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Honoring Veterans Day: USERRA and Employment Law Resources

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations

Today is Veterans Day (with no apostrophe for those spelling at home).  So besides saying a big “thank you” to all those who have served, it seems appropriate to revisit the laws applicable to veterans in the workplace in a post today.  (The U.S. Department of Labor has their own set of posts here.) There… Continue Reading

Quick Updates: Reuters Article on More Lawsuits, WWE and Wrestlers Lawsuit, Performance Reviews, National Bank Act, Veteran’s Day

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Litigation, Wage & Hour

Here’s a quick update on some items and topics that have been covered by the blog over the past year: Earlier this week, I raised the issue of whether the rising unemployment rate would also lead to more employment lawsuits. Reuters yesterday released a very good and balanced article on the subject. I shared my… Continue Reading

Veteran’s Day – Should It Be a National Holiday?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Last Veteran’s Day, I posted about some of the laws that cover how employers must deal with veterans (and reserves) in the workplace.  (The Delaware Employment Law Blog has a nice post this morning about some of the other programs out there that relate to veterans in the workplace.) But one of my colleagues raised… Continue Reading