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Don’t Be Spooked By Requests for Reference Checks

 Have you carved your pumpkin? Gotten your costume? Bought enough candy? Tomorrow is that holiday that people either love or dread – Halloween. My five-year-old is just beside herself she is so excited to be a vampire bunny – costume is complete with...

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Which Employees Qualify for Health Insurance Under the ACA?

Now that the government is back to "business" without significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, the time has come to tackle another difficult question presented by the ACA. A few months ago, when we believed that January 1, 2014 would be the effective...

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School Is Starting: Do You Offer Parental Involvement Leave?

In less than two weeks, my household will once again change dramatically. My husband teaches high school and we have two kids in elementary school, so every year about this time, our slow moving summer household must once again "get back with the program." I...

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Hiring? Three Points to Consider in Your Employment Agreements

A few years ago, after completing my latest adverse impact analysis in yet another reduction-in-force, I paused to wonder why my usually interesting job as an employment lawyer had become so depressing. A quick count revealed that in the first three months of...

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They Warned Us It Was Coming: EEOC Files Two Lawsuits Based on Employers’ Uses of Criminal Background Checks

Governmental agencies regularly issue regulations or guidance accompanied with a warning for employers of the consequences of not following along. When that happens, employment lawyers and HR consultants often do the equivalent of flapping our wings and...

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