741590976732868377?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-46188969661364085592009-06-23T11:09:00.005-07:002009-06-23T11:09:03.360-07:00Those 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 accepted certiorari in the case of <em>Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company,</em> which I discussed <a href="http://http//minnlawyer.blogspot.com/2008/11/supreme-court-elections-elsewhere-not.html">here</a>. The plaintiffs, who argue that campaign donations to the justices created the appearance of impropriety amounting to a due process violation, are represented by former Solicitor General Theodore Olson. According to the New York Times, Olson said in his pleadings, �The issue raised by massive campaign contributions to judges from litigants and their attorneys go to the very heart of what it means to be given a fair trial.� The defendants argued that �looks bad� is not a test of due process.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203481901177661359-7170149885911260512?l=minnlawyer.blogspot.com'/></div><br><br /><a href="http://minnlawyer.blogspot.com/feeds/7170149885911260512/comments/default" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203481901177661359/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25" target="_new">Minnesota Lawyer Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4618896966136408559?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-84948904814267488072009-06-23T11:09:00.003-07:002009-06-23T11:09:02.584-07:00A really interesting case out of the Fifth Circuit this past week: EEOC v. Chevron Phillips, No. 07-20661 (5th Cir. June 5, 2009).&nbsp; The case is of interest for a couple of reasons.<br /><br />First, any Fifth Circuit case that allows an ADA plaintiff to have a jury trial is to a degree notable for that fact alone.&nbsp; In this case, the Court held that the plaintiff -- suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome ("CFS") -- presented a genuine issue of material fact about whether she was...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=rKilNvzeL54:uO8dQNsVhPY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=rKilNvzeL54:uO8dQNsVhPY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=rKilNvzeL54:uO8dQNsVhPY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=rKilNvzeL54:uO8dQNsVhPY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=rKilNvzeL54:uO8dQNsVhPY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/06/articles/disability-discrimination/fifth-circuit-ada-protects-employee-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8494890481426748807?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-89831162341275956702009-06-23T11:09:00.001-07:002009-06-23T11:09:01.792-07:00One of my favorite employer-side HR bloggers has another great piece out this week that I recommend you check out.&nbsp; As you may have read, the World Health Organization declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable new flu virus.<br /><br />Jay picks up the issue from the employer's perspective.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />[T]he current swine-flu pandemic has employers concerned. Many employment lawyers have added to the hysteria by flacking...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DSjIKwNCrWA:66LfiBuj128:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DSjIKwNCrWA:66LfiBuj128:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DSjIKwNCrWA:66LfiBuj128:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=DSjIKwNCrWA:66LfiBuj128:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DSjIKwNCrWA:66LfiBuj128:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/06/articles/hr-management/jay-shepherd-employers-rx-for-swine-flu-eliminate-sick-days/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8983116234127595670?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-18380700940510645552009-06-23T11:08:00.021-07:002009-06-23T11:08:53.334-07:00The Wall Street Journal Blog and Paper has a story this week analyzing whether job discrimination plaintiffs get a raw deal in federal court<br /><br />The WSJ piece examines that question, citing recent studies that show discrimination plaintiffs lose at a higher rate in federal court than other plaintiffs and more often get tossed out of court on summary judgments.<br /><br /><br />"From 1979 through 2006, federal plaintiffs won 15% of job-discrimination cases. By comparison, plaintiffs in other cases not...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/age-discrimination-1/do-federal-judges-discriminate-against-discrimination-claims/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1838070094051064555?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-17498191387638265992009-06-23T11:08:00.019-07:002009-06-23T11:08:50.745-07:00In the event of pandemic influenza, employers will play a key role in protecting employees' health and safety as well as limiting the negative impact to the economy and society. Planning for pandemic influenza is critical. To assist you in your efforts, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed the following checklist for large businesses. It identifies important, specific activities large businesses can do now to...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=W6_CCyuoK0I:Dkh5ziWg8uM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=W6_CCyuoK0I:Dkh5ziWg8uM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=W6_CCyuoK0I:Dkh5ziWg8uM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=W6_CCyuoK0I:Dkh5ziWg8uM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=W6_CCyuoK0I:Dkh5ziWg8uM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/hr-management/employers-are-you-prepared-for-a-flu-pandemic/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1749819138763826599?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-41709211288972939372009-06-23T11:08:00.017-07:002009-06-23T11:08:49.982-07:00"No one ever says, 'You're old; we don't want you.' They say, 'This may require some lifting. Are you capable?'&nbsp;" said Paul Westgate, who's 58 and says he was laid off from his job as repairman at an Attleboro, Mass., plant that makes manufacturing equipment. The questions make little sense to him, because in his field, ladders and lifting are "almost a thing of the past," and the job is primarily technically oriented, he said, adding, "I can still do my...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=5keWsddaH9M:UW286dj9zzw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=5keWsddaH9M:UW286dj9zzw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=5keWsddaH9M:UW286dj9zzw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=5keWsddaH9M:UW286dj9zzw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=5keWsddaH9M:UW286dj9zzw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/age-discrimination-1/age-discrimination-claims-increasing-dramatically-according-to-new-eeoc-data/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4170921128897293937?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-66205010679535118982009-06-23T11:08:00.015-07:002009-06-23T11:08:45.678-07:00The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy and Public Citizen have completed a National Study of Public Attitudes on Forced Arbitration.&nbsp; The release is no doubt an effort to support the Arbitration Fairness Act, which is currently in Congress.<br /><br />The study is based on a major national survey on mandatory arbitration of employment and consumer claims conducted by Lake Research Partners. <br /><br />The survey of 800 likely voters nationwide found that:<br /><br /> A solid majority of...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=PdsvD-5LWNo:0LRjxnZ8H9U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=PdsvD-5LWNo:0LRjxnZ8H9U:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=PdsvD-5LWNo:0LRjxnZ8H9U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=PdsvD-5LWNo:0LRjxnZ8H9U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=PdsvD-5LWNo:0LRjxnZ8H9U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/hr-management/majority-of-americans-oppose-forced-arbitration/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-6620501067953511898?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-70765534198547096532009-06-23T11:08:00.013-07:002009-06-23T11:08:42.531-07:00Twitter is a fantastic tool.&nbsp; There is currently no better way to make an idiot out of yourself in front of a national audience for 140 characters or less.&nbsp; <br /><br />A recent job applicant at Cisco was offered a position that was apparently a pretty good paying job.&nbsp; So, what does said job applicant do?&nbsp; Well, go on Twitter and badmouth the job of course.<br /><br /><br />"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/hr-management/how-to-lose-a-job-with-twitter/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7076553419854709653?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-38848626553967620342009-06-23T11:08:00.011-07:002009-06-23T11:08:25.168-07:00A story on PBS' news magazine "Now" really gripped me last week. &nbsp; A shocking statistic&mdash;teenagers are in more danger from sexual predators at their part time jobs than through the Internet.&nbsp; According to one estimate, 200,000 teenagers are assaulted at the workplace each year. It's a vastly underreported phenomenon, but some brave young women are stepping up publicly to tell their stories.<br /><br />As an employment lawyer that deals with sexual harassment issues every day and...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/sexual-discrimination/is-your-daughter-safe-at-work/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-3884862655396762034?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-74122643303461460472009-06-23T11:08:00.009-07:002009-06-23T11:08:20.325-07:00The National Law Journal is reporting that defamation lawsuits are on the rise in the workplace.&nbsp; Employees are taking on employers over the right to reputation, suing over being labeled as damaged goods after losing their jobs.<br /><br /><br /><br />With the economy forcing so many people out of work, lawyers say the environment is ripe for defamation claims. <br /><br /><br /><br />Employers are facing mounting pressure over how to treat departing employees, and how to explain the departure without hurting their reputations....<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JTyPNF1eU7o:hRuF74v_DHQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JTyPNF1eU7o:hRuF74v_DHQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JTyPNF1eU7o:hRuF74v_DHQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=JTyPNF1eU7o:hRuF74v_DHQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JTyPNF1eU7o:hRuF74v_DHQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/hr-management/a-bad-economy-and-social-media-technology-serving-to-increase-workplace-defamation-suits/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7412264330346146047?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-45375782744623559352009-06-23T11:08:00.007-07:002009-06-23T11:08:07.396-07:00TrueCredit.com, whose parent company is credit reporting agency TransUnion, reports that 16% of employers surveyed use a credit report as part of their regular screening process. That&rsquo;s one in six companies. (The survey polled 214 people working in human resources. The margin of error is +/- 6.8 percentage points.)<br /><br />This is especially damaging news as more Americans are looking for work and their credit scores may be taking a beating.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />Read the story at the Wall Street Journal.<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/hr-management/one-in-six-employers-looking-at-your-credit-report/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4537578274462355935?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-6153465821926496112009-06-23T11:08:00.005-07:002009-06-23T11:08:05.275-07:00Firefighters from New Haven, Conn., on Wednesday exposed an enduring Supreme Court split, as the justices confronted the year's most anticipated racial discrimination case.&nbsp; A case from the New Haven Fire Department poses the questions: Just what is a job-related test? How should a city evaluate applicants for leadership positions? If a city thinks a test that was used will result in a lawsuit, does it have the right to abort the promotions and order a new test?<br /><br />In 2003, the New Haven...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=ultiDp5s55E:D48S2kVFNoA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=ultiDp5s55E:D48S2kVFNoA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=ultiDp5s55E:D48S2kVFNoA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=ultiDp5s55E:D48S2kVFNoA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=ultiDp5s55E:D48S2kVFNoA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/race-discrimination/supreme-court-hears-argument-in-race-discrimination-test-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-615346582192649611?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-74402494987492292632009-06-23T11:08:00.003-07:002009-06-23T11:08:03.088-07:00Citigroup v. Bacon is not an employment case but it is a very important case for employment lawyers nonetheless, as we all do a fair amount of arbitration work these days.&nbsp;<br /><br />Following an arbitration panel's order that Citigroup Global Markets pay Debra M. Bacon $256,000 in damages and attorney's fees, Citigroup sought to overturn that award in the District Court. Finding that the arbitrators had "manifestly disregarded the law," the District Court vacated the award. Bacon then...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.oyez.org/sites/default/files/audio/cases/2007/06-989_20071107-argument.mp3" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7440249498749229263?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-27843077419585754762009-06-23T11:08:00.001-07:002009-06-23T11:08:01.947-07:00As of April 3, 2009, all U.S. employers are required to use a new revised Form I-9.The revised Form I-9 reflects changes made to the list of documents acceptable for&nbsp;Form I-9 in accordance with the Department of Homeland Security&rsquo;s final rule.<br /><br />Changes under the new rule:<br /><br /> <br /> Requires that all documents presented during the verification process be unexpired;<br /> <br /> <br /> Eliminates List A identity and employment authorization documentation Forms I-688, I-688A, and I-688B...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=MZX6LruBLeU:XLWWS1IuK-g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=MZX6LruBLeU:XLWWS1IuK-g:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=MZX6LruBLeU:XLWWS1IuK-g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=MZX6LruBLeU:XLWWS1IuK-g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=MZX6LruBLeU:XLWWS1IuK-g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/hr-management/department-of-labor-requires-employers-to-use-updated-form-i9/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2784307741958575476?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-741640574676858662009-06-23T11:07:00.009-07:002009-06-23T11:07:54.255-07:00&nbsp;According to reports,&nbsp;President Obama has chosen Judge Sonia Sotomayor of a Federal Court of Appeals based in New York as his nominee for the Supreme Court. &nbsp;If confirmed, she will become the Court's first Hispanic Justice. &nbsp;<br /><br />Judge Sotomayor as authored numerous opinions on civil rights and employment law issues.&nbsp; Recently her opinion in Ricci v. DeStefano (2009) has been getting a great deal of attention as it is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court.&nbsp; Ricci...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JCz7MMSPj6k:Dn9CDz5PuLw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JCz7MMSPj6k:Dn9CDz5PuLw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JCz7MMSPj6k:Dn9CDz5PuLw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=JCz7MMSPj6k:Dn9CDz5PuLw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=JCz7MMSPj6k:Dn9CDz5PuLw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/05/articles/disability-discrimination/president-obama-selects-sotomayor-for-supreme-court/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-74164057467685866?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-42048162657907263182009-06-23T11:07:00.007-07:002009-06-23T11:07:53.267-07:00Here is an indication that the courts' previous reluctance to read Title VII as providing protection to the transgendered may be starting to weaken. &nbsp;The price tag for a recent U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia transgender Title VII case: $491,190.80; Schroer v. Billington, 1:05-cv-01090-JR (D.D.C. April 28, 2009).<br /><br /><br />In this case an employer (the U.S. government) retracted an offer of employment after learning that the individual it offered the job to was in the process of...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kUqmzboCoeA:L69g478LdiA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kUqmzboCoeA:L69g478LdiA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kUqmzboCoeA:L69g478LdiA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=kUqmzboCoeA:L69g478LdiA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kUqmzboCoeA:L69g478LdiA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/05/articles/sexual-discrimination/does-title-vii-provide-protection-to-the-transgendered/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4204816265790726318?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-37120570508531792222009-06-23T11:07:00.005-07:002009-06-23T11:07:44.665-07:00In a set back for unionized employees, the Supreme Court holds in a 5-4 decision (&nbsp;14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, No. 07-581 (April 1, 2009)) that where a collective bargaining agreement clearly and unmistakably assigns statutory discrimination claims to arbitration, the employee in the bargaining unit loses the right to proceed with an individual civil action and is left with arbitration as his or her only remedy.<br /><br />The Plaintiffs in this case were members of the Service Employees...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/case-opinions/supreme-court-collective-bargaining-agreements-can-waive-employees-right-to-trial-by-jury/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-3712057050853179222?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-13531753851722085292009-06-23T11:07:00.003-07:002009-06-23T11:07:41.924-07:00In Paul v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decides that a jury need not be bothered with a sexual harassment case because, after all, the supervisor only groped the the plaintiff once.&nbsp;<br /><br />Here is the Court's description of the relevant facts of the case (which for the purposes of this summary judgment motion must be accepted as true):&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Paul [the plaintiff] alleges that, on that day, Barattini walked up to her until his chest <br /><br />was touching hers, thus...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/sexual-discrimination/fifth-circuit-getting-groped-by-a-supervisor-isnt-harassment-if-it-only-happens-once/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1353175385172208529?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-24607053629843915462009-06-23T11:07:00.001-07:002009-06-23T11:07:40.551-07:00The Los Angeles Daily Journal is reporting that President Obama has selected Thomas Saenz to head the civil rights division at the Department of Justice.<br /><br />Saenz, 42, the former vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Los Angeles, is currently serving as counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.<br /><br />As yet, this is not confirmed by anyone at DOJ.&nbsp; <br /><br />Hat Tip: WSJ Law Blog<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/age-discrimination-1/obama-reportedly-selects-thomas-saenz-for-doj-civil-rights-division/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2460705362984391546?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-28731591855849967332009-04-07T07:59:00.025-07:002009-04-07T07:59:57.099-07:00SAN FRANCISCO � Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, along with civil-rights lawyer Morris Dees, will receive honorary degrees at the San Francisco State University commencement ceremony May 23.<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=11h42afk3/*http%3A//www.sfexaminer.com/local/42569357.html" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Bush has had his three-year jail term reduced to one year on appeal, his lawyer said on Tuesday.<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=144do3uu3/*http%3A//www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidANA20090407T132145ZTAC18/Iraq%20shoe-thrower's%20jail%20term%20cut%20to%20one%20year:%20lawyer" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Pyett, No. 07-581 (April 1, 2009)) that where a collective bargaining agreement clearly and unmistakably assigns statutory discrimination claims to arbitration, the employee in the bargaining unit loses the right to proceed with an individual civil action and is left with arbitration as his or her only remedy.<br /><br />The Plaintiffs in this case were members of the Service Employees...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=_6UBU5SPlvs:6sX1V-_Ps4g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/case-opinions/supreme-court-collective-bargaining-agreements-can-waive-employees-right-to-trial-by-jury/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8279614103858983366?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-34747250646470392442009-04-07T07:59:00.015-07:002009-04-07T07:59:39.324-07:00The next "Ask A Lawyer" Day will be held in Kane County is Saturday.<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=12p1t9ljk/*http%3A//www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1514445,2_1_AU07_LAWYER_S1.article" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rw3fcrD8tyY:Gv-nGBjgzgc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/04/articles/hr-management/how-to-lose-a-job-with-twitter/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-5949239981645616817?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-45095728793869702572009-04-07T07:59:00.011-07:002009-04-07T07:59:35.629-07:00BAGHDAD (AFP)--The Iraqi journalist who shot to fame for hurling his shoes at former U.S. president George W. Bush has had his three-year jail sentence reduced to one year on appeal, his lawyer said Tuesday.<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=16rnl4rme/*http%3A//www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090407%5cACQDJON200904070923DOWJONESDJONLINE000359.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Iraq%20Shoe-throwing%20Reporter's%20Sentence%20Cut%20To%20One%20Year-Lawyer" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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According to the New York Times, Olson said in his pleadings, �The issue raised by massive campaign contributions to judges from litigants and their attorneys go to the very heart of what it means to be given a fair trial.� The defendants argued that �looks bad� is not a test of due process.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/9203481901177661359-7170149885911260512?l=minnlawyer.blogspot.com'/></div><br><br /><a href="http://minnlawyer.blogspot.com/feeds/7170149885911260512/comments/default" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://minnlawyer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25" target="_new">Minnesota Lawyer Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-6311498192694054743?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-87603879720209769392009-03-24T13:13:00.001-07:002009-03-24T13:13:43.543-07:00Citigroup v. Bacon is not an employment case but it is a very important case for employment lawyers nonetheless, as we all do a fair amount of arbitration work these days.&nbsp;<br /><br />Following an arbitration panel's order that Citigroup Global Markets pay Debra M. Bacon $256,000 in damages and attorney's fees, Citigroup sought to overturn that award in the District Court. Finding that the arbitrators had "manifestly disregarded the law," the District Court vacated the award. Bacon then...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=pMn9Z_F4aY8:nn7vHZlFGtg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.oyez.org/sites/default/files/audio/cases/2007/06-989_20071107-argument.mp3" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8760387972020976939?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-80731508989706292892009-03-19T10:04:00.001-07:002009-03-19T10:04:09.163-07:00Those 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 accepted certiorari in the case of <em>Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company,</em> which I discussed <a href="http://http//minnlawyer.blogspot.com/2008/11/supreme-court-elections-elsewhere-not.html">here</a>. The plaintiffs, who argue that campaign donations to the justices created the appearance of impropriety amounting to a due process violation, are represented by former Solicitor General Theodore Olson. According to the New York Times, Olson said in his pleadings, �The issue raised by massive campaign contributions to judges from litigants and their attorneys go to the very heart of what it means to be given a fair trial.� The defendants argued that �looks bad� is not a test of due process.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/9203481901177661359-7170149885911260512.gif?l=minnlawyer.blogspot.com'/></div><br><br /><a href="http://minnlawyer.blogspot.com/feeds/7170149885911260512/comments/default" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://minnlawyer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25" target="_new">Minnesota Lawyer Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8073150898970629289?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-18896934557073489812009-03-19T10:03:00.003-07:002009-03-19T10:03:54.549-07:00TrueCredit.com, whose parent company is credit reporting agency TransUnion, reports that 16% of employers surveyed use a credit report as part of their regular screening process. That&rsquo;s one in six companies. (The survey polled 214 people working in human resources. The margin of error is +/- 6.8 percentage points.)<br /><br />This is especially damaging news as more Americans are looking for work and their credit scores may be taking a beating.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />Read the story at the Wall Street Journal.<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=o4u4t0FvPMg:23yyrAiDITQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/hr-management/one-in-six-employers-looking-at-your-credit-report/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1889693455707348981?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-6587866970187619232009-03-19T10:03:00.001-07:002009-03-19T10:03:28.487-07:00In Paul v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decides that a jury need not be bothered with a sexual harassment case because, after all, the supervisor only groped the the plaintiff once.&nbsp;<br /><br />Here is the Court's description of the relevant facts of the case (which for the purposes of this summary judgment motion must be accepted as true):&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Paul [the plaintiff] alleges that, on that day, Barattini walked up to her until his chest <br /><br />was touching hers, thus...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=kgIKUBd2P8w:Z8Ldwbw9YUw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/sexual-discrimination/fifth-circuit-getting-groped-by-a-supervisor-isnt-harassment-if-it-only-happens-once/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-658786697018761923?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-85009010278781419122009-03-04T09:36:00.001-08:002009-03-04T09:36:18.916-08:00A story on PBS' news magazine "Now" really gripped me last week. &nbsp; A shocking statistic&mdash;teenagers are in more danger from sexual predators at their part time jobs than through the Internet.&nbsp; According to one estimate, 200,000 teenagers are assaulted at the workplace each year. It's a vastly underreported phenomenon, but some brave young women are stepping up publicly to tell their stories.<br /><br />As an employment lawyer that deals with sexual harassment issues every day and...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=j9MOwL9LVc8:YITrTRE1ABU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/03/articles/sexual-discrimination/is-your-daughter-safe-at-work/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8500901027878141912?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-16005726185524457432009-03-01T11:28:00.001-08:002009-03-01T11:28:18.985-08:00The Austin American Statesman is reporting today that the lure of $555 million in federal stimulus money for additional unemployment insurance has Texas legislators mulling whether to expand unemployment benefits to more workers.<br /><br />To get the stimulus money, Texas would have to implement some key changes to state law &mdash; including modifying some eligibility requirements to include tens of thousands of low-wage workers. Such changes have been considered but not enacted in previous...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=EYk9J7wSb_4:O_6WXXQqtKQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/legislation/texas-must-ease-rules-on-unemployment-benefits-to-get-stimulus-money/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1600572618552445743?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-22100829719862536332009-02-25T07:52:00.033-08:002009-02-25T07:52:57.236-08:00We've added a new blog entitled Minding the Workplace to our blogroll.&nbsp; The blog is authored by David Yamada, a law professor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston and founder of the New Workplace Institute, a research and education center promoting healthy, productive, and socially responsible workplaces.<br /><br />David says his blog is dedicated to news and commentary about work and employment relations, as well as to discussing and sharing useful books, articles, media programs, and...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=KUEY2SbUxPE:7s_qg2L63sI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=KUEY2SbUxPE:7s_qg2L63sI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=KUEY2SbUxPE:7s_qg2L63sI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=KUEY2SbUxPE:7s_qg2L63sI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=KUEY2SbUxPE:7s_qg2L63sI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/01/articles/hr-management/new-blog-minding-the-workplace/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2210082971986253633?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-22823416411754086302009-02-25T07:52:00.031-08:002009-02-25T07:52:56.132-08:00Yesterday the Supreme Court heard argument in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, in which the issue is whether and to what extent Title VII&rsquo;s anti-retaliation provision protects employees from being fired for cooperating with an employer&rsquo;s internal sexual harassment investigation.<br /><br />Here is a humorous excerpt from the argument of Eric Schnapper, counsel for the employee that in addition to being funny, really gets to the heart of one of the most important issues in the...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=VED0FhHfCjo:za45TUghleQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=VED0FhHfCjo:za45TUghleQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=VED0FhHfCjo:za45TUghleQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=VED0FhHfCjo:za45TUghleQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=VED0FhHfCjo:za45TUghleQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/10/articles/sexual-discrimination/oral-argument-in-crawford-v-metropolitan-government-of-nashvilled/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2282341641175408630?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-59040556405991559612009-02-25T07:52:00.029-08:002009-02-25T07:52:55.462-08:00President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter equal-pay bill into law today in front of cheering labor and women leaders.&nbsp; Standing beside him was the plaintiff in the discrimination lawsuit that eventually led to the passage of the law, Lilly Ledbetter.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />Obama, choosing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as the first bill to sign as president, called it a "wonderful day" and declared that ending pay disparities between men and woman an...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=skDJOJ0RHIY:abQFoHbSwKc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=skDJOJ0RHIY:abQFoHbSwKc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=skDJOJ0RHIY:abQFoHbSwKc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=skDJOJ0RHIY:abQFoHbSwKc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=skDJOJ0RHIY:abQFoHbSwKc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/01/articles/sexual-discrimination/president-obama-signs-lilly-ledbetter-equal-pay-law/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-5904055640599155961?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-78571142887695195152009-02-25T07:52:00.027-08:002009-02-25T07:52:54.459-08:00Workplace Prof Blog as a good initial analysis of the Supreme Court's oral argument in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville last week.&nbsp;<br /><br />The issue in the case is whether and to what extent Title VII&rsquo;s anti-retaliation provision protects employees from being fired for cooperating with an employer&rsquo;s internal sexual harassment investigation.<br /><br />The appeal arose out of a case between Vicky Crawford and her longtime employer, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=GMTUEY52hdQ:lTYUf46CVME:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=GMTUEY52hdQ:lTYUf46CVME:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=GMTUEY52hdQ:lTYUf46CVME:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=GMTUEY52hdQ:lTYUf46CVME:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=GMTUEY52hdQ:lTYUf46CVME:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/10/articles/case-opinions/analysis-of-oral-argument-transcript-in-crawford-retaliation-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7857114288769519515?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-20087454690817280342009-02-25T07:52:00.025-08:002009-02-25T07:52:52.893-08:00Employee privacy in the workplace has become an increasing thorny issue over the last 10 to 15 years as the methods by which employees communicate with each other and the outside world have multiplied and become more complex.&nbsp; It used to be that privacy issues at work had to do with whether an employee had an expectation of privacy in their workplace locker or on their phone conversations.&nbsp; Now employers have to be concerned about blog postings, chat rooms, email, Twitter, instant...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=8eBNnb4HWe0:0aIDR5NcYCI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=8eBNnb4HWe0:0aIDR5NcYCI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=8eBNnb4HWe0:0aIDR5NcYCI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=8eBNnb4HWe0:0aIDR5NcYCI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=8eBNnb4HWe0:0aIDR5NcYCI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/10/articles/case-opinions/employers-be-careful-about-viewing-employees-personal-text-messages/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2008745469081728034?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-833492990905642952009-02-25T07:52:00.023-08:002009-02-25T07:52:45.949-08:00The Los Angeles Daily Journal is reporting that President Obama has selected Thomas Saenz to head the civil rights division at the Department of Justice.<br /><br />Saenz, 42, the former vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Los Angeles, is currently serving as counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.<br /><br />As yet, this is not confirmed by anyone at DOJ.&nbsp; <br /><br />Hat Tip: WSJ Law Blog<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=DpcBM9yPw_8:jZswYJ6AN08:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/age-discrimination-1/obama-reportedly-selects-thomas-saenz-for-doj-civil-rights-division/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-83349299090564295?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-47043286678669914082009-02-25T07:52:00.021-08:002009-02-25T07:52:42.681-08:00One of my favorite employment law bloggers, Jay Shepherd, over at the Gruntled Employees Blog had a great post this past week on the "Eight Ways to Lose a Noncompete Case."&nbsp; Here are his 8 most common ways companies usually LOSE noncompete cases:&nbsp;<br /><br /> Putting too much faith in the belief that the court will enforce the language of the noncompete agreement as written.<br /> Trying to enforce a noncompete against employees who really don't possess any confidential information...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=M8_A3ByTeUY:OLNonrJe0Fk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=M8_A3ByTeUY:OLNonrJe0Fk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=M8_A3ByTeUY:OLNonrJe0Fk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=M8_A3ByTeUY:OLNonrJe0Fk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=M8_A3ByTeUY:OLNonrJe0Fk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/noncompete-law-1/eight-ways-to-lose-a-noncompete-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4704328667866991408?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-66991758901519672562009-02-25T07:52:00.019-08:002009-02-25T07:52:41.034-08:00Last week, the Labor Department announced final revisions in the Family and Medical Leave Act, including new rules defining how families of wounded service members will be able to take unpaid leave to care for them.&nbsp;<br /><br />Some of the proposed changes include:<br /><br /> Military Caregiver Leave: Implements the requirement to expand FMLA protections for family members caring for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on active duty. These family...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=e2GTPtGdjRw:BrEEtFKzORg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=e2GTPtGdjRw:BrEEtFKzORg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=e2GTPtGdjRw:BrEEtFKzORg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=e2GTPtGdjRw:BrEEtFKzORg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=e2GTPtGdjRw:BrEEtFKzORg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/11/articles/fmla/new-regulations-issued-for-family-medical-leave-act/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-6699175890151967256?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-10874675149491029662009-02-25T07:52:00.017-08:002009-02-25T07:52:40.506-08:00As promised, here is additional information regarding what each of the presidential candidates plans to do with regard to workplace and HR issues.&nbsp; This information is taken directly from the candidates' respective campaign websites without any editing or alteration whatsoever.<br /><br /><br /><br />John McCain<br /><br />John McCain is calling for National Commission on Workplace Flexibility and Choice. This Commission would bring together a bi-partisan set of leaders representing workers, small and large employers,...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=lCpXfiPNlRQ:GM_HC_XCi4Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=lCpXfiPNlRQ:GM_HC_XCi4Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=lCpXfiPNlRQ:GM_HC_XCi4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=lCpXfiPNlRQ:GM_HC_XCi4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=lCpXfiPNlRQ:GM_HC_XCi4Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/09/articles/hr-management/the-presidential-candidates-on-hr-issues/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1087467514949102966?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-86890667885594098012009-02-25T07:52:00.015-08:002009-02-25T07:52:39.422-08:00The Family Medical Leave Act has undergone major changes for the first time in its 15-year history. (We posted previously about the amendments & the Department of Labor's new regulations here.)&nbsp; Some attorneys fear that these changes may cause a great deal of&nbsp; confusion and litigation.<br /><br />This week issued new rules for the amendments, which take effect on Jan. 16.&nbsp; The new rules were a response to complaints by employers and employees alike.&nbsp; Employers have long argued...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=WfIg0V-em5I:2yooPM_Ks_8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=WfIg0V-em5I:2yooPM_Ks_8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=WfIg0V-em5I:2yooPM_Ks_8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=WfIg0V-em5I:2yooPM_Ks_8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=WfIg0V-em5I:2yooPM_Ks_8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/12/articles/fmla/some-lawyers-warn-that-new-fmla-rules-may-create-more-confusion-and-litigation/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8689066788559409801?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-81983156761782492252009-02-25T07:52:00.013-08:002009-02-25T07:52:33.429-08:00A former Army Special Forces commander passed over for a job as a terrorism analyst at the Library of Congress because he was changing genders won a discrimination lawsuit. Judge James Robinson of Federal District Court ruled that the Library of Congress had engaged in sex discrimination against Diane Schroer of Alexandria, Va., formerly known as David Schroer. The library was initially enthusiastic about the hire, Judge Robinson said in his decision, adding, &ldquo;The library revoked the...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=AMGa_rQHo9A:dE8nF4sg1gc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=AMGa_rQHo9A:dE8nF4sg1gc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=AMGa_rQHo9A:dE8nF4sg1gc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=AMGa_rQHo9A:dE8nF4sg1gc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=AMGa_rQHo9A:dE8nF4sg1gc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/09/articles/sexual-discrimination/transgender-plaintiff-wins-verdict-against-library-of-congress/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8198315676178249225?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-76778892355159795942009-02-25T07:52:00.011-08:002009-02-25T07:52:11.075-08:00Walmart has agreed to pay up to $640 million to settle 63 wage and hour class action lawsuits that have been pending against the company for several years.&nbsp; The company, which has been fighting such suits for years, apparently finally decided to simply get the matter behind it.&nbsp; In its statement, the Company indicated that the lawsuits were regarding facts and circumstances of many years ago and that it does not represent Walmart's current approach to employee compensation issues.<br /><br />As...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=D0KbS6tpPx8:klMhoZdEGIY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=D0KbS6tpPx8:klMhoZdEGIY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=D0KbS6tpPx8:klMhoZdEGIY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=D0KbS6tpPx8:klMhoZdEGIY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=D0KbS6tpPx8:klMhoZdEGIY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/01/articles/overtime-law-1/walmart-to-pay-over-half-a-billion-dollars-to-settle-overtime-and-other-flsa-lawsuits/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7677889235515979594?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-37854528037827467142009-02-25T07:52:00.009-08:002009-02-25T07:52:06.617-08:00The Wall Street Journal Blog and Paper has a story this week analyzing whether job discrimination plaintiffs get a raw deal in federal court<br /><br />The WSJ piece examines that question, citing recent studies that show discrimination plaintiffs lose at a higher rate in federal court than other plaintiffs and more often get tossed out of court on summary judgments.<br /><br /><br />"From 1979 through 2006, federal plaintiffs won 15% of job-discrimination cases. By comparison, plaintiffs in other cases not...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=O6Ce94EhmhI:fEZuZ3K7wZQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/age-discrimination-1/do-federal-judges-discriminate-against-discrimination-claims/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-3785452803782746714?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-62986114143315491392009-02-25T07:52:00.007-08:002009-02-25T07:52:03.903-08:00The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece today on the fact that the rate at which people change jobs is decreasing due to the economic downturn.&nbsp; According to the article, a growing number of professionals are saying "no, thanks" to prospective employers asking them to change jobs.<br /><br />Spooked by the shaky economy, 46% of U.S. middle managers polled in mid-September said switching employers in the current environment is risky. Just 13% said they were actively looking for a...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=honWSrOkbHw:1AHp2JL4os0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=honWSrOkbHw:1AHp2JL4os0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=honWSrOkbHw:1AHp2JL4os0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=honWSrOkbHw:1AHp2JL4os0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=honWSrOkbHw:1AHp2JL4os0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/11/articles/hr-management/in-economic-tough-times-should-employees-stick-with-the-job-they-know-or-be-looking-for-greener-pastures-elsewhere/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-6298611414331549139?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-71491321620945116492009-02-25T07:52:00.005-08:002009-02-25T07:52:02.746-08:00Barack Obama has nominated California Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis as his labor secretary.&nbsp; Solis, the daughter of two Hispanic immigrants, has been in Congress since 2000.&nbsp; She has never served on the House Education and Labor Committee. She currently serves on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.<br /><br />Solis received her degrees from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and the University of Southern California and worked for two federal agencies in...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=bGiQ6dpdt3Q:WPfophOSZjw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=bGiQ6dpdt3Q:WPfophOSZjw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=bGiQ6dpdt3Q:WPfophOSZjw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=bGiQ6dpdt3Q:WPfophOSZjw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=bGiQ6dpdt3Q:WPfophOSZjw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/12/articles/hr-management/obama-nominates-hilda-solis-for-labor-secretary/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7149132162094511649?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-48072388834915275252009-02-25T07:52:00.003-08:002009-02-25T07:52:02.210-08:00The alleged primary purpose of performance reviews is to enlighten subordinates about what they should be doing better or differently. But too often they are used as intimidation aimed at preserving the boss's authority and power advantage. This defeats the purpose of the review and worse, harms employee morale.&nbsp;<br /><br />The Wall Street Journal has a good article out this week on why performance evaluations so often do not work.&nbsp; First and foremost in my mind is this: Performance reviews...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=S5uCYha6oPY:jgla5zOUUC4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=S5uCYha6oPY:jgla5zOUUC4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=S5uCYha6oPY:jgla5zOUUC4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=S5uCYha6oPY:jgla5zOUUC4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=S5uCYha6oPY:jgla5zOUUC4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/10/articles/hr-management/getting-rid-of-performance-reviews/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4807238883491527525?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-10155335584941097882009-02-25T07:52:00.001-08:002009-02-25T07:52:01.318-08:00Amid the many issues of taxes and spending in the economic stimulus bill, you may have missed that it contains Section 1553, which is full of new protections for whistleblowers who work for state and local governments or who work for private contractors receiving monies under the bill.<br /><br />The idea behind the provision is that whistleblower protections will improve accountability and transparency in the way the public's monies are spent. And there is support for this proposition.&nbsp; According...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=u1fvcgslffw:O7tIlD0lSwY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=u1fvcgslffw:O7tIlD0lSwY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=u1fvcgslffw:O7tIlD0lSwY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=u1fvcgslffw:O7tIlD0lSwY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=u1fvcgslffw:O7tIlD0lSwY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/legislation/new-whistleblower-protections-enacted-as-part-of-stimulus-bill/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1015533558494109788?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-1426862151003593572009-02-25T07:51:00.005-08:002009-02-25T07:51:55.729-08:00While there may only be a few weeks left for the current administration, it certainly has not given up efforts to effect the country's HR laws.&nbsp; Specifically, the Department of Labor is rushing its rule-making process to issue a rule making it more difficult for the government to regulate workers' exposure to toxic chemicals at work.&nbsp; Here is an excerpt from a recent story in the New York Times:<br /><br /><br />The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=z2o5n7osxeA:x9pkiQED2gc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=z2o5n7osxeA:x9pkiQED2gc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=z2o5n7osxeA:x9pkiQED2gc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=z2o5n7osxeA:x9pkiQED2gc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=z2o5n7osxeA:x9pkiQED2gc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/12/articles/hr-management/department-of-labor-working-to-make-regulation-of-workplace-toxic-environments-more-difficult/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-142686215100359357?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-59504776176639121332009-02-25T07:51:00.003-08:002009-02-25T07:51:49.216-08:00Last week the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in favor of the plaintiff in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville (S.Ct. 1/26/09). The Court held that an employee who answers a question about a fellow employee's improper conduct during an internal sexual harassment investigation is engaging in protected activity under Title VII.&nbsp;<br /><br />Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of race or sex. It also...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=08lI-T_mp3w:AoqENOpgcGs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=08lI-T_mp3w:AoqENOpgcGs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=08lI-T_mp3w:AoqENOpgcGs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=08lI-T_mp3w:AoqENOpgcGs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=08lI-T_mp3w:AoqENOpgcGs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/case-opinions/supreme-court-issues-unanimous-decision-in-employment-retaliation-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-5950477617663912133?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-9984776223560087822009-02-25T07:51:00.001-08:002009-02-25T07:51:48.612-08:00One of the staples of practicing HR Law is reviewing and drafting employment agreements for employees and employers. &nbsp;Another is reviewing or drafting separation or severance agreements. &nbsp;As a result, the primary way&nbsp;I gage how the economy is doing is by looking at whether I'm doing more employment agreements or severance agreements. &nbsp;Care to take a guess at which way the tide has been shifting over the last six months?<br /><br />One of the first areas you see such a shift is in...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=raKf3Fnpo-8:fStovoA2EHk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=raKf3Fnpo-8:fStovoA2EHk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=raKf3Fnpo-8:fStovoA2EHk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?i=raKf3Fnpo-8:fStovoA2EHk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?a=raKf3Fnpo-8:fStovoA2EHk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/HrLawyersBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/12/articles/hr-management/bad-economy-turning-employment-agreement-practice-into-severance-agreement-practice/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-998477622356008782?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-43531773620476056742009-02-20T12:34:00.003-08:002009-02-20T12:34:56.678-08:00Amid the many issues of taxes and spending in the economic stimulus bill, you may have missed that it contains Section 1553, which is full of new protections for whistleblowers who work for state and local governments or who work for private contractors receiving monies under the bill.<br /><br />The idea behind the provision is that whistleblower protections will improve accountability and transparency in the way the public's monies are spent. And there is support for this proposition.&nbsp; According...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=6Ho844.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=6Ho844.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=kplS2A.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=kplS2A.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=sSyxrA.q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=sSyxrA.q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=9Y3UaX.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=9Y3UaX.Q" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/legislation/new-whistleblower-protections-enacted-as-part-of-stimulus-bill/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4353177362047605674?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-15260908338928555352009-02-20T12:34:00.001-08:002009-02-20T12:34:38.428-08:00The Wall Street Journal Blog and Paper has a story this week analyzing whether job discrimination plaintiffs get a raw deal in federal court<br /><br />The WSJ piece examines that question, citing recent studies that show discrimination plaintiffs lose at a higher rate in federal court than other plaintiffs and more often get tossed out of court on summary judgments.<br /><br /><br />"From 1979 through 2006, federal plaintiffs won 15% of job-discrimination cases. By comparison, plaintiffs in other cases not...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=8X7aEg.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=8X7aEg.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=lpIuUd.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=lpIuUd.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=UP3WZz.q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=UP3WZz.q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=jHFGxO.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=jHFGxO.Q" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/age-discrimination-1/do-federal-judges-discriminate-against-discrimination-claims/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1526090833892855535?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-77669895913237567162009-02-15T10:47:00.001-08:002009-02-15T10:47:00.142-08:00One of my favorite employment law bloggers, Jay Shepherd, over at the Gruntled Employees Blog had a great post this past week on the "Eight Ways to Lose a Noncompete Case."&nbsp; Here are his 8 most common ways companies usually LOSE noncompete cases:&nbsp;<br /><br /> Putting too much faith in the belief that the court will enforce the language of the noncompete agreement as written.<br /> Trying to enforce a noncompete against employees who really don't possess any confidential information...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=T7H6M1.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=T7H6M1.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=wiBlvJ.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=wiBlvJ.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=JkLUbe.q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=JkLUbe.q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=Z40ULI.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=Z40ULI.Q" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/noncompete-law-1/eight-ways-to-lose-a-noncompete-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7766989591323756716?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-18926235795131659362009-02-06T03:20:00.001-08:002009-02-06T03:20:30.063-08:00Last week the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in favor of the plaintiff in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville (S.Ct. 1/26/09). The Court held that an employee who answers a question about a fellow employee's improper conduct during an internal sexual harassment investigation is engaging in protected activity under Title VII.&nbsp;<br /><br />Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of race or sex. It also...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=rXaCbC.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=rXaCbC.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=gpCQbs.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=gpCQbs.Q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=JYQ3hA.q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=JYQ3hA.q" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=tcXQNJ.Q"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=tcXQNJ.Q" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/02/articles/case-opinions/supreme-court-issues-unanimous-decision-in-employment-retaliation-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-1892623579513165936?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-39942963554392798012009-01-29T13:48:00.001-08:002009-01-29T13:48:54.150-08:00President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter equal-pay bill into law today in front of cheering labor and women leaders.&nbsp; Standing beside him was the plaintiff in the discrimination lawsuit that eventually led to the passage of the law, Lilly Ledbetter.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />Obama, choosing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as the first bill to sign as president, called it a "wonderful day" and declared that ending pay disparities between men and woman an...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=HUwsY1.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=HUwsY1.P" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=qCftmu.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=qCftmu.P" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=6NgKlE.p"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=6NgKlE.p" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=ZBpvGb.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=ZBpvGb.P" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/01/articles/sexual-discrimination/president-obama-signs-lilly-ledbetter-equal-pay-law/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-3994296355439279801?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-29037578457800154912009-01-13T07:40:00.001-08:002009-01-13T07:40:12.336-08:00We've added a new blog entitled Minding the Workplace to our blogroll.&nbsp; The blog is authored by David Yamada, a law professor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston and founder of the New Workplace Institute, a research and education center promoting healthy, productive, and socially responsible workplaces.<br /><br />David says his blog is dedicated to news and commentary about work and employment relations, as well as to discussing and sharing useful books, articles, media programs, and...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=9Tvujq.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=9Tvujq.P" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=heypDi.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=heypDi.P" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=ceiBvq.p"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=ceiBvq.p" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=nKSSRf.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=nKSSRf.P" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/01/articles/hr-management/new-blog-minding-the-workplace/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2903757845780015491?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-16367034447042192572009-01-10T13:15:00.019-08:002009-01-10T13:15:41.155-08:00Case being argued before Md. high court A lawyer for poor defendants in Baltimore told Maryland's highest court today that his clients and others like them are entitled to taxpayer-funded lawyers at bail hearings held within 24 hours of their arrest. <br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=12smonkgj/*http%3A//www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/crime/bal-attorneys0109,0,4929170.story?track=rss" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Hilda Solis as his labor secretary.&nbsp; Solis, the daughter of two Hispanic immigrants, has been in Congress since 2000.&nbsp; She has never served on the House Education and Labor Committee. She currently serves on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.<br /><br />Solis received her degrees from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and the University of Southern California and worked for two federal agencies in...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=NTIaO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=NTIaO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=ZsUjO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=ZsUjO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=e11Xo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=e11Xo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=QWAXO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=QWAXO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/12/articles/hr-management/obama-nominates-hilda-solis-for-labor-secretary/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2976285018544666192?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-50467810530020357912009-01-04T10:20:00.001-08:002009-01-04T10:20:57.701-08:00Walmart has agreed to pay between $352 million and $640 million to settle 63 wage-and-hour abuse lawsuits against the company.&nbsp; The company, which has been fighting such suits for years, apparently finally decided to simply get the matter behind it.&nbsp; In its statement, the Company indicated that the lawsuits were regarding facts and circumstances of many years ago and that it does not represent Walmart's current approach to employee compensation issues.<br /><br />As part of the settlement,...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=XrzSYH.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=XrzSYH.P" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=M50chT.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=M50chT.P" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=kyKjRf.p"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=kyKjRf.p" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=iGwbPv.P"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=iGwbPv.P" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2009/01/articles/overtime-law-1/walmart-to-pay-over-half-a-billion-dollars-to-settle-overtime-and-other-flsa-lawsuits/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-5046781053002035791?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-47139273871614725872008-12-20T01:42:00.013-08:002008-12-20T01:42:23.308-08:00By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - A committee that regulates the conduct of Arkansas lawyers has reprimanded a military lawyer from Jacksonville for having sex with a client and lying about it.<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=1233hde9i/*http%3A//www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2008/12/20/News/349426.html" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Rossi went ahead and gave the inmate ...<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=133jn6dod/*http%3A//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/ap/strange/main4678912.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4678912" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-3232518988546718829?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-55059217156725323662008-12-20T01:42:00.007-08:002008-12-20T01:42:19.754-08:00O.J. Simpson may be sitting in a Nevada prison, but the drama continues with hearings today in two states. It's all about sports memoriabila. Witness Al Beardsley is ordered to surrender a Hall of Fame ring Simpson gave him. Was it a bribe? A lawyer calls the saga 'Lord of the Rings in an Orange Jumpsuit.' <br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=12p52bgir/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/19/oj.simpson.ring.hearing/index.html?eref=rss_crime" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Fine's investigation into the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys may be the "flagship" report of 2008, notes former boss Michael Bromwich, but Fine's ...<br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=124rvbtju/*http%3A//www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202426934803&rss=newswire" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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Hilda Solis as his labor secretary.&nbsp; Solis, 51, was first elected to Congress in 2000.&nbsp; She is Hispanic and represents a district dominated by Latino voters in Southern California.<br /><br /><br /><br />The daughter of a union shop steward from Mexico and an assembly line worker from Nicaragua, Solis has led on both labor and environmental issues.&nbsp; Little is known about Solis by the employment law community at large so I have...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=NTIaO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=NTIaO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=ZsUjO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=ZsUjO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=e11Xo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=e11Xo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=QWAXO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=QWAXO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/12/articles/hr-management/obama-nominates-hilda-solis-for-labor-secretary/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8314354944303711421?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-2585971039986070362008-12-20T01:41:00.001-08:002008-12-20T01:41:49.284-08:00Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is going to fight hard to hold onto his job and freedom with help from veteran Chicago defense lawyer Edward Genson <br><br /><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/lawyer/SIG=12lunq4he/*http%3A//www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1867775,00.html?xid=rss-topstories" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=lawyer&ei=UTF-8" target="_new">Yahoo! 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It would explicitly relax some stringent standards set by the court and says that disability is to be...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=Rl25O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=Rl25O" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=p2RAO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=p2RAO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=DRlco"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=DRlco" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=uj8IO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=uj8IO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/06/articles/disability-discrimination/ada-restoration-bill-passed/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-8522403994997710041?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-34856571443551220462008-12-18T02:03:00.013-08:002008-12-18T02:03:09.121-08:00A large, bipartisan group of senators signed on as co-sponsors of the ADA Amendments Act (S.3406) which was introduced August 1. The bill will strengthen the protections of the original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed in 1990.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sens. Tom Harkin, D. Iowa, and Orrin Hatch, R. Utah, led the effort to sign on 66 senators as co-sponsors of the bill.&nbsp; With so many co-sponsors, there is a good chance that the Senate leadership will bring the bill to the floor to a vote.<br /><br /><br /><br />The...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=7KP6O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=7KP6O" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=OP02O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=OP02O" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=0Vkco"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=0Vkco" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=2s1UO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=2s1UO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/08/articles/case-opinions/ada-amendments-act-working-its-way-through-congress/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-3485657144355122046?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-75946568889653836762008-12-18T02:03:00.011-08:002008-12-18T02:03:07.863-08:00An Ohio jury recently awarded the largest verdict in Ohio history -- $46.7 million -- to a man who they said was wrongfully fired last year.&nbsp; This is the largest employment verdict I have seen, possibly ever.&nbsp;<br /><br /> Ronald Luri, 55, accused Republic Services Inc. of retaliation and of forging documents critical of his job performance after he refused to fire three of his employees -- all about 60 years old -- on the grounds that such actions would constitute age-discrimination. <br /><br />The jury...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=KR2VO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=KR2VO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=XCvsO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=XCvsO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=DPRUo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=DPRUo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=FiNvO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=FiNvO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/07/articles/case-opinions/plaintiff-awarded-46-million-dollar-verdict-in-retaliation-case/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-7594656888965383676?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-91833858255419309322008-12-18T02:03:00.009-08:002008-12-18T02:03:05.190-08:00House Leaders are working on H.R. 3195, the ADA Restoration Act, a bill that had prompted a lot of concern with the business associations. <br /><br /><br /><br />Disability activists and business representatives have come together to agree on language that helps clarify the Americans with Disabilities Act, protects and strengthens the protections for the disabled &mdash; covering people who should be covered &ndash; while seeking to avoid the more onerous and expensive rules that employers fear.<br /><br />According to...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=vEKkO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=vEKkO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=68OTO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=68OTO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=vKbFo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=vKbFo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=VUXsO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=VUXsO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/06/articles/disability-discrimination/disability-advocates-working-with-business-leaders-to-achieve-compromise-on-ada-restoration-act/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-9183385825541930932?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-23895468290977758542008-12-18T02:03:00.007-08:002008-12-18T02:03:04.339-08:00How Labor Day Came About<br /><br /><br /><br />"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=lcgXO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=lcgXO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=L9f4O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=L9f4O" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=YKpzo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=YKpzo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=vIP6O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=vIP6O" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/09/articles/hr-management/a-holiday-for-workers/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-2389546829097775854?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-69913393058194836372008-12-18T02:03:00.005-08:002008-12-18T02:03:03.596-08:00Lessons From a Hotel Lobby<br /><br /><br /><br />We think we shape life. That&rsquo;s wrong. Life shapes us. All<br /><br />readers know how they first learned this. Here&rsquo;s my story,<br /><br />one that will help corporate counsel when it comes to decid-<br /><br />ing whether to impose the equivalent of capital punishment in<br /><br />employment: termination.<br /><br /><br /><br />It was 1975. Much to my mother&rsquo;s dismay, I dropped out of<br /><br />college, moved to Washington, D.C., and started to work at a<br /><br />large, 800-room convention hotel as a desk clerk. Working...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=TTiaO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=TTiaO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=YtCzO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=YtCzO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=v2Bho"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=v2Bho" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=aoGlO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=aoGlO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/07/articles/hr-management/guest-post-ask-wise-questions-before-terminating-an-employee/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-6991339305819483637?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-45772696245036059062008-12-18T02:03:00.003-08:002008-12-18T02:03:03.047-08:00As the number of people without health insurance continues to rise, many states and Congress have begun to focus on one of the biggest causes: the growing number of small business owners and their workers who are unable to afford coverage.<br /><br />Congress, in response, is considering legislation that, among other steps, would make it significantly easier for small businesses to organize insurance-buying pools. Despite bipartisan backing in both the House and Senate, it is uncertain whether the bills...<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=9yxeO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=9yxeO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=aBJMO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=aBJMO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=TrU1o"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=TrU1o" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=2vrPO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=2vrPO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/09/articles/legislation/inability-of-small-company-employees-to-get-health-insurance-gains-attention-from-congress/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-4577269624503605906?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058459964269387328.post-90775869173653783612008-12-18T02:03:00.001-08:002008-12-18T02:03:02.372-08:00Barack Obama recently spoke at some length regarding his views regarding labor and workplace issues.&nbsp; The video of his remarks is included below.&nbsp; Leave a comment and tell us what you think.<br /><br />P.S. I am looking for video of McCain addressing work-related issues and will post it up as soon as I find it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=ujcrO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=ujcrO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=gXARO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=gXARO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=aSbqo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=aSbqo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?a=KvkQO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/HrLawyersBlog?i=KvkQO" border="0"></img></a><br /></div><br><br /><a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/2008/09/articles/hr-management/obama-on-the-dignity-of-work/" target="_new">Read More...</a> <br /><font size="-2"><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.hrlawyersblog.com/" target="_new">HR Lawyer's Blog</a>]<br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7058459964269387328-9077586917365378361?l=lawyersinfos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712045682735023745noreply@blogger.com0