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Here are articles on hot employment law issues that effect managers and supervisors in everyday work situations for your ongoing learning. To search by specific workplace issues, we have also organized these articles into a list of FAQs.
Posted 02-17-2014 The opening of a recent federal appeals court opinion is startling: “The facts of this case should greatly concern every taxpaying citizen of the [...]
Posted 01-08-2014 Happy 2014 from all of us at Fair Measures! The new year has brought with it a number of important employment law changes [...]
Posted 12-06-2013 One of the enjoyable things about being an employment lawyer is reading court opinions describing people acting oddly. Here’s one of the oddest: [...]
Posted 11-06-2013 Employees are eligible for various job-protected leaves of absence, as provided by federal and state laws. Reasons for leaves include but are not [...]
Posted 10-07-2013 Managers and supervisors learn that state and federal discrimination law requires them to explore a reasonable accommodation for disabled employees to enable them [...]
Posted 09-09-2013 One of the big issues facing employers today is: when can we discipline an employee for comments on social media sites? A very [...]
Posted 08-05-2013 Once again, we are reminded that analysis of a disability accommodation request must involve an interactive process with the employee, an individualized decision [...]
Posted 07-08-2013 The final week of June is usually busy at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices hurry to finish their opinions before July [...]
Posted 06-12-2013 Any day now, a decision is expected from the United States Supreme Court which may have wide-ranging implications for the exposure of employers [...]
Posted 05-09-2013 Some employers say that their workers are independent contractors, thereby dodging responsibility for providing benefits and paying taxes. But unless those workers are [...]