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The Certainty of Publicity of a Newly-Filed Lawsuit

By Daniel Schwartz on March 16, 2018
Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Featured Content, Litigation

It happened again, last week.  An employer was sued.

Wait, what’s that? A new lawsuit gets filed EVERY day against employers?  (Actually, in federal court, at least 11885 employment lawsuits were filed in 2017. Far more than one a day.)

But last week, there were a bunch of headlines – a new sexual harassment…

Domestic Violence Awareness: Resources for Employers

By Daniel Schwartz on September 12, 2014
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource Center, Wage & Hour

This post is not going to discuss, in my view, the NFL’s inadequate response over the years to domestic violence incidents by players in the league.  (If you want to listen to a full take down of the NFL, I recommend Slate’s The Gist podcast from yesterday.)

Rather, I want to talk today about how…

Legislative Update: Minimum Wage and Updated CHRO Bill

By Daniel Schwartz on May 24, 2013
Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

Two quick updates to items I’ve covered before.

Yesterday, the state Senate approved of an increase to minimum wage by 75 cents, over two years.  The bill would raise the minimum wage to $8.70 on January 1, 2014 and $9.00 an hour the following year. The Governor has pledged to sign the bill…

One Year Later: Lessons Learned by Employers from the H1N1 Flu Pandemic

By Daniel Schwartz on April 13, 2010
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

The New York Times has an excellent column today by an infectious disease specialist who has attempted to draw some lessons of our experiences with the H1N1 pandemic flu. It was just one year ago today that the first person died from a known case of H1N1 flu. 

We know a lot more than we…

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