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Employment Law

Include disclaimer in incentive plans that clarifies when no contract exists

04/01/2007

Incentive plans are wonderful motivational tools, but make sure yours doesn’t create an enforceable contract. That mistake may force you to pay bonuses to employees who’ve left or cause lawsuits over the payment amount …

Lawmaker pulls bill that would punish employers for illegal hires

04/01/2007

Texas House of Representative member Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) recently withdrew a measure that would have penalized employers that hired undocumented immigrants …

Local grocery store and EEOC settle disability bias lawsuit

04/01/2007

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Brookshire’s Grocery Co. recently agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the agency on behalf of a former employee allegedly demoted after the company learned that she was infected with Hepatitis C …

Unemployment Taxes: Don’t Try This Illegal Texas Two-Step

04/01/2007

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) recently announced that the agency has recovered nearly $1.8 million in unpaid unemployment insurance taxes from employers …

Seminary President Faces Suit Over ‘No-Women-in-Charge’ Rule

04/01/2007

Dr. Sheri Klouda taught biblical Hebrew at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth for seven years. Her tenure-track position, however, apparently derailed when a new president took over the seminary …

Whistle-Blowers to Split $7.5 Million

04/01/2007

Ten people will split $7.5 million as the result of reporting an acute-care company that illegally paid doctors for referrals …

Cell phone policies: Don’t have one? Dial one up today

04/01/2007

The best defense to a cell-phone liability claim is a comprehensive electronic communications devices policy …

Instruct managers: Make and retain interview notes

04/01/2007

If your managers conduct interviews, whether by phone or live, it’s a good idea to remind them to take and keep good notes of those discussions. They’ll need them in case an applicant (or internal candidate) sues …

It’s harder for staff to block discipline using ‘Junk’ claims

04/01/2007

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) makes it illegal to retaliate against employees simply because they’ve filed a discrimination complaint. Employees know this law. So, all too often, employees who are having trouble at work file an internal complaint as a preemptive strike …

Make sure absence policy doesn’t clash with FMLA

04/01/2007

Warning: If you terminate employees who take more than 12 weeks off in a given period, you may be violating the FMLA even if you allow employees their full FMLA allotment of 12 weeks unpaid leave …