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United States: Equal Employment Opportunity Workplace Poster Updated By The EEOC - Barnes & Thornburg

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Related Topix: Law, Privacy

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Fox 8 - WJW

Obama administration abandons proposed Bush rule letting...

The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401 customers.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, IRA, George Bush, W., US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Law

Philadelphia's WB 17

New Law Prohibits Genetic Discrimination

The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup.

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Related Topix: Law

Free Republic

When Big Labor bullies and volunteers collide

My column today provides context for the SEIU bullying of Boy Scouts in Allentown, Pa.

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Related Topix: Allentown, PA, Center Valley, PA, Law

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Jobless wait for extended benefits

The 8,000 Kentuckians due a 20-week extension of unemployment compensation won't see their checks for at least a month, while a similar number of Hoosiers could start getting their payments as early as next week.

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Related Topix: Representative John Yarmuth, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama, Law

Thu Nov 19, 2009

MSNBC

a Glitcha could cut jobless benefits for a million

About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions, according to a new report and legislators and state officials.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim McDermott, New York Government, New York, Law

Detroit Free Press

Study to focus on retraining for clean energy jobs

The Department of Labor is providing $4 million for a study of displaced autoworkers in hopes of identifying opportunities to retrain them for work in alternative energy fields.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Law, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, Autos

The Olympian

Wage confusion sets back program for weatherization

Washington's home-weatherization efforts have fallen at least two months behind goals set under the federal stimulus aid, the result of a mix-up over conflicting wage requirements under federal and state laws.

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Related Topix: Law

hosted The Washington Post | The Washington Post

Washington Times disputes bias complaint

The Washington Times, responding to a federal complaint by its former editorial page editor, says that the newspaper 'does not discriminate and does not tolerate discrimination.'

In a note to readers in Thursday's editions, Jonathan Slevin, the acting president and publisher, also says that despite changes to be unveiled in the coming weeks and months, 'we will continue to maintain the same spirited reporting on our news pages and online, and a robust alternative voice on our opinion pages.'

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Related Topix: Law

Wed Nov 18, 2009

KEPR 19

Feds award $3.1 M to Northwest for green jobs

Pacific Northwest states are getting more than $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to encourage green jobs.

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Related Topix: Law

The Tennessean

Jobless Tennesseans won't get as many extra benefits

Additional unemployment benefits that Congress approved for the jobless earlier this month won't be as sweet as most people expected due to fine print in the law.

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Related Topix: Tennessee, Nashville, TN, Law

Towleroad

Wingnuts Target Lesbian EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum

Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission nominee Chai Feldblum's hearings are scheduled for this Thursday, and according to the Victory Fund, Republican Senators and right-wing religious wingnuts are preparing to unleash "Armageddon" to foil the nomination.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Law

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Hotels probed for compliance with pay rules

Western Pennsylvania's hotel and motel industry is being investigated by a federal agency on whether it is complying with minimum wage and overtime pay laws, as well as recordkeeping and child labor laws, the Department of Labor said Monday.

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Related Topix: Law, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

hosted The Washington Post | The Washington Post

Washington Times editor files EEOC complaint

The former editorial page editor of the Washington Times has filed a discrimination complaint against the paper, saying he was 'coerced' into attending a Unification Church religious ceremony that culminated in a mass wedding conducted by the church's leader, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

Richard Miniter, who was also vice president of opinion, made the claim in a filing Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that also disclosed he was fired last month. He said in an interview that he 'was made to feel there was no choice' but to attend the ceremony if he wanted to keep his job, and that executives 'gave me examples of people whose careers at the Times had grown after they converted' to the Unification Church. A Times spokesman said the paper would not comment.

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Related Topix: Law, Wedding

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Boston.com

Judge: TSA violated rights of Rastafarian

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the rights of a Rastafarian baggage screener at Boston's Logan International Airport were violated when he was threatened with firing unless he kept his hair short.

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Related Topix: Law

WHAS-TV Louisville

Sexual harassment alleged in Ky. clerk's office

Two women have filed a federal lawsuit alleging a hostile work environment at the Kenton County Clerk's office.

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Related Topix: Kenton County, KY, Latonia, KY, Law

Chicago Tribune

City slow to credit workers' retirement plan accounts

Q I am a Chicago police officer and will retire soon with a 457 plan. The city deducts my deferral every payday but does not credit my 457 for seven to 10 days.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Naperville, IL, Law, Tax

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Huliq.com

Peak Oil Is Here, IEA Whistleblowers Say

"Peak Oil," which is when the supply and production of oil peaks and then drops off slowly, has already been reached, according to two International Energy Agency whistleblowers.

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Related Topix: Law

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Insurance News Net

Choose Employee Benefits CarefullyLoading...

October 22 , 2009 - October 28 , 2009 SECTION: Pg. 2 Vol. 23 No. 4 ACC-NO: 58732 LENGTH: 691 words HEADLINE: Choose Employee Benefits Carefully BYLINE: Alderman, Jason ABSTRACT Prepare for possible economic hardships.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Poynter

Whistleblowers and Medicare fraud

View all Al's Morning Meeting feedback Journalists who cover healthcare fraud should be aware of a federal whistleblower law known as the False Claims Act.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law

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