Archive for February, 2005

Employers falling off drug testing bandwagon

Monday, February 28th, 2005

HR and employment law, like fashion, can be somewhat faddish. For example, class actions were big, then they fizzled, and now they’re back.A recent story indicates that the drug testing craze, which was spreading like wildfire in the mid-to-late ’80’s, when I began practicing employment law, is now starting to fizzle.HR.BLR.com has the story, [...]

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EEOC demonstrates modest settlement value of many harassment cases

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

One would expect that the EEOC, which only chooses to litigate a limited number of cases each year, would choose those cases carefully.One would further expect that the EEOC would have access to superior information on the settlement value of discrimination cases.For these reasons, I always look at announced EEOC settlements as a guide to [...]

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Weekly HR/employment blogosphere roundup for February 28, 2005

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

This feature is continuing to be popular. For me, a nice weekend activity; hopefully for you, something to look forward to on Monday morning.Occasional forays into the outer blogosphere — far beyond the HR/Employment galaxy — may occur unexpectedly at times. Travel with me. . .Phillip Wilson, at Laboring Away at the Institute, has this: [...]

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The courthouse e-filing revolution; its impact on lawyers and law practice

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

I’m finally perusing my bloglines.com readings a bit more, catching up with some fine blogs and news sources I’ve neglected for a while.One such being Michael Arkfeld’s Digital Practice of Law (”A daily digest of cases, comments and practical references for applying technology to the practice of law and litigation support”)There I found a link [...]

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Handling Prayer Sessions In the Lunch Room and Other Tips for Avoiding Religious Discrimination

Friday, February 25th, 2005

As I noted in an earlier post, religious discrimination may be a much bigger issue in 2005 than in the past. Here is an interesting response to a small business owner who holds Bible study and prayer sessions at lunch hour on his company’s premises. The entire article is well worth the read, but I’ll [...]

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