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Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a premier provider of background checks and drug testing based in the San Francisco area, will present an online webinar – “Legal Risks of Social Network Sites and Employee Screening” – with the Northern Californ... More...

By: Melissa Fleischer, Esq. President and Founder HR Learning Center LLC A hot topic for employers right now is keeping up with all the new technology and creating policies and practices to ensure lawful compliance with the emplo... More...

Your list of "Things not to do from my work computer" should already include at least these items: 1. Look at porn. 2. Send off-color jokes to co-workers and friends 3. Download/install executable files 4. Look for another job A re... More...

Reports of identity theft — one of the nation’s fastest growing financial crimes — continue to make headline news. Articles like “Worker Charged in Hospital File Thefts”1 and “Employment Records Prove Ripe Source f... More...

By: Susan Reece, PhD and Andrea Chilcote When my tennis coach tells me that I didn’t follow through on my swing, I ask myself how the ball “knows.” The trajectory of the ball is influenced by all of the nuances of my stance, appr... More...

Excerpted from Mississippi Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. Unemployment rates have skyrocketed, many companies have downsized or implemented hiring freezes, and everyone seems... More...

It has long been a public policy of the State of New York to prohibit “unfair discrimination against persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.”1 To help facilitate the reintegration of convicted criminals into the wor... More...

"Here in the United States of America, we have no meaningful program of drug testing for commercial truck drivers, none." - Peter A. DeFazio Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways & Transit 2007 Most corporations curren... More...

Co-authored by Tim Verrall and Marian Waldmann On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA or the "Act).4 GINA prohibits employers and group health plans from discriminating on the... More...

Co-authored by Tim Verrall and Marian Waldmann On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA or the "Act).4 GINA prohibits employers and group health plans from discriminating on the... More...

There's been an ongoing debate on whether drug testing helps prevent drug use and workplace accidents. Today, the vast majority of employers engage in drug testing for new hires, "reasonable suspicion incidents," and when required by the Department o... More...

Excerpted from Colorado Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Holland & Hart LLP It has become almost commonplace to hear that a government agency or private corporation has been the victim of a data security breach.... More...

Excerpted from Indiana Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Baker & Daniels An employer that needs to verify a worker's employment eligibility gathers the required proof of identity and employment eligibility from t... More...

Excerpted from Montana Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Holland & Hart LLP Employers have a lot of questions from employers about personnel files. The most frequently asked one is, "What should they include, and... More...

Did you ever wonder what would happen if you accidentally shut down your computer without saving your work? Has your computer ever made that decision for you? In the modern workplace, chances are that you've had one or both happen to you, probably ev... More...

The amount of information that enterprises create and store is growing at an alarming rate. In order to derive business value from this data and gain competitive advantage, decision makers must aggressively manage enterprise information and develop p... More...

Why Go Horizontal? Three years ago, Liz Claiborne´s Special Markets Business was in trouble. This operating division, which produced several brands of apparel, was underperforming. According to Lisa Piovano Machacek, director of HR for Liz C... More...

Excerpted from Arkansas Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Jack, Lyon & Jones, P.A. Q: I recently hired a female employee who has been making sexual advances toward several of her male and female coworkers. She has mad... More...

The Data Dilemma While globalization may be good for business, it creates new requirements for IT systems that are designed primarily for domestic orders. Often missing is easy access to global logistics information and critical supply chain... More...

Excerpted from West Virginia Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Steptoe & Johnson PLLC. Trouble employees - everyone has them. Employers are constantly faced with situations in which employees create unnecessary proble... More...

It´s a given that looks and good personal hygiene count in sales positions, in a job when you interact a lot with the customers, or in a position where you spend a lot of time in front of the camera - say as a television anchor, or an actor. Th... More...

Excerpted from Georgia Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Ford & Harrison LLP Blog is short for weblog. It's a Web-based publication that can be the creation of either one individual or a large group. There are million... More...

The Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) is applicable to most private employers, and prohibits employers from using polygraph tests as a pre-employment screening tool, or in connection with discipline, termination or other employment-related dec... More...

As cumbersome as its name, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) is on the verge of having key provisions extended well beyond their original expiry dates. ... More...

With initial documentation and first audits out of the way, much of the heavy lifting is over for SarbOx. In year two, focus efforts on maintaining a compliant environment by automating internal controls and reporting. What Is SarbOx Automation? ... More...

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