As if employers don’t have enough issues today, a new online services company by the name of “CareerExcuse.com” is offering job seekers fake job references and work histories to assist them in finding a job. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Archive for the ‘HR’ Category
Fake Job References
Monday, March 8th, 2010Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #1
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 1: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #2
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 2: Supreme Court holds that ADEA claims are not governed by the Title VII mixed motive standard and imposes a higher burden of proof on ADEA claims. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #3
Monday, January 18th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 3: the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) of 2008. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #4
Friday, January 15th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 4: Responding to Questions During an Investigation is Protected Activity Under Title VII. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #5
Thursday, January 14th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 5: No “Magic Words” for invoking FMLA leave. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #6
Monday, January 11th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 6: FMLA Final Regulations. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #7
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 7: what constitutes “reasonable notice of termination” in Virginia? More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #8
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 8: new EEOC document on waivers and releases of employee claims. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #9
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010The top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009 continues, in no particular order. Number 9: Labor-Related Stimulus Legislation and Regulations. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Top Ten Developments in Employment Law for HR Professionals in Virginia — #10
Monday, January 4th, 2010We begin the year with the top ten developments in employment law for HR professionals in Virginia for 2009. They are in no particular order. We start with Number 10: Proposed Legislation. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.COBRA Subsidy Extension Passes
Monday, December 28th, 2009The Connecticut Employment Law Blog has the details on the extension of the COBRA subsidy here.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.More Amusing Search Terms
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009As a sequel to an earlier post, I thought a search phrase that showed up in our index today was quite amusing. More after the break.
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.New EEOC Poster Available
Thursday, October 29th, 2009The new “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster is now available from the EEOC here. According to the EEOC website, “This new version reflects current federal employment discrimination law (including the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008). The poster was revised to add information about the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which is effective November 21, 2009. The revised poster also includes updates from the Department of Labor.”
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.Can “Friending” Your Employees Lead To A Lawsuit?
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Some commentators have posed the question — can “friending” your employees lead to a lawsuit? The Business Insider has a post here. Law.com’s story is here.
Certainly the opposite has happened — employees have been fired based on comments on social networking sites. According to one study, at least 8% of surveyed companies had terminated an employee based on internet postings. (This article has a copy of the Facebook posting that has circulated the internet where the employee comments about her boss, and her boss then responds by terminating her.)
Contributed by Eric A. Welter.
