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• Sending female intern’s horror-film clip to local law firms gets ex-partner suspended for 3 years

  
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  A former partner of a well-known Indiana law firm has been suspended from practice for three years for persuading his paralegal to impersonate the managing partner and send an email attaching a horror-film clip in which a future female attorney seemingly was onscreen in a state of undress. Arthur J.…
  4 days ago

• Employers must use the revised federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) after May 7, 2013.

  
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  The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, advises employers that after May 7, 2013*only the newly revised federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9)** may be used New York State Department of Civil Service has added Advisory...
  5 days ago

• Debenhams backs fair treatment of models

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Retailers decision to adhere to code of conduct over models working conditions comes after Vogue signed 10-point plan Debenhams has become the first high street retailer to sign up to a new code of conduct for working conditions for models, with the chief executive, Michael Sharp, calling on others to follow suit. ...
  6 days ago

• How to legally question a staffer’s disability accommodation request

  
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  What should you do if you doubt an employee’s need for a disability accommodation? You have several options — as long as you don’t do what this company did. April Rodriguez, a 34-year-old mother of four, worked as a customer service representative for a waste disposal company. She asked her company for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Persistent Questions About Withheld Funds Led To Retaliatory Firing Explains Chicago Employment Lawyer

  
  Law Firm Newswire — Authority: 148
  Chicago, IL ( Law Firm Newswire ) May 9, 2013 - The law allows a worker to sue an employer for improperly using funds earmarked for ERISA benefits. “ George v. Junior Achievement, No. 11-3291, 7th Cir., 2012 raises an issue that is quite important to note,” stated Timothy Coffey, a Chicago employment lawyer ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spiritual Attraction Marketing: Are You Willing to Reveal Yourself to Attract Your Tribe?

  
  Law of Attraction coaching by Andrea Conway — Authority: 107
  Posted by Andrea Conway Law of Attraction coach for small business success When SuccessfulSelfEmployment.com launched in early 2002, I felt apprehensive. My real name, photo, and contact information were on the site for the entire world to see. Then there was my message: you can attract business success by connecting ...
  2 weeks ago

• No, You Cant Force Your Employees to Be Scientologists

  
  Lowering the Bar — Authority: 606
  So says the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in this press release , describing a lawsuit it filed today (May 9) against a Miami company. According to the EEOC, the company required employees to take Scientology courses and engage in a variety of  scientological   Scientologish   scientary stupid ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cahill steps down in Rutgers probe due to local counsel conflict, is replaced by Skadden

  
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  Last month, Cahill Gordon & Reindel was hired by Rutgers University to conduct an independent review of the schools handling of the suspension and firing of former mens basketball coach Mike Rice. But on Friday, after discovering a conflict, Cahill stepped down from the representation and has been replaced by…
  2 weeks ago

• Sidewalk Fall Compensable

  
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  The Court of Appeals affirms the commission decision holding compensable employee’s fall on an icy sidewalk outside the main entrance to her employer’s building:  the commission correctly applied the extended premises doctrine. Nurse worked for employer over 15 years.  One day in January, she fell on ice on a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Social Media in the Workplace: 6 Tips Regarding Non-Solicitation Agreements

  
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  Companies want to protect their assets, including their trade secrets, their client/customer lists, and the company’s most important asset:  its own workforce.  Companies invest significant resources to on-board new employees, put them through orientations, training sessions, retreats, and of course, provide them ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rewriting the Employee Handbook for Social Media

  
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  As a former HR professional, before practicing law, I can recall when employee handbooks were largely a creative writing exercise. Employers penned work rules that fit their business, and so long as they were applied consistently and without regard to the employee’s race, age, religion and the like, they were ...
  2 weeks ago

• Justices Will Not Review Ruling Shielding Retirees Health Care Benefits

  
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  Denying a packaging firms petition for review, the U.S. Supreme Court recently denied cert to a case which held that retirees of a Michigan plant are vested with lifetime, employer-paid health care insurance for themselves and their spouses ( Menasha...
  2 weeks ago

• Another Attack on Public Unions: New California Case to Test Public Unions Ability to Collect Dues

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 483
  Thanks to Charlotte Garden (Seattle) for passing on this interesting and under-reported story about a new case just filed in California which has the potential to drastically change the way public unions operate in that state. The case is Friedrichs...
  2 weeks ago

• Interesting Whistleblower Decision from Michigan Supreme Court

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 483
  Thanks to Sam Bagenstos (Michigan) for passing on this recent whistleblower decision, Whitman v. City of Burton, from the Michigan Supreme Court. Here is the summary from Justia.com (opinion also included at this link): Plaintiff Bruce Whitman had been employed...
  2 weeks ago

• City Worker’s USERRA Claim Too Late

  
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  A chief warrant officer in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves, who left his job as a municipal waste manager for periods of active service with the Coast Guard, waited too long to file his suit under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and the 4th Circuit affirms the district court decision ...
  2 weeks ago

• State employee partner benefits in Michigan still viable

  
  hunter of justice — Authority: 115
  By not accepting review in a case, the Michigan Supreme Court has in effect allowed public employee partner benefits to remain in force, despite the decision by voters in 2004 to adopt a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and "similar unions." Earlier this year, an intermediate appellate court ...
  2 weeks ago

• 6 more lawyers to exit Ogletree for Littler, join ex-partner who sent ‘scathing’ email to Ogletree

  
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  After an unusual high-profile dispute between a former partner of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart and the firm, another six lawyers are expected to leave the international labor and employment boutique Monday to join competitor Littler Mendelson, their new firm has announced. Within the last two weeks, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Immigration Attorney Joins Top Atlanta Immigration Law Firm

  
  Law Firm Newswire — Authority: 148
  Atlanta, GA ( Law Firm Newswire ) May 6, 2013 - Atlanta immigration law firm Siskind Susser Immigration Lawyers is pleased to announce that immigration attorney Zulma P. López has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Zulma joins to assist our Atlanta immigration law firm’s clients in family and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Online Resources: BNA Workplace Immigration Report

  
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  If you are looking for a publication that provides workplace immigration news, expert analysis, federal and state legislation and regulations, as well as immigration enforcement actions, try Workplace Immigration Report (BNA).  Dates of coverage are from October 22, 2007 to the present. To access the Workplace ...
  2 weeks ago

• I’m Featured in M.O.com

  
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  On 5/2, I was featured in M.O.com , modus operandi or method of operating. MO.com interviews & features entrepreneurs across all industries & from around the world. They focus on entrepreneurship & what makes entrepreneurs tick.  My profile is available here & below. Thanks to everyone at ...
  2 weeks ago

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