The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision permitting a worker who was fired after answering questions during an internal sex harassment inquiry to pursue a Title VII claim has the defense and plaintiffs’ bars divided over its impact. While some employment ...
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In an age where it seems like almost everyone is expressing his personal thoughts on blogs, on social networking sites and in website comment sections, it’s essential that employers have policies governing their employees’ personal online activities. “I would be ...
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To stay afloat in tough economic times, many in-house legal departments are under pressure to “do more with less,” as one legal expert puts it. Seventy-five percent of corporate law departments across the country are seeing considerable cutbacks this year, ...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission last November proposed a road map leading to the possible mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (or IFRS) for all reporting U.S. issuers. Not many things could be more revolutionary than a complete revision ...
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Expert Opinion offers the insights of management specialists on a variety of topics related to the administration of a law office. Can you name one attribute shared by Jesus Christ, James Dean, Miles Davis, Athene and Drew Bledsoe? If a ...
Read More »Companies need to take heed of new Fair Pay Act
Pay discrimination has become a hot topic in Washington. President Obama recently signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which relaxes the statute of limitations for pay discrimination claims. The Senate is also considering another bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act, ...
Read More »Multi-step approach to Family Leave Act compliance
New regulations under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., went into effect in mid-January. While the changes are much too numerous to summarize here (they take up 207 pages in the Federal Register ...
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