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The federal government has launched a new initiative aimed at cracking down on discriminatory hiring practices. According to this law.com article that is exactly what happened to Walgreen Co. when the EEOC decided to file a class action against the company for alleged discrimination against African-American workers.
The initiative is called E-RACE (Eradicating Racism and…
Problem: You need to train your existing employees on new manufacturing techniques but you don’t have the necessary funds to complete it.
Solution: Consider a grant under the Iowa Jobs Training Program (260F) through the Des Moines Area Community College Business Resources. A client recently obtained this grant to train his employees. He…
An excellent post from Shanti Atkins of the Harassment Training Blog reminds us that employment law is always changing and evolving. What was hot 10 years ago is not necessarily hot today. Is your training centered on trends from the past?
Shanti points out that pregnancy discrimination and national origin / race cases are on…
Some time ago I wrote about Seven Considerations Before Starting Your Business Blog. In the post I included some sample blogging policies from several tech savvy firms. But Jay Shepherd of Gruntled Employees blog recommends a two-word business blogging policy:
"Be professional".
Why use 59 words when two will do? Well said, Jay.
Employment Law Colorado blog has an interesting blog post on a former employee suing IBM for his Internet addiction. The lawsuit is based upon a claim that IBM violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Although many bloggers’ spouses may disagree, Internet addiction is not currently recognized as a true addiction.
This Findlaw article examines…
Iowa patent and information technology lawyer Brett Trout recently completed his series of posts on the new federal rules concerning electronic discovery. Brett and I also recently completed a podcast interview discussing the new electronic discovery rules. I encourage you to check it out. Brett has a lot of great information to share on…
The Iowa legislature is now considering amendments to Iowa’s right-to-work law. This is a hot button political issue – the merits of which I am not discussing in this blog post. What I am addressing is the confusion many people express over the Iowa right-to-work law. Many individuals confuse the law with the belief that…
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear an important employment discrimination case in which a Coca-Cola bottling company fired a black employee. The case involves allegations that a supervisor was motivated by racial bias and influenced a human resources manager to fire the worker. The human resources person was located elsewhere and did not…
I ran across an excellent article by employment law litigator Jason Storipan of Stark & Stark on issues involving electronic discovery and employment law. Storipan cautions that employers must be aware and plan for the new electronic discovery rules:
". . . [e]mployment law is an area of the law that the increases in
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled there is no private right of action for violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). To this point, every federal district court that has decided the issue has also ruled no private right of action exists. No other federal circuit court has decided…