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Friday, November 06, 2009
A U.S. Congressman has introduced legislation that would require employers to provide paid sick leave to an employee if the employer tells the employee to leave work or stay home because he or she has symptoms of a contagious illness.
Several large employers in New York have received the vaccine for H1N1 flu (formerly known as swine flu), Businessweek reports.
Managers are often tempted to "sugar coat" the reasons when an employee is terminated for poor performance, particularly when hard economic times support the contention. But, according to attorney Allen M. Kato, a partner at the San Francisco firm of Fenwick & West, LLP, this could turn very sour if the employee is inclined to sue.
The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 percent in September to 10.2 percent October, the highest jobless rate since April 1983, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
President Barack Obama last week signed legislation that makes several changes to the family military leave provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Employers should act now to make the necessary changes.
Labor productivity increased at an annual rate of 9.5 percent during the third quarter of 2009, the largest gain in productivity since the third quarter of 2003, according a preliminary report by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit accusing an Arkansas-based trucking company of violating federal law by firing an employee after learning he was HIV-positive.
Voters in Maine have voted to repeal a law allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state.
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