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09/26/123 Things You Should Know - Expired I-9 Forms, Unemployment Discrimination, and the EEOC's Enforcement Agenda
08/21/12HRFix Acquires Background Check Company
07/23/12Are your Background Checks Compliant? - They Should Be - Part 2
07/11/123 Things You Should Know - EEOC Guidance on Background Checks, EEOC Seeks Complainants, & Tales from the HR Hotline "The Pocket Dial"
07/02/12Are your Background Checks Compliant? - They Should Be - Part 1
12/15/11News & Notes - Vol. 6: Minimum Wage Increases Taking Effect 1/1/12, HIPPA Launches Enforcement Program, & Rampant Wage and Hour Violations in Violations in Hospitality Industry
09/26/11News & Notes - Vol. 5: NLRB Requires Union Notice, DOL and IRS Partner Up, and State Mandated Paid Sick Leave
07/19/11Online Compliance Training Preview for American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) Training for Managers Part II
07/18/11Online Compliance Training Preview for American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) Training for Managers Part I
07/15/11Online Compliance Training Preview for Navigating ADA, FMLA, & Workers Comp
07/05/11Online Compliance Training Preview for FMLA Employee Rights & Responsibilities
06/14/11Online Compliance Training Preview for Scaffold Safety
06/14/11New Blog Posts at the HR Fix Blog
06/08/11Online Compliance Training Preview Hand & Power Tool Safety
06/08/11News & Notes - Volume 4: Paycheck Fairness Act is Back, What Laws Apply to Me, & City of Criminal Love
06/07/11Online Compliance Training Preview Hand & Power Tool Safety
05/25/11Management Training Strategies for Winning Unemployment Claims Training Preview
05/25/11Navigating ADA/FMLA/Worker's Comp Training Preview
05/24/11FLSA Training Preview - Stay Ahead of the "DOL" Curve
05/19/11The DOL Timesheet App - Who Really Benefits?
05/16/11HRFix's Navigating ADA/FMLA/Worker's Comp Training Preview
04/18/11The Return of SSN Mismatch Letters, Service Advisors No Longer Overtime Exempt, and HR Manager Sentenced
03/14/11HRFix News & Notes: Ad Agency Gender Discrimination Lawsuit, Movie Theaters fined for violating Child Labor Laws, and the 2012 Proposed Budget for the Department of Labor
02/02/11Closing Due to Inclement Weather? Check your Pay Policies!
01/19/11HRFix News & Notes: News IRS Mileage Rates, Record Year for the EEOC, and How to Avoid Immigration Issues
12/09/10HRFix BREAKING NEWS: Department of Labor To Partner with the American Bar Association
11/19/10HRFix News & Notes: Saturday Holiday Pay, Department of Labor's Prevent/Plan/Protect, and Owner & Manager Face Jail Time in Death of Employee
10/27/10HRFix News & Notes: Department of Labor Stepping Up Audits of Pay Practices, Proper Investigation Leads to Claims Dismissal, and EEOC's Record Year
10/14/10HRFix News & Notes: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Conducting Audits, Background Checks, and Health Care Reform Act
08/25/10HHS Releases Proposed Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules
08/17/10Updated Child Labor Regulations: Is Your Organization Keeping Up with the Kids?
08/16/10Federal Court Dismisses Wage & Hour Class Action, Citing Company's Compliance and Training
08/16/10Wage and Hour Classification Reviews Recommended in Anticipation of New FLSA Regulations
08/04/10DOL issues guidelines on break time requirements for nursing mothers
08/04/10Grandfathered status for your group health plans under health care reform: what is at stake?
08/04/10COBRA health continuation coverage subsidy extension
08/04/102d Circuit - Threatening Language May Support Claim of Hostile Environment, Even Without Sexual References
08/04/10Are You Saving On Wage Costs By "Rounding" Worktime?
08/04/10Despite Opposition, Obama Administration Will Urge Senate to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
07/16/10Government Cracks Down on Employee Misclassification
07/16/10Is Your Company Next? 10 Tips to Help Prepare for an ICE I-9 Audit
07/16/10Workplace Harassment And The First Amendment
07/16/10Is Weight Bias the Next Big Challenge in Discrimination Law?
07/16/10Beware the Meal Period Time-Bomb
07/16/10Are Established Meal Periods Of Under 30 Minutes FLSA "Hours Worked"?
07/02/10FMLA Covers Any Employee Who Assumes the Role of Caring for a Child
07/02/10Think you have the right of free speech in the office? You're making the classic fourth-grade mistake.
07/02/10Employer Has No Duty to Accommodate "Stressed" and "Anxious" Employee, Federal Appeals Court Rules
07/02/10What is Reasonable Accommodation Anyway?
07/02/10Social Networking Sites and Discovery - A Double-Edged Sword
07/02/10How to Stop Accessibility Lawsuits Before They Stop You
06/28/10US Department of Labor clarifies FMLA definition of "son and daughter"
06/28/10Obama Administration to Expand Family and Medical Leave to Same-Sex Parents, Other Non-"Traditional" Families
06/28/10Williams Institute Estimates Impact of New FMLA Ruling; 100,000 Children Affected
06/28/10Advisory-Unpaid Internships Pose Problems for Unwary Employers
06/13/10Quick Quiz: FLSA Overtime On Commissions
06/13/10Ohio Agency to Replace Drug-Free Workplace Program with Drug-Free Safety Program Effective July 1
06/13/10Spencer Reed Group to Settle EEOC Race and Age Discrimination Lawsuit
06/13/10New HIRE Act promises benefits for employers, workforce
04/27/10How a boss's Kwik-E-Mart trip cost $100K
04/27/10Change Exempt Status To Non-Exempt Status Without Violating The FLSA
04/27/10First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Flex-Time and a Baby Carriage
04/27/10New Immigration-Enforcement Law In Arizona May Have Far-Reaching Implications
04/27/10Wal-Mart Workers Can Sue as Group in Gender-Bias Case Over Pay
04/27/10Should CEOs Be Fluent in Social Media?
04/27/10Q&A with Charlie Plumb: Employers can take steps to quash union organizing
04/27/10Controversy shrouds Muslim women's head coverings
04/08/10Healthcare Reform: Here's What You Need To Know For 2011
04/08/10Employment Screening Check on Megan's Law Website Leads To Sexual Abuser's Lawsuit
04/08/10Top Ten `Hot` Topics in HR Law
04/08/10FMLA Update: Who Decides Whether The Employee Is Sick Enough For FMLA Leave?
04/08/10Jacqueline A. Berrien Becomes Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
04/08/10Chai Feldblum Sworn in as a Commissioner Of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
04/08/10ADA Update: Drunk Police Chief Not Protected By ADA
04/08/10Amid emotional testimony, bill targets workplace bullying
04/08/10How do I give a new employee a warm welcome?
03/30/10FLSA Now Requires Breastfeeding Breaks and a Place to Take Them
03/30/10Employee Discrimination Claims Hit Record High in 2009
03/30/10Wage Hour Report Business Not As Usual At Wage Hour Division
03/30/10Employers Should Be Cautious of New Decision Holding That Severance is Not "Wages" Subject to FICA
03/30/10Hire Act Signed Into Law
03/30/10Monica Faram: Facebook and jobs don't mix
03/30/10Overqualified? Yes, but Happy to Have a Job
03/30/10Iowa WARN Act Effective July 1
03/30/10Colorado Governor Signs Health Legislation
03/30/10DOL Takes the Next Step in Implementing President Obama's Executive Order Requiring Contractors to Hire Predecessor Employees
03/23/10Investigating Online Pornography Accessed On Company Computers
03/23/10Brace yourself: Health care reform passage will affect HR
03/23/10Senators Schumer and Graham Release Immigration Reform Framework
03/23/10Ninth Circuit Attempts to Navigate Through Commuting Time and Off-the-Clock Work Issues
03/23/10New FTC Guidelines hold employers responsible for on-line behavior of employees
03/23/10Third Circuit: Lay and Medical Evidence Sufficient to Show a "Serious Health Condition" Under FMLA
03/23/10More Men Make Harassment Claims
03/09/10Dispense employee medical information only to those who truly need to know
03/09/10Congress' employment law agenda: 7 key bills to watch closely
03/09/10Remind your managers: No comments on family planning
03/09/10Top 15 oddball interview questions of 2009
03/09/10Book Review: Forbidden Grounds - The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws by Richard A. Epstein
03/09/10OSHA's Ergonomics Fight Rejoined
03/08/10COBRA extension approved: Here's the fine print
03/08/10House OKs tax credits for hiring: What's next?
03/08/10ERISA Strategist Department of Labor Issues New Reporting Requirements for Multiemployer Plans
03/04/10Document Retention Vs. Document Creation: Which Is More Important?
03/04/10States may ban credit checks on job applicants
03/04/10Government Contracts: Look Before You Leap!
03/04/10Second Circuit Dismisses ADA and FMLA Claims
03/04/10Having It Your Way
03/04/10Changes to Solicitation and Distribution Rule Requirements on the Horizon?
03/04/10New Oregon Law Prohibits Most Employment Credit Checks
03/04/10Still With Obama, but Worried
03/04/10Social media raise red flags for employers
03/04/10Wal-Mart to pay $11.7 million in EEOC gender bias suit
03/04/10"Plan B" For Card Check Falls Short
03/04/10US Labor Department releases state-by-state figures on number of Americans who stand to lose unemployment benefits without congressional extension of program
02/19/10EEOC Proposes New Factors to Evaluate Defense in Age Discrimination Lawsuits
02/19/10Obama Cracks Down on Use of Contractors
02/19/10The Ever Evolving Definition of Sexual Harassment
02/9/10The Risk of Automatically Terminating Employees After Leave Expires
02/09/10Senate to vote on bill prohibiting sexual identity discrimination
02/09/10Do Exempt Employees Have to Be Paid for Snow Days?
02/09/10The Big Picture Behind the Numbers - New EEOC Data Continues a Heightened Trend
02/09/10GINA's Impact on Employers: Pink Ribbons and Yellow Bracelets
02/09/10Union-Backed Nominee Blocked in Senate
02/01/10FMLA's administrative complexities create challenges for employers
02/01/10Another Reason Employers Need a Social-Media Policy: New FTC Regulations
02/01/10OSHA Recordkeeping Summary Must Be Posted By February 1 And Is More Important Than Ever
02/01/10State E-Verify and I-9 Laws - 2010 Updates
02/01/10In honor of Lilly, take action now to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
02/01/10Obama Tax Credits Aimed at Small-Business Hiring
01/28/10Adult company must pay $500,000 for harassment
01/28/10OSHA releases workplace injury and illness data
01/28/10Tennesee woman awarded $1.5M for wrongful firing
01/28/10New Jersey man files $3 million lawsuit after receiving unwelcome sexual offers from co-workers
01/28/10Oregon Law Bars Employers' Mandatory Meetings on Unionization, Requires Posting of Notice
01/28/10Employer's Discriminatory and Overbroad Restrictions on Union Activity Violate NLRA, Court Rules
01/27/108th Circuit - Adverse Employment Action Based on Gender-Related Non-Conforming Behavior and Appearance is Impermissible
01/26/10More Claims, Bigger Exposures Likely For Employers in 2010
01/26/10HR's Oral Representations Trump Summary Plan Description
01/26/10Legal Alert: Eleventh Circuit Finds that Job Applicant Need Not Be Disabled Under the ADA to Sue for Prohibited Pre-Offer Medical Inquiry
01/26/10The Evolving Federal Family and Medical Leave Act: 2010 NDAA Amendments
01/26/10Employee Fraud
01/26/10OSHA Begins Its National Emphasis Program on Recordkeeping
01/26/10"Tomboyish" clerk can challenge firing under Title VII
01/26/10Tenn. Woman Awarded $1.5M for Wrongful Firing
01/13/10Discrimination Charges Filed With EEOC Remain at Record Levels
01/13/10Employee background screenings up dramatically
01/13/10Four Legal Pitfalls Loom in 2010
01/13/10Example of Electronic Discovery in Employment Law
01/13/10Workplace discrimination complaints remain at high levels in Texas, U.S.
01/13/10West Texas Cap Maker Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
01/05/102d Circuit - Attendance at Work is an Essential Function of the Job in Most Instances
01/05/10"More Energetic Person" Comment May Prove Costly
01/05/10Handbook/Policy Reviews - A Labor Law Necessity