With the change in the administration, the official White House website is now up. It’s still a little sparse now but has such nifty features as an official White House blog.
Of more relevance to employers and businesses, however, is the detailed list of the new adminstration’s agenda. While much of it is not
Looking to make a change? Or curious about what the new Obama administration will have on its agenda?
Then the new administration website, Change.gov, is for you. It’s now up (but as of 2 p.m., barely running — likely due to the massive traffic the site is facing so give it a little time).
Last night I started crafting a post weaving in the rejection of the Constitutional Convention question in Connecticut, with state election results and the election of Barack Obama. And yet, in the clinical analysis of what it meant, something else seemed lost — a sense of history and perspective. Last night seemed bigger than just
Today is election day and in the pre-dawn hours, I’ll be at the polls supporting local politicians. As this blog has attempted to remain apolitical, I’ll follow the New York Times columnist tradition and not endorse any politicians here. I’ve run a series of posts about election day and you can find them all here.
Making good hiring decisions is one of the best ways an employer can avoid problems in the future. In various posts, I’ve discussed ways of accomplishing this, through the use of reference checks, background screening, offer letters and the like.
But for most employers, the single biggest "screen" of employees is through a
As expected, President Bush a little earlier today signed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 into law. The Act becomes effective January 1, 200
9. The Associated Press has the early details and noted that the bill was signed without public comment or fanfare:
With his father looking on, President Bush on Thursday signed legislation expanding the protections
This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by voice vote, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (S.3406), with the amendments made by the U.S. Senate last week. I’ve recapped the details before in prior posts. Reuters has the details of today’s House action in.
Numerous groups and politicians released press releases this afternoon praising
The Presidential debates and Vice-Presidential debate are coming up later this month. A lot has 
been written about what the candidates’ respective positions are (and a lot has been written on everything BUT the issues). For some recent discussions of various issues, check out posts this week from the Delaware Employment Law Blog, Ohio Employer’s
With the Iowa caucuses tonight, and the Connecticut primaries just one month away, it’s a good time to start paying attention to what the elections of particular candidates would mean to various labor & employment laws.
John Phillips, at The Word on Employment Law, has just saved all of us a lot of trouble by