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A Bush-appointed federal judge in South Carolina ruled on April 13 that the National Labor Relations Board did not have the authority to order most private employers to post notices telling workers about their right to unionize under federal law.
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A long simmering age discrimination battle between the EEOC and Kelly Drye, a law firm with more than 300 lawyers and 130 partners, has been resolved by a consent decree awarding more than $500,000 in damages to an 81-year old partner. This settlement follows the EEOC’s $27.5 million settlement with Sidley Austin LLP in 2008.
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The Maryland General Assembly, nearly unanimously, passed the first legislation in the nation banning employers from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service. After the Governor signs the Bill, the law will go into effect on October 1, 2012. A copy of the legislation can be found here.
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On March 6, 2012, the District of Columbia passed the Unemployment Antidiscrimination Act of 2012 (“UAA”), making it illegal for an employer or employment agency to discriminate based on a potential employee’s status as unemployed. Specifically, no employer or employment agency may:
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As companies across the country struggle to create or update social media policies, the NLRB may soon provide more clarity on the content of acceptable policies. At a seminar on March 24th, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Lafe Solomon indicated that an NLRB ruling would be coming out in the next couple of weeks containing guidance on what should and should not be in a company’s social media policy.
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