Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed a bill today expanding housing and civil rights protections to the LGBT community.  In signing the bill Governor Culver said,

“It is unacceptable that members of the LGBT community are denied the same protections as every other Iowan, and that is why I made a promise to do whatever necessary

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Many employers today are conducting do-it-yourself background checks by surfing search engines and other social network sites such as Faceboook and MySpace.  I have discussed the risks and liabilities of utilizing such background checks in the past.

Another reason to be careful before using search engines or social network sites is "cyber slamming".  It occurs…

Earlier this week Larry McLellan and I spoke to a group of clients concerning employment law.  Larry gave a fascinating talk on conflict in the workplace.  I took two main things away from Larry’s talk.  First, not all conflict is negative.  There can be constructive conflict in the workplace.  Second, people who have good conflict…