To avoid lawsuits, or threats of law suits, managers need to know the basics about labor law -- enough to protect them from poor practices and decisions. Here you'll find employment law information.
By HR Soapbox - Alexander Hamilton Institute
- Let me be the first to admit that the subject of "refrigerators"
doesn't seem like typical grist for a workplace issues column.
But bear with me on this. For one thing, there was a legal case
several years ago that I vaguely remember in which...
(Added: 5-Aug-2003 Hits: 68
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By NA
- Sexual harassment lawsuits are a growing threat to companies. Kari Fischer Uman, a senior associate with Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates, offers these suggestions to companies who want to address and prevent the problem:
(Added: 15-Oct-2002 Hits: 102
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By Personnel Legal Alert - Alexander Hamilton Institute
- Very few courts have tossed in their two cents on the question of whether employees can bring hostile environment claims based on age. Which means that most courts...
(Added: 18-Apr-2002 Hits: 100
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By lectriclaw
- An employee, by the very nature of the employment relationship, must be
subject to some level of monitoring by the employer. However, this
monitoring has limits. Courts have held that it is a tortuous invasion
of privacy for an employer to monitor employee telephone conversions.
Similarly, mail carried through the U.S. postal service is granted a
high level of protection.
(Added: 14-Nov-2000 Hits: 162
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By Christina Morfeld
- This article presents practical tips for ensuring that workers are appropriately classified as either employees or independent contractors.
(Added: 14-Sep-2002 Hits: 108
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