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Examines current issues, news and events in employment law.

Author: Buckley & Klein is located in Atlanta.

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Recent Posts from Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog

Layoffs and Age Discrimination
You got laid off or fired. You’re over the age of 50, or even 40. Younger people, some of whom you’ve trained, get to keep their jobs. Is it good business or age discrimination? ABC…
Veterans Employment Rights
Very few states have as close a relationship to the military as Georgia does. In a struggling economy, where every job is precious, veterans have a great many rights that they may not be aware…
Agricultural Workers Under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
Most seasonal agricultural workers in Georgia and the rest of the country are covered under two separate labor laws—the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). This post…
Additions to FMLA Proposed in Congress
Two bills were recently introduced into the United States Congress that, if passed, would have an important effect on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Taken together, they would both expand the current effect…
Genetic Testing in the Workplace? Meet GINA
In the 1997 sci-fi thriller Gattaca, virtually every job on earth was determined by a person’s genetic makeup. With the map of the human genome now available for download, science fiction may rapidly become science…
Summer Jobs Part II
With the summer job search in full swing, many young people living outside Atlanta may be looking to work on a farm for the season. There are a number of regulations under the Fair Labor…
Whistleblower Case Upheld by ALJ
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) rendered a decision upholding an Administrative Law Judge’s pro- whistleblower decision under the Sabanes- Oxley Act (often referred to as SOX these days). The…
Summer Jobs-- Don't be Exploited
Summer vacation is around the corner, and many young people are lining up summer jobs this month. As you would think, the US Department of Labor has very specific rules concerning youth employment. Parents need…
Is Your Layoff Really Retaliation?
What if what looks like a standard layoff is really hiding an illegal act, such as retaliation, against an employee? Retaliation may be hard to pin down, but it may be actionable if all of…
Lawyer Layoffs
It may be hard to believe, but the buzz among attorneys in these days of so much financial difficulty has as much to do with lawyers being laid off as with their clients having hard…