Wednesday 17th March
Workplace News & Views, Edited by St. Louis Labor & Employment Lawyer George Lenard
Home » Archives
Unemployment Benefits Extension: Effective Counterweight to Slowing Economy?
Written on 31 Jul, 2008 at 6:30
On June 30, President Bush signed a $162 billion war spending bill that included a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits. Attaching this unemployment extension to entirely unrelated war spending sought by the White House was effective in getting the... (Continue reading)
Introducing New Intern, Andrew King
Written on 3 Jun, 2008 at 7:00
Greetings to all Blawg readers! I am Andrew King, and I am excited to be working with George on the Blawg over the next ten weeks. Like George's previous student-interns, I attend Hendrix College in Conway Arkansas.... (Continue reading)
Subscription
You can subscribe by RSS feed or by e-mail to receive news updates and breaking stories.
More Posts
- Tips for Entry Level Jobs & College Grads
- 5 Keys To Creating A Resume They’ll Remember
- Public Survey of Job Search and Career Sites Completed By US Department of Labor
- A Tale of Two Reference Check Responses — Liability for One, But Not the Other
- Negligent Hiring Claim: California Case Demonstrates Outer Limits to Liability
- “New Jobs for a New Decade” — NPR Series on Job Prospects for Business Sectors That Are Often Cited as Growth Areas
- Who’s Hiring Recent College Grads: Resources for Entry-Level Job Seekers
- Celebrating Six Years of Blogging — Law Blogs & How the Online World Has Changed (Part IV: More Thoughts for Blogging Lawyers & Bringing My Story Up To Date)
- Motoring With Your Career
- How’s Your Job Search Going?
- “Tell Me About Yourself”
The 25 Toughest Interview Questions (and Tips on How to Answer Them!) - Tough Job Interview Question: “What Is Your Greatest Weakness?”
Three Tips for Answering This One - Disparate TREATMENT vs. Disparate IMPACT
- The “Tell Me About Yourself” Interview Question: Answer It With a Memorable Story
- Job Interview Advice: How to Answer “Tell Me About Yourself” and Other Tough Job Interview Questions
- Pensions and Distributed Work: An Unlikely Pair of Trend-to-Watch Topics
- How to Write a Great Reference Letter
- Blawg Review #124; Labor Day Special Historical Edition
- HR Record Retention Requirements: Or, How Long Do We Have to Keep Those #$#%# Records ?
- Unemployment Benefits Extension: Effective Counterweight to Slowing Economy?
- * Select a Category *
- Administration
- Benefits
- Blogging
- Career and Job Search
- Employment Law
- Affirmative Action
- Age Discrimination
- Class Actions
- Disability Discrimination
- Discrimination (generally)
- Discrimination Proof and Evidence
- Equal Pay Act
- Family and Medical Leave
- Harassment
- Hiring
- Labor Law
- National Origin Discrimination
- Noncompete and Trade Secret
- Overtime
- Promotions
- Race Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Retaliation
- Sex Discrimination
- Supreme Court
- Termination
- Whistleblowers
- General
- Human Resources
- Humor
- Internet
- Labor Market
- Legal Profession and Practice
- Workplace Trends
- Writing
- The Career Clinic Offers Advice for Recession-Era Career-Changers
- Is Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Needed?
- Navigating the Intersection of Telecommuting and Wage-and-Hour Law
- Tips for Entry Level Jobs & College Grads
- Staying Afloat in a Sea of Sinking Markets: Help for Career Changes During Hard Times
- Recession Prompts More Brown Bag Lunches and Other Employee Spending Cutbacks
- Black History Month — Remembering Every Black Man and Woman’s Contributions, Part II — Refocusing Our View of History
- Fifty-Five or Over? We Want You — To Work
- Halloween in the Workplace? It Depends…
- Making a Resume: What to Do if You Make a Mistake