When Workers Post and Tweet
As reported in the pages of In Business magazine.
The pace of rulings being handed down by the
National Labor Relations Board, the federal body that adjudicates issues related to the National Labor Relations Act, has been dizzying to say the least. Perhaps it was inevitable that the NLRB would hear a series of cases pertaining to social media posts at a time when Facebook has 850 million users, but the employee-friendly rulings have employers walking on eggshells.
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Part of a recent wave of law firm mergers, Boardman & Clark looks to future
According to the
Hildebrandt Institute, which tracks legal business trends, U.S. law firm mergers spiked dramatically in 2011, increasing 67% over the previous year and reflecting a trend that the organization expects to continue into 2012.
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How Disqualifying Are Conviction Records?
As reported in the pages of In Business magazine.
State law prohibits job discrimination against people with conviction records, unless the crime is "substantially related" to the job or the work environment. This standard, established under the
Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, would be removed under a proposed state law, but ideally, how should a business approach the matter of employing people with conviction records? What rights do employers have if they find that an employee misled them about his or her conviction record? IB asked employment law attorneys to weigh in as to best HR practices.
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Milder Office Holiday Party Was Inevitable
As reported in the pages of In Business magazine.
The office Christmas party has lost a lot of its pizzazz, so much so that it's no longer known by that term. Some of its evolution is budgetary, but a combination of factors related to legal liability, employment law, and religious sensitivity, most of which can be boiled down to misdeeds of sloppy imbibers, have led to an era where employers are ultra cautious with their holiday events.
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