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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has posted extensive new data from the EEO-1 survey on job patterns in the private sector.
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The number of people who worked at home increased from about 9.5 million in 1999 to about 11.3 million in 2005, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly half of these home workers had college degrees and nearly half of them earned $75,000 a year or more.
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Given the broader definition of “disability” included in the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance, education is employers’ main line of defense against disability-related claims, according to Janine Yancey, J.D., SPHR.
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Is an employee who received workers’ compensation benefits from his employer still entitled to those benefits after he is fired for conduct unrelated to the injury?
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Both California and federal law require employers to accommodate disabled employees, unless doing so would be an unreasonable burden on the employer’s business. Not providing an accommodation when it would be reasonable to do so can result in expensive and time-consuming litigation. So can failing to make sure disabled employees are accommodated consistently, every single day—as one employer recently learned the hard way.
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A new reality show based in the workplace will make its premiere after the Super Bowl ends Sunday night. In “Undercover Boss,” top executives will anonymously take on entry-level positions at their organization and, in the process, gain “eye-opening perspectives” on how their decisions impact rank and file workers.
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State lawmakers in Idaho are mulling legislation that would prohibit a requirement for individuals to have healthcare insurance.
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