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• 2009 HR Star Conference Presentation A Success

  Implementing Progressive Discipline to Improve Performance was the topic of my presenation yesterday at the 2009 HR Star Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.  The Conference drew approximately 600 attendees.  The room in which I was presenting…

• Proud to be an EEO attorney on July 4.

  Today is a good day to read the Declaration of Independence that we celebrate on July 4.  The Declaration reminds us why the United States exist:  Because we believe that all people "are created equal." …

• How to Create a Social Media Policy for Employee Handbooks

  Most employers have realized they should have internet use policies for their employees, but those policies should now be updated to address the Web 2.0 and social media. The internet is rapidly being changed by…

• 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett Summarized

  A grievance procedure that requires union members to pursue age discrimination claims through arbitration can result in preventing the union member from filing the age discrimination claim in court. That is the result of the…

• New Sexual Harassment Standards Set by Sixth Circuit

  Sexual harassment law now has a wider opportunity for employees trying to take their case to a jury.  That is the result of Gallagher v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a decision by the United States…

• How to Win an Employment Discrimination Trial: "Opportunity" and "Outcome"

  "Americans clearly believe in equal opportunity even as they reject programs that mandate equal outcomes."  So writes pollster Frank Luntz in his book, Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear. The…

• Qui Tam Claims Expanded by Congress. Whistleblowers Now More Likely To Win Cases.

  The False Claims Act that prohibits false claims made for government money has been expanded.  Civil claims brought to enforce the law are known as qui tam actions.  On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed…

• How to Prepare for Employment Dispute Mediation

   How to approach mediation was the subject of an interesting blog entry by Michael Maslanka, the managing partner of the labor & employment law firm, Harrison & Ford in Dallas.  I don't agree with everything…

• Being uncivil in a civil lawsuit never pays

  Lawsuits over a job loss or a pay loss are never pleasant.  That does not mean the civil lawsuit has to be uncivil.  But the responsibility for keeping the animosity that exists between the lawsuit…

• Greg Gordillo responds to Workplace Prof Blog Thoughts on Hulteen

  Professor Marcia McCormick at the Workplace Prof Blog wrote an interesting analysis of the United States Supreme Court's Hulteen pregnancy discrimination decision that I wrote about in a post yesterday.  Her comments cause me to…