The best advice of the week comes from BLR’s HR Daily Advisors, which recommends that companies could save thousands by merely spending a few minutes with their employment lawyer. Here’s the rest of the best I read this week.
Big Verdicts
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Ohio MDV for Disability, Race, FMLA and Retaliation – from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer
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$2 Million Dollar Consent Decree Against Tire Chain - What Lessons Learned for Employers? – from World of Work
Discrimination
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Employers watch out – There are new sheriffs in town – from Local Tech Wire
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Framing Discrimination Claims – from Compensation Today
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Hostile Work Environment – Single Incident of Harassment – from Fitzpatrick on Employment Law
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Can You Fire an Employee for Threatening Suicide? – from Mindy Chapman’s Case In Point
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Attention Shoppers: Blacks Get Out – from The Word on Employment Law with John Phillips (who launched a new website this week).
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Baseball scandal prompts thoughts on zero tolerance policies in the workplace – from Work Matters
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Could This Be News? Employee Fired Because She Was Too Old And Too Expensive Has Right To Age Discrimination Trial – from Workplace Fairness
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Why Employment Attorneys Should Care About Statistics – from Stephanie R. Thomas
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Use Caution When Accommodating a Disability – from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
Labor Law
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Identifying quorum requirements for the National Labor Relations Board – from SCOTUSblog
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Update of Union Activity – from Michael Haberman’s HR Observations
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Teamsters and Tea Party Activists: Kindred Spirits? – from LaborUnionReport.com
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Misclassifying Employees As “Managers”: The Wrong Way To Save A Dollar – from Overtime Advisor
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It's Baaack: Paycheck Fairness Act Returns to Capitol Hill – from Ann Bares at Compensation Force
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Employer Liability for Employee’s Internet Misconduct – Or When Surfing the Web can Wipe out your Business – from Defending The Digital Workplace
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The two best statements delivered Thursday in Congress – from PointOfLaw Forum
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