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Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - The Texas Legislature has introduced a bill (S.B. 21) that would require owners, directors, and operators of daycare centers to submit their fingerprints for an FBI background check. Before being hired to work at a daycare center, all prospective employees must also undergo background checks. Employees may not work at the center until the check has been completed.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - An appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling in which a company that allowed an employee to keep religious material posted in her cubicle was not liable for religious discrimination.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - A federal appeals court has ruled that a casino violated National Labor Relations Board rules when it terminated an employee for theft even though the employee was guilty - she was also the sole union organizer at the site.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - An Indiana appellate court has struck down a $325,000 judgment granted to an employee who claimed his boss bullied him.
Legal Report: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - A security guard refused a date from a senior manager and sued the company for sexual harassment.
Legal Report: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - A company can be held liable for the discriminatory practices of a supervisor. In the case, an HR employee terminated an employee for missing work without permission.
Legal Report: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - The House Education and Labor Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing on H.R. 493, a bill that would outlaw genetic discrimination.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - Corporate rules against fraternizing at work can apply to social situations but not to unionizing activities.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - A company’s preemployment test, which was designed to measure the strength of job applicants, illegally discriminated against female candidates
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - Employees of a casino have the right to sue their employer after security guards physically restrained them during a union meeting held during a work break.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - Maine's high court has ruled that a company did not discriminate against a security guard when it refused to allow him to carry a firearm. The company decided not to arm the guard after several psychological evaluations. Reports on the evaluations noted that the guard was aggressive and short-tempered.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a construction company willfully violated safety regulations and must pay the fine imposed by the state of Nevada. The company failed to install safety equipment after numerous inspections.
Beyond Print: Hiring \ Employment Issues
08/10/2007 - Hawaii's high court has ruled that a company wrongfully fired an employee based solely on his prior criminal record. The court said that the conviction must have a relationship to the job.
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