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05.20.13	NLRB Awards Medical Expenses
05.17.13	NLRB Gives Guidance on Confidentiality of Workplace Investigations
05.16.13	Preferring Your Girlfriend is Not Sex Discrimination
05.14.13	NLRB Posting No Longer Required
05.10.13	EEOC Announces $240 Million Disability Discrimination Verdict
05.09.13	Colorado: Getting High Off-Duty Still Grounds For Termination
05.06.13	Social Media Complaints Are Concerted Activity Says the NLRB
05.03.13	EEOC: Absence of Claim in EEOC Charge Bars Later Suit
05.02.13	One Word May Be Enough To Create Hostile and Offensive Work Environment
05.01.13	May Newsletter: Could Your Job Search End In A "Puff Of Smoke?"
04.29.13	U.S. Supreme Court Limits Opportunity For FLSA Collective Actions
04.26.13	Good Reminder: Retaliation Claim May Stand Without Hostile Work Environment
04.24.13	Essential Job Function: Court Gives Great Weight To Employer’s Definition
04.22.13	EEOC Settles Egregious Race Discrimination Lawsuit for $230,000
04.19.13	Employee Held to Duty To Preserve Facebook Evidence
04.18.13	To The Letter: Employer Must Provide Individual FMLA Notices
04.15.13	Failure to Disclose Drug Addiction Is Legitimate Grounds for Termination
04.12.13	EEOC Argues Employer Must Provide Interpreter for Deaf Applicant
04.11.13	Second Circuit Says Arbitration Binding Even For Class Claims
04.09.13	Not So Fast: U.S. Supreme Court Strengthens Federal Court Hold on Class Actions
04.08.13	Insubordinate Employee Still Has Claim For Retaliation
04.04.13	April Newsletter: Ten Tips for Navigation FMLA
04.02.13	New York Creates Private Right of Action For Discrimination Against the Unemployed
04.01.13	High Ball Offer Sufficient to Meet EEOC’s Obligation to Conciliate
03.29.13	Light Duty Not Required Under FMLA
03.27.13	Whistleblower Protection Under the Affordable Care Act
03.26.13	Grad Student Sexually Harassed By Football Team May Only Pursue Retaliation Claim
03.25.13	Being On Time May Not Be Essential Function
03.20.13	Beware: Settlement Demand Letter Response May Be Admitted
03.18.13	Sexual Behavior Without Sexual Intent Is Still Harassment
03.15.13	Pennsylvania District Court Upholds Random Alcohol Testing
03.13.13	It’s All Included: Third Circuit Explains Continuing Violations
03.11.13	DOJ Settles Immigration Anti-Discrimination Complaint
03.08.13	To Be Posted: New FMLA Notice Poster and Forms
03.07.13	Upheld: Termination For Refusal to Cooperate in Investigation
03.06.13	Salary Talk Among Co-Workers is Protected Activity
03.01.13	What Not to Do: Ethnic Slurs Equal Hostile Work Environment
02.28.13	February Newsletter: Does the ADA Require Employers to Grant Telecommuting Requests?
02.27.13	Essentialness of a Duty Not Defined by Frequency
02.25.13	A Picture Tells the Story: FMLA Leave and Facebook
02.22.13	California Supreme Court Revisits Discriminatory Mixed Motive Cases
02.21.13	Going Retro: Gender Pay Gap Equal to 2005
02.19.13	Bring A Note: Employee Bears Burden For FMLA Medical Certification
02.15.13	Religious Accommodation or Undue Hardship: Depends Where You Are
02.13.13	Sexual Banter is Not An Invitation to Grope
02.11.13	Up and Coming: Does Checking Work Email Qualify for Overtime?
02.08.13	Reiteration: Pregnancy Does Not Require Accommodation
02.06.13	Department of Labor: FMLA Leave is Available For Children of All Ages
02.04.13	Strong-Armed: Armstrong Coal Sues Employee For Failed Discrimination Complaint
02.01.13	Eighth Circuit Agrees: Arbitration Agreements May Bar Class and Collective Actions
01.31.13	Charlie Rose Settles With Interns Who Say They Should Have Been Paid
01.30.13	January Newsletter: Anti-Harassment Training: Why A Qualified In-Person Trainer Is The Best Option For Your Company
01.28.13	Deaf Person May Be “Otherwise Qualified” For Lifeguarding
01.25.13	Is Veganism Akin to A Religion Under Title VII?
01.24.13	Sometimes Religious Accommodations Requests Are Unreasonable
01.22.13	Nursing Mother Loses Fair Labor Standards Claim Against Employer
01.17.13	Dillards Makes $2 Million Dollar Settlement for Disability Discrimination
01.16.13	Practical Tools to Increase the Value of Your Employment Law Training
12.31.12	Profits Down for Darden Restaurants Because of Attempt to Avoid Obamacare
12.28.12	California Expands Pregnant Womens Rights
12.26.12	Returning Soldier’s Termination Upheld Under USERRA
12.21.12	Timing of Termination Alone Does Not Establish FMLA Violation
12.19.12	Pregnant Waitress Entitled To Work Sunday Football Shifts
12.17.12	Case of Who Owns Twitter Followers Reaches Settlement
12.14.12	The Justice Department Asserts Citizenship Status Discrimination By a Texas Farm
12.12.12	Honest Belief Not a Defense to Termination of Employee on Leave
12.10.12	Supreme Court Supports Arbitration
12.07.12	New Jersey: Employer Cannot Require Mandatory Alcohol Testing
12.05.12	Disclosure of Disability Not Always Violation of ADA Confidentiality
12.03.12	Social Media Postings as Evidence During Litigation
11.30.12	Minnesota: No Invasion of Privacy for Employer’s Facebook Post
11.29.12	November Newlsetter: California AB 1825 Sexual Harassment Training: Who, What, When, Where and How
11.27.12	Illinois: Employer Responsible for Invasion of Employee Privacy by Investigator
11.21.12	Two Pregnant Employees Fired Too Close Together Create Inference
11.20.12	Virginia Supreme Court: Supervisors Individually Liable
11.19.12	Caught in the Act: Facebook Photos Support Employee Termination
11.16.12	Laughing Employee Is Not a Defense to Later Claim of Harassment
11.15.12	NLRB Attempts to Clarify Position on At-Will Clauses
11.13.12	California: Date of Birth = Age Discrimination
11.12.12	Ginger McRae, Business Management Daily article
11.12.12	Six-year-old EEOC Charge in Illinois Allowed to Proceed
11.07.12	Cannot Penalize Dad For Bonding with Baby
11.05.12	EEOC Seeks to Protect Domestic Violence Victims From Discrimination
11.02.12	Illinois: Employee recording of Threatening Call Legal
11.01.12	OSHA and Mediation for Whistleblowers
10.29.12	Fry’s Settles Sex Harassment and Retaliation Claim for $2,3 Million
10.26.12	Collective Bargaining Agreement Trumps FMLA
10.25.12	October Newsletter: Workplace Violence Prevention: What’s Your Workplace Actually Doing About It?
10.24.12	Third Circuit Supports Broad EEOC Subpoena
10.22.12	Vegas Fun: Part of FMLA Leave
10.19.12	Race Harassment Continues in the Workplace
10.17.12	New Jersey: Written Notice Required
10.15.12	NLRB Upholds Employee’s Facebook Firing
10.12.12	NLRB Still Expanding: No Firing For Vulgar and Threatening Statements
10.10.12	Pregnancy Discrimination: EEOC’s New Focus
10.08.12	California Joins In: New Social Media Law
10.05.12	Drug Testing For Prescription Medications Tricky
10.03.12	NLRB Strikes Down Costco Social Media Policy
10.01.12	3.5 Million Dollar Punishment for Employer Who Failed to End Harassment
09.28.12	Medical Marijuana Law Did Not Protect Wal-Mart Employee
09.27.12	ADA Requires Reassignment to Vacant Positions
09.26.12	September Newsletter: 2012 NLRB Decisions Impacting Non-union Employers
09.24.12	California: Codified Protection For Religious Dress and Breastfeeding
09.21.12	Huge IRS Whistleblower Award
09.19.12	Even Unforeseen FMLA Leave Requires Notice
09.10.12	Desperate Housewives Actress Cannot Claim Wrongful Termination
09.29.11	Employer-Provided Cell Phones Not Taxable Income to Employees
07.20.11	Workplace Regulations Provide Relief to Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Moms
04.13.11	Wikepedia Recognizes May as National Clean Energy Month
04.11.11	Small Business Owner Discusses Serving the Client
11.17.10	Stephanie Davis takes 1st Place in HRCI's SBM Essay Contest
11.04.10	EPS President is a Finalist in the 2010 Strategic Business Management Essay Contest
08.24.10	What should be included in a sexual harassment policy?
08.20.10	What steps and procedures should employees take if they feel they are victims of sexual harassment?
05.06.10	Announcement: EPS Leadership Changes
05.04.10	What to Do When Investigation Implicates HR?
03.23.10	Some companies pressure employees to lobby legislators - The Denver Post
05.01.09	Flu Forces Tough Choices: When Should Businesses Close?

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