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New York insurers must now cover certain autism disorders

01/01/2007

Effective Jan. 1, all newly issued health insurance policies in New York must cover autism spectrum disorders. Gov. George Pataki signed the measure ordering the changes last September …

Hip-Hop editor wins millions in sex discrimination trial

01/01/2007

A New York jury has awarded the former editor-in-chief of The Source, a hip-hop magazine, $15.5 million in damages from her sex discrimination lawsuit …

Davis Vision loses NY contract; unions concerned about job cuts

01/01/2007

After 23 years, New York-based Davis Vision has lost its contract to provide vision benefits to state employees …

Set objective criteria for renewing employee contracts

01/01/2007

A former math teacher at Canisius High School in Buffalo recently filed suit against the school, alleging she was wrongly denied tenure despite her excellent reviews …

How to comply with New York’s new Military Spouse Leave Law

01/01/2007

In August 2006, Gov. George Pataki signed New York’s new Military Spouse Leave Law, which allows spouses of deployed military reservists to take up to 10 days of unpaid leave from work each year …

Opting out of workers’ comp? Sky’s the limit on lawsuits

01/01/2007

Texas law doesn’t require employers to carry workers’ compensation insurance, but those who don’t may find the cost far higher than the insurance premiums …

Beware age discrimination risk when offering promotions

01/01/2007

If you don’t ensure that clearly qualified, post age-40 employees aren’t seriously considered for promotions, you could be risking an expensive lawsuit under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act …

College degree doesn’t automatically make applicant the better qualified candidate

01/01/2007

In many cases, better-educated applicants are better qualified. But don’t be intimidated into thinking that more education always equals a more qualified candidate …

Even lost opportunity for overtime may be considered illegal retaliation

01/01/2007

After last year’s blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it easier for employees to sue for workplace retaliation (Burlington Northern v. White), courts have been trying to figure out how to apply that ruling in real-life situations …

In layoffs, keep FMLA leave out of performance rankings

01/01/2007

Employees are not immune from layoffs simply because they’ve taken FMLA leave in the past (or are currently out on FMLA leave). But when analyzing performance to determine which employees to lay off, keep FMLA leave days out of the decision …