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Beyond Print: Legal Issues
04/29/2010 - A worker who was terminated after she gave corporate investigators pertinent information bolstering a sexual harassment allegation brought by another woman against her boss has now been awarded $1.5 million by a Tennessee jury. The case had gone all the way to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the woman’s right to a retaliation claim.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
04/29/2010 - Corporations operating in global markets may not fully appreciate their duty of care to employees operating in those markets. A new white paper explores that responsibility from a legal, ethical, and cost-benefit perspective when employees travel and work abroad.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
04/29/2010 - New York City’s police commissioner does not have to consult the police union before changing the department’s drug testing methods, according to the state’s highest court. The commissioner plans to phase out the use of urinalysis and to begin using other methods including analyzing hair samples.
Daily Headline : Legal Issues
04/28/2010 - Egypt convicts Hezbollah-backed terrorists, the United Nations Security Council pushes for stronger action against pirates, and companies cut back on executive protection.
International: Legal Issues
04/27/2010 - Companies must be aware of their legal obligations to protect employees who are living or traveling abroad for business.
Daily Headline : Legal Issues
04/19/2010 - An attorney for a student who was surreptitiously photographed via a school-issued laptop has requested additional discovery after learning that the school took thousands of photos of other students.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
03/31/2010 - A company’s fear of workplace violence was a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for firing an employee who had been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, a federal district court has ruled.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
03/31/2010 - An employee can pursue her sexual harassment claim against her company even though she never reported the problem, a federal appeals court has ruled. The court ruled that because the employee’s supervisor took actions indicating that he knew about the harassment, he could not later claim ignorance.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
03/31/2010 - An employee who was fired for repeatedly violating her company’s overtime policy may not sue for religious discrimination, according to a federal appeals court. The employee, a conservative Christian, claimed that her employer took action against her because of her condemnation of homosexuals.
Daily Headline : Legal Issues
03/29/2010 - Lawmakers examined whether a decades-old wiretapping statute needs revision in light of a suburban Philadelphia high school that allegedly used a webcam to spy on a student.
Daily Headline : Legal Issues
03/09/2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a background screening case in which 28 contract employees claim that the government’s screening policy is too intrusive.
Legal Report: Legal Issues
02/26/2010 - A federal appeals court has ruled that an employee claiming she was fired for her traditional Christian beliefs may not sue her employer for discrimination. The employee repeatedly violated the company’s overtime policy, even after repeated warnings. The court ruled that the employee was fired for failing to meet the legitimate business expectations of her employer.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
02/26/2010 - The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act imposes new privacy requirements for businesses that access medical records. Two recent surveys (here and here) found that many affected by the act were still unprepared to comply.
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