Does the Americans with Disabilities Act need an overhaul?  I’m guessing that most of you would say no–at least, not in a way that expands the law.  Well, there is the proposed ADA Restoration Act, which would expand the definition of disability under the ADA and require employers to provide more in the way of […]

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In an effort to give you new training ideas, I’ve returned to YouTube. You just never know what gems you’ll find there. See what you think about this one.

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Arizona has a new immigration/hiring law.  It’s touted as the toughest state immigration law there is.  For an explanation of this new law, check out an article in the Arizona Employment Law Letter.
ARIZONA NEWS
IMMIGRATION:
It’s the LAWA: what you need to know about Arizona’s new hiring law

Article provided by Arizona Employment Law Letter

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That’s not a question on your employment application.  That’s probably not a question on any document in your workplace, unless you require your employees to answer a secret question for security purposes–to be able, for example, to access something that’s confidential.  We would have learned this from banks.
An article in Slate Magazine illustrates how these secret questions […]

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Thomas Paine was a prolific writer and a lot of other things.  What he wrote had much to do with the U.S. becoming a country.  Paine could hardly be described as someone satisfied with the status quo, and he wrote something that, it seems to me, describes in almost a profound way why the status quo […]

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President Bush has signed the Defense Authorization Act.  This is significant for employers, because this Act contains amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act, the first amendments to the law since it was enacted in 1993.
These amendments give additional leave to employees who have family members in the military.  In fact, the amendments create […]

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January 30–burn a bridge, to:  To lay waste to the positive affiliation between an employee and an employer, thereby jeopardizing the chance of obtaining a positive reference; the consequences of such bridge-burning provide the only reason people do not flip out on their bosses and do try to make a clean exit, citing “an opportunity […]

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Last week, there was a post about the uproar in the golf world over a Golf Channel host’s comment about Tiger Woods and the followup by Golfweek Magazine.  As noted in the post, there are employment cases that arise out of language and conduct having racial overtones, demonstrated by a recent case summarized in the Florida Employment Law Letter.
FLORIDA NEWS
RACE DISCRIMINATION:
He […]

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Last week, there was a post called “Handbook Heaven” about the new, somewhat controversial handbook rolled out by the Tribune Co.   A recent case underscores the fact that handbooks can be serious business when you end up in court.  As the summary below from the Illinois Employment Law Letter implies, when you have to go back to a […]

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