Archive for July, 2005
Happy Birthday, ADA….And Many, Many More!
As pointed out in this AHI article, the ADA law was signed by George Bush on July 26, 1990, thus we are coming up to the 15th birthday of the law.
While there is much to say about this law that is of interest, I don’t have that much time. But, I did find this interesting [...]
Quoted expert agrees with George: Calif. harassment case is out of mainstream
See my comment to this post by Michael.
HR.BLR.com has a story on the case that quotes William C. Quackenbush, “an employment law expert”:
The courts that have considered it have previously rejected this concept in California, and most federal courts likewise have rejected paramour favoritism as being a basis for a claim.
“CA Court Expands Definition [...]
Gettin’ Rich in 2006: Crystal Ball Views On Compensation Increases in 2006
With the start of 2006 about 164 days away from us, the experts are already making predictions about compensation trends for next year. The latest predictions come from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, who predict that raises will average about
3.6% next year, about what they were in 2005. In addition, compared to 2002, when 16% [...]
Rehnquist’s plight: when lawyers, journalists, and other logophiles hang on your every word
Word of the day: logophile.
I got a kick out of a logophiliac article that begins:
Three sentences. That was all it took for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on Thursday night to calm an entire city by indicating he was not about to announce his retirement. The brief statement instantly reoriented the discussion of Supreme Court vacancies [...]
Photo credits; confessions of a flickr voyeur
Hurrying to get Blawg Review #15 to press, I cut corners by delaying inclusion of my usual photo credits, which link to the flickr pages of the talented photographers. They are now at the bottom of that post, and also here:
Photo Credits (top to bottom): sooz, dotpolka/Caroline Härdter, mrebert, cobalt123, zenia, cobalt123, Esteban Cavrico, [...]