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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 10-18-2011 When he was 49, Thomas Gortemoller was hired by a furniture manufacturer and importer as its manager of imports. He was responsible for [...]
Posted 09-23-2011 Unlike other types of discrimination and harassment, the number of claims for sexual harassment has been going down. In fact, in 2010 fewer [...]
Posted 08-26-2011 It happens more often than you might think: Managers are too lenient with problem employees. Whether the inertia is due to laziness, good [...]
Posted 07-13-2011 Email is wonderful. It's fast and effective, low cost and easy to use, and all of us have come to depend on it. [...]
Posted 06-08-2011 On May 24, 2011, final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) went into effect. If you don't have time [...]
Posted 05-11-2011 In yet another expansion of its anti-retaliation decisions, the United States Supreme Court decided recently that an employee who made oral complaints to [...]
Posted 04-06-2011 What does a cat's paw have to do with employment law? Over the past 20 years, a variety of lower federal courts have [...]
Posted 03-16-2011 Have you heard about the Facebook firing case? In October, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against American Medical [...]
Posted 02-09-2011 On January 24, 2011, a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruled that a man who was fired after his fiancée had filed a [...]
Posted 01-12-2011 As 2011 begins, let's take a quick look back at 2010 and a look ahead to new employment law developments: EEOC: 2010- Record-Breaking Year [...]