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Without acknowledgment of receipt and acceptance, arbitration agreement isn’t valid

08/27/2018
If you are implementing a new arbitration agreement, make sure you get every employee’s signature acknowledging that they received it and agree to its terms. What if someone refuses to sign? That means he may not be bound by the terms of the agreement, which means any dispute probably won’t be resolved through arbitration.

Fear of ICE raids no excuse for discrimination

08/27/2018
Refusing to hire workers because of a perception that they might be undocumented may backfire badly.

Disciplining employee with spotless record? Document precisely what went wrong

08/23/2018
It’s crucial to document the problem if you suddenly have to discipline a long-term employee who has never been in trouble before. That’s especially true if he or she has also recently complained about some form of discrimination.

Senate set to do the unthinkable

08/21/2018
The Senate appears poised to do something it hasn’t been able to pull off in 11 years: Pass an appropriations bill to fund the Department of Labor.

States moving to make noncompetes more expensive

08/16/2018
Massachusetts this summer became the first state to pass legislation requiring employers to compensate workers who sign noncompete agreements for up to a year if the employer decides to enforce the noncompete.

FEMA tries to manage its own emergency

08/16/2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has concluded an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct by its former head of HR, which FEMA Administrator Brock Long described as “a systemic problem going on for years.”

Jury claps back at age insults, awards millions

08/16/2018
If we’re lucky, we’ll all grow old, hopefully with our dignity intact. That may have been on the minds of jurors who just awarded a record-setting sum to a California woman who, after 36 years on the job, was replaced by a much younger man.

‘Right-to-work’ law fails Missouri referendum test

08/14/2018
Organized labor got a rare shot in the arm Aug. 7 when Missouri voters rejected a ballot measure that would have implemented a right-to-work law that passed in 2017.

Former Minn. health department official claims retaliation

08/08/2018
A former director of the Minnesota health department’s health regulation division has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaining internally about a culture of bullying and intimidation at the department.

OK to fire disabled worker who cannot perform job duties

08/08/2018
Sadly, some employee disabilities just can’t be accommodated, which means the employee can be terminated. Just make sure you can back up your contention that there was nothing that could be done to allow the employee to keep working.