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Here are articles on hot employment law issues that effect managers and supervisors in everyday work situations for your ongoing learning. To search by specific workplace issues, we have also organized these articles into a list of FAQs.
Posted 04-22-2015 In a March, 2015 decision, the US Supreme Court set up rules for determining whether an employer violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when [...]
Posted 03-11-2015 A recent decision filed by the Fourth District, California Courts of Appeal on 1/14/2015 in the case ofShank v. CRST Van Expedited highlights [...]
Posted 02-25-2015 The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just released its 2014 statistics, and the numbers look good for employers. Down from the all-time [...]
Posted 01-12-2014 It sounds like a movie plot: In late November, 2014 cybercriminals (perhaps sponsored by a secretive foreign nation) hacked into Sony Pictures’ computer [...]
Posted 12-09-2014 A trial court recently ruled that a newspaper misclassified its newspaper carriers as independent contractors following a trial for their unpaid mileage expenses [...]
Posted 11-12-2014 With all the attention given to sexual harassment in the news and popular culture, most people do not realize that racial harassment is [...]
Posted 10-01-2014 Eva Sala was a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent working in the US Virgin Islands. She asked to extend her tour of duty [...]
Posted 09-08-2014 A surprising (to many) decision from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was just published last month on the issue of what mental [...]
Posted 08-19-2014 On July 14, 2014, the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) issued its first enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination in more than 30 years. [...]
Posted 07-02-2014 Michael Barrett worked for Salt Lake County for 14 years. For years he’d received promotion after promotion, good review after good review. The [...]