Attorney Liz Overton has an excellent post on the need to carefully prepare job descriptions for small businesses over on Sullivan & Ward’s Iowa Law Blog.
I encourage you to check it out.
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Wage & Hour Litigation on the Rise
By Rush Nigut on
Shanti Atkins of the Compliance Training Blog has an interesting blog post about the crippling trend of wage and hour litigation. The post references a recent BusinessWeek article discussing how plaintiffs’ employment lawyers are "printing" money with wage and hour cases. One of the plaintiff’s lawyers is quoted as saying,
"I can hit a company
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Could the Knicks Have Avoided Sexual Harassment Claims?
By Rush Nigut on
A federal court jury in New York says Isiah Thomas and the New York Knicks are liable for the sexual harassment of a former female executive. The jury found the former employee was subjected to unwanted sexual advances and verbal insults. A retaliation claim also was alleged. While Isiah Thomas still maintains his innocence and vows…