Manpower Employment Blawg
"Everything you ever wanted to know about employment law (but didn't want to pay a lawyer to ask)."
Author: Mark Toth is the chief legal officer of Milwaukee-based Manpower's North American operations. He also serves as Manpower's chief compliance officer, oversees Manpower’s franchise organization and serve on its global leadership team, North American lead team, executive diversity steering committee, Sarbanes-Oxley steering committee and contract commitment committee. He also serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the American Staffing Association.
Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • In-house Lawyer
Recent Posts from Manpower Employment Blawg
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The Candidates on Equal Pay
As part of our continuing effort to educate you on where the candidates stand on key employment law issues, today we’re focusing on one of the most controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions in recent years: Ledbetter…
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Blawg Tour Comes to Minnesota
Tomorrow, the Blawg’s ‘08 World Tour stops in lovely St. Cloud, Minnesota, where I will be speaking to a group of HR professionals at the Minnesota SHRM State Conference. If they’re nice, I might even sing them…
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The Office on Business Ethics
In my humble opinion, NBC’s The Office is the world’s #1 employment law training aid. All you have to do is (1) watch it and (2) do the exact opposite of everything you see. To…
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Question of the Week
Each week, we post a thought-provoking question for your consideration. Submit your response, see what others think and then next week we’ll give you the correct answer. Body art continues to be a hot topic…
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Mandatory Employment Law Training Tonight
As I’ve stated many times before, in my humble opinion The Office is the world’s greatest employment law training aid. All you have to do is (1) watch it and (2) do the exact opposite of…
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Answer to Question of the Week
As discussed here on the Blawg, the President recently signed a major overhaul of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), entitled the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). Last week’s question was designed to help you prepare for the changes. …
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Mistrial Declared in Firefighter Harassment Case
Previously here on the Blawg, we reported on a sexual harassment case brought by four firefighters who were forced to participate in San Diego’s annual gay pride parade. Yesterday, a mistrial was declared when the jury couldn’t reach a…
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Managing in a Downturn, Part II
Based on questions I’m receiving here on the Blawg and in my recent presentations, it’s clear that one employment law issue is suddenly (and not unexpectedly) eclipsing all others: how to manage in a downturn. Yesterday,…
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Free Halloween Webinar
Click here to register for our October 30 webinar, entitled Answers to the World’s Scariest Employment Law Questions. Now’s your chance to get your most difficult, strange and terrifying employment law questions answered FOR FREE. Just send…
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Managing in a Downturn Without Getting Sued
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced last week that employers cut 159,000 jobs in September, more than double the cuts in August or July and the biggest slash in five years. The worst part? The data was…