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

Remedial Action for Sexual Harassment

Our last Bulletin (Vol. 00, No. 7) discussed what an employer should do upon receiving a complaint of sexual harassment or learning of harassment. Conducting a proper investigation is critical. Once an investigation is completed (and even while the ...
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Reminder-IRS Retirement Plan Amendment Dates

Tax-Qualified Plans Sponsored by Tax-Exempt, Non-Governmental Entities Tax Reform Act of 1986 Generally, by the last day of the 1998 plan year Trust Requirement For 457 Plans Existing on August 20, 1996 Sponsored by State and Local Governments ...
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Reporting Authority Appointed Under Money Laundering Legislation

The much awaited Reporting Authority has now been appointed pursuant to the Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Act, 1997 (the "Act") which BVI Newsletter first reported on in its September 1997 edition.To fully appreciate the relevance of the Reporting ...
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Required Records and Posters

Several federal and state employment and labor laws require employers to keep records and post notices informing employees of their rights. Enclosed are two charts explaining the main recordkeeping and posting requirements applicable to most South ...
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Requirements for Federal Contractors can have Costly Implications

Important new regulations have been issued by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) governing affirmative action programs, record-keeping requirements, and enforcement procedures. These regulations could ...
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Retaliation Claims Present Difficult Challenges, Part I I

(Last month we ran Part I of this article which explored various state and federal anti-retaliation laws and how they protect employees who allege or are about to allege workplace discrimination or other violations.) Those who can sue for ...
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Retaliation Claims Present Difficult Challenges, Part I

Note: Because of the importance of this topic, it will be discussed in both this issue and the upcoming January 1998 issue. Retaliation lawsuits are becoming increasingly popular among plaintiffs' attorneys. In order to minimize their exposure to ...
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Retaliation: Employers Can Escape the Appearance of Wrongdoing

Creating and fostering an open work environment can be challenging to employers. They want employees to feel free to discuss any workplace issue, but their legal obligations to the employee who does so can trip them up. If employees are harmed as a ...
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Retaliatory Harassment: Actionable?

We know that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer is strictly liable if a supervisor creates a hostile work environment, unless the employer has taken prompt remedial action which ends the harassment. But what is the ...
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Retiree Medical Redux

Retiree medical disputes have launched the careers of a thousand ERISA lawyers. Over the course of the last fifteen years, a tsunami of retiree medical lawsuits have crashed onto the dockets of our nation's federal courts. At last count, there were ...
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