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Legal Report: Hiring \ Employment Issues
09/12/2007 - A federal appeals court has refused to overrule a union grievance board’s decision to reinstate a pilot after he was fired after violating workplace violence rules. The court noted that the pilot’s actions, shooting a gun at a DVD containing a union agreement and then distributing a video of the shooting, was a political statement, not an act of violence. (NetJets Aviation, Inc., v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 063851, 2007)
Legal Report: Hiring \ Employment Issues
09/12/2007 - The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a bill (H.B. 6297) that would allow employers to conduct random drug tests on certain employees. Under the bill, tests could be required of those in aviation, public safety, and homeland security positions.
Legal Report: Personnel Protection
09/12/2007 - A bill (S.B. 1035) under consideration in the Oregon Senate would outlaw workplace bullying. Under the bill, bullying includes derogatory remarks, insults, threatening physical contact, and gratuitous sabotage or undermining an employee’s work performance.
Legal Report: ID issues \ Identity Theft
09/12/2007 - A bill (S. 495) designed to prevent identity theft has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and will now be taken up by the full Senate.
Legal Report: Terrorism
09/12/2007 - A bill (H.R. 1) that will implement the remaining recommendations of the 9/11 Commission has been passed by Congress and was expected to be signed into law by the President at press time.
Legal Report: Legal Issues
09/12/2007 - A court rules that a business owner should have increased security because of gangs on his property. Plus, legislation on identity theft, aviation security, and discrimination.
Legal Report: Workplace Violence
09/12/2007 - The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was fired for joking about workplace violence is not entitled to unemployment benefits. Such benefits can be denied under state law if a worker was fired for misconduct. The employee, who had worked at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel for 22 years, was fired after she jokingly placed her hands around a coworker’s neck. (Medeiros v. Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Supreme Court, No. 24318, 2005)
Legal Report: Hiring \ Employment Issues
09/12/2007 - A New Jersey court has ruled that an employer who chooses to give references on former employees can be held liable for misleading or incomplete information given on those references. In the case, Marsha Singer was fired after her previous employer lied about her job title, calling her a customer service representative when she was actually vice president of operations. (Singer v. Beach Trading, Superior Court of New Jersey, No. A-1617-04T5, 2005)
Legal Report: Legal Issues
09/12/2007 - A federal appeals court has ruled that a woman suing her former employer for sex and pregnancy discrimination may pursue her claim even though the company replaced her with another female employee. The employee, ruled the court, need not show that she was replaced by a male employee to establish a case of sex discrimination, previously a requirement under case law. (Miles v. Dell, Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 04-2500, 2005)
Legal Report: ID issues \ Identity Theft
09/12/2007 - A new law (formerly H.B. 6191) in Rhode Island will require that any business that owns or licenses computerized, unencrypted information on customers implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect information.
Legal Report: Airport Security
09/12/2007 - A bill (H.R. 4439) introduced by Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) would overhaul the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to increase aviation security.
Legal Report: Legislation
09/12/2007 - The House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill (H.R. 4437) that is designed to strengthen border security. The House of Representatives has agreed to consider the measure.
Legal Report: ID issues \ Identity Theft
09/12/2007 - A bill (S. 1789) introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and designed to thwart identity theft has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate has agreed to consider the measure.
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