Employment Laws

Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Employment Laws Articles

I’m Out of Here!

We are all faced at one time in our business life when our key employee says "I'm leaving to work for a competitor" or "I'm opening up a similar business on the same street and I am taking your major client." To help employers deal with these ...
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Identifying and Investigating Sexual Harassment Complaints

A casual observer of contemporary American workplaces would quickly conclude that sexual harassment complaints are among any company’s highest operational priorities. Courts expect personnel departments to drop whatever else they are doing, launch ...
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If I Report My Injury Late to My Employer, Do I Lose My Rights to Workers’ Compensation?

Article provided by the Eley Law Firm. Please visit our Web site at www.eleylawfirm.com. To receive workers' compensation benefits, injured workers are required to report the injury to their employers. Under Colorado law, workers must give this ...
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Illegal Job Harassment: It’s Not Just About Sex Anymore

Some recent high profile cases, both local and national, have focused attention on illegal harassment in the workplace. Most of this recent focus has been on sex harassment. However, it is important for employers to prohibit harassment based on ...
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Illinois Defamation Law

Slander: "Mentally distrubed" is not an innocent phraseRelease: Check the print that isn't at all fine In a previous article, I discussed a recent Second District opinion regarding the application of statutory and common-law immunity to statements ...
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Illinois General Assembly Passes Bill Granting FMLA-Type Leave Rights to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims

The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act, passed by the Illinois General Assembly on June 1, 2003, awaits action by Governor Rod Blagojevich. If the Act becomes law, it will create a major new set of employers' duties and employees' rights ...
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation: Relief from Unsafe Working Conditions

As an employee, you may have concerns regarding the unsafe working conditions that exist at your place of work. Today's work environment contains threats to your safety from both obvious and open dangers as well as less noticeable conditions ...
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Impact Of Court Of Appeals Decision on Future Teacher Dismissal Cases

The S. C. Supreme Court recently declined to review a S. C. Court of Appeals ruling which overturned a school board's decision to terminate the employment of a certified employee. As a result, the Court of Appeals decision will stand, and the ...
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Independent Contractors Can Assert Racial Harassment Claims

Normally discrimination and harassment claims are asserted by employees against their employers under statutes, such as Title VII, that prohibit employment discrimination. However, there is another federal statute, known as "Section 1981," that ...
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Industrial Disease: The Quest For Recognition, Need For Adequate Benefits

The concept of a compensable industrial disease has developed only recently and its acceptance has lagged far behind that of industrial accidents. The original Workers' Compensation Acts, as promulgated from the year 1911 forward by many of the ...
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