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Employment Law: the collection of statutes, common law rules, and decisions in court or employment tribunal cases that govern the rights and duties of employers and employees....; Employment Law definition on BNET »

Employment Law Considerations Raised By Post-Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act made sweeping reforms to corporate governance law. Understandably, most publicly held corporations are still attempting to understand the complex new financial reporting, disclosure obligations, and securities and accounting reforms. However, there is more to the Act besides aforesaid factors. The Act also contains...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial reporting, corporate governance, accounting, financial, security; White papers 2003-03-01
Sarbanes-Oxley- Implications For General Counsel, Human Resources, Employment Policy And Employment Law: Congress has a message for your employees - if you witness corporate fraud, or an attempt to cover it up, report it to authorities without fear of reprisal. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 the Act is designed to root out corporate corruption in public companies and, in the process, mandates...; Tags: Litigation, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, fraud, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Human Resources, compliance, training; White papers 2002-09-23
Recent Legislative Developments in New York in Labor and Employment Law: In a flurry of legislative activity not seen for many years, New York State, New York City, and New York's Westchester County have recently enacted a number of new labor and employment statutes, as well as many amendments to various existing laws governing the workplace. This new legislation is far-reaching,...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, New York, labor standards, workplace, accommodation; White papers 2003-04-01
Businesses And Nonprofit Organizations: G&H attorneys, representing management in labor, employment, business immigration and employee benefits laws and related litigations. ... Commute Not Compensable Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ... Up With California’s Evolving Labor and Employment Law ... U.S. Department of Labor Focus on Employee Classification in ... www.gghlaw.com/articles.htm; Tags: Regulations, Fair Labor Standards Act, employee benefit, litigation; White papers 2003-01-01
Top 10 Administrative Pitfalls in Dealing With Employees: Nursing home administrators wear many hats. In addition to the daily tasks of attracting and keeping (comfortable and well-cared-for) residents, they also are employers. With all of these responsibilities, it is little wonder that certain nuances of employment law sometimes slip through the cracks. This does not have to be...; Tags: Gale Group, administrator; White papers 2003-10-01

E-Hiring: Using The Internet And Electronic Media To Hire Employees: From the executive summary: 'As businesses move towards posting job advertisements and accepting employment applications electronically via the Internet, more employers have asked for guidance about the employment law implications of such e-hiring practices. Furthermore, the fact that Government agencies have provided few specific guidelines to address these new technological...; Tags: HR.com, electronic media, agency, Internet, job; White papers 2003-01-01
Labor and Employment Law: Wondering whether the Supreme Court has changed course in movement toward immunization of state governments from federal employment laws, employment lawyers are reviewing the Supreme Court's May 27 decision in Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs. By a 6-3 vote, the Court affirmed a Ninth Circuit ruling that the...; Tags: American Bar Association, Family and Medical Leave Act, leader; White papers 2003-07-07
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Employment Implications for Privately Held and Publicly Traded Companies: Some Sarbanes-Oxley terms suffer from competition with each other. The “transparency” heralded by Sarbanes-Oxley proponents may be applicable more to corporate mandates than to the legislation itself. This paper endeavors to present a working understanding of the employment law provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley and to sound an alert that Sarbanes-Oxley is...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ethics; White papers 2003-07-01
Investigating Employee Misconduct in a Diverse Workplace: Investigating complaints of employee misconduct is an important and difficult task for the human resource professionals, in-house counsel, and others responsible for investigations. Those tasked with conducting these investigators invariably know the fundamental tenet of U.S. employment law: when making decisions in the workplace, don't take into account a person's...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Reed Elsevier Inc., workplace, Human Resources; White papers 2003-10-01
Evaluating & Using Employer Initiated Arbitration Policies & Agreements: Preparing The Workplace For The 21st Century: From the executive summary: ‘Today, a large percentage of the United States workforce is covered by some sort of Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR or arbitration agreement. Mandatory arbitration is a rapidly growing, dynamic area of employment law that provides many opportunities for creative employers. The paper reviews the legal trends...; Tags: arbitration, workforce, workplace, agreement; White papers 2002-03-01
The Serbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ? Employment Law Aspects ? Whistleblower And Securities Analyst Protections: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is arguably the most sweeping reform legislation covering the governance of public corporations. The purpose of this article is to make employers aware of the new restrictions they face as a result of the Act and to suggest some practical steps management can take to...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, security; White papers 2003-01-01
UK Survey: Pregnancy Discrimination Is the Status Quo: The Find: More than 75 percent of UK managers would not hire a woman if they suspect she will become pregnant within six months of taking the job. The Source: A recent survey by UK-based Employment Law Advisory Services ELAS mentioned in the Harvard Business Review Conversation...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jessica Stillman, job; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Staying on the Right Side of Discrimination Law: The blogosphere is alight today with commentary on Sunday's New York Times Magazine article "Family-Leave Values." The basic thesis of the lengthy piece is that workers who have lost their jobs due to family commitments, have been suing and winning in greater numbers and have been doing so using an...; Tags: Blogging, Jessica Stillman, family commitment, worker, Center for WorkLife Law; Blog posts 2007-07-30
Innovative Employee Solutions Case Study: High-Tech Computing Solutions Company: A client is a leading provider of custom and standard hardware, software and service solutions for the internet, OEM, and high performance computing markets. The company needed a service provider for payrolling probationary hires. They had been using temporary agencies and independent contractors in the past, however, due to strict...; Tags: high-performance computing, payroll, high-performance, outsourcing, agency, hardware, Internet, software; Case studies
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 —Employment Law Aspects —Whistleblower And Securities Analyst Protections: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-204, 116 Stat. 745 (the "Act"), is arguably the most sweeping reform legislation covering the governance of public corporations since the 1930's. In order to enhance the Act's purpose of curbing corporate malfeasance and keeping the accounting industry in check, Congress incorporated...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, workplace, accounting, security; White papers 2003-01-01
Labor & Employment Law Update: On April 29, 2002, a divided United States Supreme Court held that employers are entitled to a rebut table presumption that a disabled employee's accommodation request under the ADA is unreasonable if it conflicts with the job assignment rules of an employer's seniority system. Under the ADA, employers may not...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Reed Elsevier Inc., Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodation, disability, job; White papers 2003-01-01
When the Harrassment of Others Becomes Your Problem: One of my colleagues is an attractive young female, and many of the younger guys make inappropriate comments toward her. She doesnt seem bothered by them - I would venture to say that she encourages it - but it bothers me. Is it my place to report this? Wheres the...; Tags: Harassment, Where's The Line?; Blog posts 2007-02-27
Everything is Evidence: What legally constitutes evidence is very different from what jurors consider evidence. Legal constructs are quite distinct from the common sense constructs that jurors apply to a case. A juror typically is not aware or does not care that a particular case is an antitrust, patent, product liability or personal...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., juror, litigation, antitrust, knowledge; White papers 2003-01-01
The Summer Reading List: Online bookstore All Top Books has done a little survey for BNET on where it sells the most business books in the UK and what they are buying. The south east of England's by far the biggest business buyer, accounting for 40 per cent of All Top...; Tags: Workplace, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-18
What To Do With Abusive Bosses: A new poll released by the Employment Law Alliance last week found that 45 percent of American workers say that they've worked in an abusive workplace. And surprise, surprise, most of the complaints are about bosses and managers. Bob Sutton, author of "The No Asshole Rule," says that companies that allow...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Joseph De Avila; Blog posts 2007-03-26