Earlier this week, I urged you, my readers, to take a stand against the Paycheck Fairness Act by calling or emailing your Senators and expressing your opposition to this bill. The following bloggers share my concerns (albeit some more than others):
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Read This Before You Decide on Paycheck Fairness Act – from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer
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One last push for the misnamed Paycheck Fairness Act – from Carter Wood at PointOfLaw Forum
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Paycheck Fairness Act Poised for Passage – from Ann Bares at Compensation Force
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Paycheck Fairness Act: You Decide Is This Necessary? – from Michael Haberman’s HR Observations
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Labor Secretary and Lilly Ledbetter Push for Paycheck Fairness Act – from Shopfloor.org
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A Late Addition to the Roster: Paycheck Fairness Act Finally Appears in the Senate – from Employment Class Action Blog
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Fair Pay Isn’t Always Equal Pay – from Christina Hoff Sommers at the New York Times
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Unfair “Paycheck Fairness Act” shafts workers with dangerous jobs; equal pay for unequal work – from Hans Bader at DC SCOTUS Examiner
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“Wage Discrimination Touches Everyone,” Says Lilly Ledbetter – from BLR
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
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Italian-Americans choose the wrong causes – from Rob Schwartz’s Fairness Matters
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Dissecting the EEOC’s Position on Criminal Background Checks – from employeescreenIQ Blog
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Muslims Report Rising Discrimination at Work – from Steven Greenhouse at the New York Times
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McDonnell Douglas Bites the Dust in Tennessee – from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer
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Many Types of Evidence Help Prove a Discrimination Case – from Tom Crane’s San Antonio Employment Law Blog
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Tenth Circuit Decides Important Age Discrimination Case – from Today’s Workplace
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Should Employers Try More Cases Before Juries? – from Patrick Smith’s Iowa Employment Law Blog
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The Internet - The Next Frontier for the ADA: Will Your Website Comply? – from Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog
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Harassment complaints: Don’t let your corrective action be the tree falling in the woods – from Sindy Warren at the Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog
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Caution: Improper Harassment Investigations Can Result in a Hostile Work Environment Claim – from Wyatt Employment Law Report
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Employee Sues, Settles, Gets Rehired – from Workplace Prof Blog
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Plaintiff failed to show that Facebook pics supported hostile workplace claim – from Evan Brown’s Internet Cases
Wage & Hour
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The FMLA Connection (in Connecticut) to Organ Donors and How Employers Can Help – from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
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Tougher regulations and penalties when employing minors – from Employment Law Bits
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OSHA’s Applicability to NFL – from The Word on Employment Law with John Phillips
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NDAA 2011 to Amend USERRA to Permit 2 Weeks of Annual Leave for Family of Deployed Members of the Uniformed Service – from The FMLA Blog
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Seventh Circuit Clarifies Overtime Damages For Misclassified Employees – from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
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Failure to Follow Employer’s Leave Procedures Dooms FMLA Claim – from FMLA Insights
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Congress Proposes Additional Independent Contractor Legislation: “The Fair Playing Field Act” Receives Strong Support From White House – from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
Employee Relations
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B is for Bully – from Victoria Pynchon’s Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
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Why You’re More Likely Than Ever to be Held Hostage Over That Office Romance – from Kris Dunn’s The HR Capitalist
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Employee privacy: Audit uncovers on-the-job sexting – from Stephen Meyer’s HR Cafe
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Superbug Reminds Employers to Get a Pandemic Policy – from Delaware Employment Law Blog
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They Know Who You (and your employees) Are! – from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Agreements
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Eight Reasons Small Businesses Should Use Non-Compete Agreements – from Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
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Noncompete Agreements: Stopping Former Employee From Soliciting May Not Protect Business – from Rush Nigut’s Rush on Business
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Protecting your business from an employee departure - the IT response – from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
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Why Should I Be Concerned If Only One of My Sales Managers has Signed the Company Noncompete/Confidentiality Agreement? – from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
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