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Posted 03-14-2012 The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its first employment law decision of 2012, unanimously recognizing a "ministerial exception" to discrimination laws, which allows [...]
Posted 02-09-2012 In late January, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its 2011 enforcement figures. A record 99,947 charges were filed, and [...]
Posted 12-14-2011 This time of year, Santa finds out who's naughty and nice. But the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division makes its [...]
Posted 11-09-2011 Michael Serricchio, a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, was a financial advisor for Prudential Securities in Connecticut, managing a multi-million dollar [...]
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 [...]