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	<description>Workplace News &#38; Views, Edited by St. Louis Labor &#38; Employment Lawyer George Lenard</description>
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		<title>Navigating the Intersection of Telecommuting and Wage-and-Hour Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Overtime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Telecommuting &#8212; Perk, Convenience, and Potential Legal Minefield
Many employers offer their employees the opportunity to work from home on either a regular or temporary basis. While the flexibility of a telecommuting arrangement can benefit both the employer and the employee, allowing a nonexempt employee to work at home can lead to a minefield of wage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the Federal Job Wave: Seven Myths About Federal Employment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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This guest post on the federal hiring frenzy and how to land federal jobs is by Lily Whiteman, author of How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job
 
Federal Job Openings Continue To Be Available
Who’s hiring all the time?  The federal government, that’s who.  Yes, no matter how bad the economy gets (and it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Prompts More Brown Bag Lunches and Other Employee Spending Cutbacks</title>
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		<comments>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/recession-prompts-more-brown-bag-lunches-and-other-employee-cutbacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Wolfe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career and Job Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Trends]]></category>

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Survey: &#8220;Vast Majority&#8221; of Workers Making Changes Due to Economy
From brown-bagging to (temporarily, we hope) giving up the quest for the job of their dreams, a survey by Vault.com shows that America&#8217;s workers are hunkering down and making both minor and major changes to their work lives and workday routines as a result of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Upholds Nonrenewal of Teacher Contract Over MySpace Activity</title>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/nonrenewal-of-teacher-contract-over-myspace-activity-upheld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Termination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Background
I have frequently written and spoken on legal issues relating to the use in employment decisions of applicant and employee Internet activity such as blogging and using social network sites. However, this is a novel legal issue, and as is usually the case with such issues, legal &#8220;experts&#8221; like myself have been forced to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Workplace Bullying Cause for Concern?</title>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/workplace-bullying-a-new-potential-liability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General HR Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harassment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Suggestions]]></category>

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When Bullies Grow Up
What happens to playground bullies who grow up to be workplace bullies? And what happens to the companies where they work? 
This is the focus of an article entitled &#8220;Workplace Bullying Suits on the Horizon.&#8221;
Successful Bullying Lawsuit and Proposed Legislation
According to the article, a workplace bully was forced to pay $325,000 after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day Impressions</title>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/election-day-impressions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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Election Day, November 4, 2008, I was on my feet for 13.5 hours at Riverview City Hall, in north St. Louis County.  I stood in a tiny polling room, behind the seated election judges in a two-foot deep space between their tables and the wall, observing the voting for the Democratic Party voter protection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will This National Election Jeopardize Workplace Elections?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Law]]></category>

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It would be ironic if this Presidential election &#8212; hailed by so many around the world (myself included) as a shining example of the strength and success of American democracy &#8212; resulted in a drastic reduction in long-established democratic electoral rights in the workplace.  But such a result is highly likely. 
President-elect Obama and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Career Clinic Offers Advice for Recession-Era Career-Changers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career and Job Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Change Careers? Find My Dream Job? In a Recession? In a Word &#8212; Yes
A recession might seem like a strange time to think about finally pursuing your dream job. You know &#8212; the thing or things you gave up as impractical when you chose that career as a banker, financial analyst, or middle manager. 
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recesssion Can Mean Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Wolfe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Outsourced HR]]></category>

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Fearing Fear Itself
Depending on whom you read, our country is either now in or is on it&#8217;s way to the deepest recession in decades. In other words, we are in a period of economic chaos, of shifting priorities and huge uncertainty.
Congratulations! Sound crazy? Well, put aside your understandable fears for a moment and think about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Political Endorsement</title>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/my-first-political-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Lenard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Outsourced HR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In its over five years of existence, this blog has never been about politics.  But there is a time for everything.  And now is the time for me to do one more thing to support the Presidential candidate of my choice: Senator Barack Obama.
I have voted for presidential candidates of both parties in [...]]]></description>
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