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  • ADA 104: What Certification May Be Required?
  • EEOC Files Retaliation Claim Against Verizon: How to Make Sure You're Not Next
  • America's Workforce Wants to Know: Is Sarah Palin the Ultimate Work-Life Juggler?
  • 10 Best Excuses for Being Late to Work
  • No Re-Application Provision Approved In Settlement Against State Agency
  • DOT Delays Implementation of New Drug and Alcohol Testing Procedures
  • New Survey on Workplace Lateness Supports Flextime Initiatives?
  • Why Top Performers Are So Hard To Please
  • The Pros and Cons of a 4-Day Workweek: Cons
  • When Choosing Which Flex-Time Alternatives to Offer, Compare the Benefits
  • Some Good News from the EEOC
  • Inside the Mind of a Super Jerk
  • Feds Take a Cue from the States and Consider the 4-Day Workweek
  • New Resource for Reference Checks
  • Honey, Does This Outfit Make Me Look Unethical?
  • 35 Questions You Should Ask When Drafting a Compressed Work Week Policy
  • Executive Exemptions and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Senator Biden on Work-Life Issues
  • The Mendte-Lane Saga Concludes With a Guilty Plea and a Lawsuit
  • Positive Benefits of a Four-Day Work Week
  • Bitter Employees Who Blog About Work
  • State Employees Will Go From Fat to Fit--Or Else
  • DOJ: How to Prevent Discrimination Arising from the Use of E-Verify
  • 5 Steps Toward a More Flexible Workplace
  • Working Mothers Magazine Announces 50 Best Law Firms for Women
  • Conclusive Proof that Employers Should Screen Applicants with Social Networking Sites
  • Video Resources: How to Set Up a Facebook Account for Applicant Screening
  • Employee Evaluations: What's the Right Rating System?
  • Health vs. Privacy: Employers Continue to Juggle Both
  • Work-life balance, toxic bosses, and generation gaps, this week in BusinessWeek
  • New DOL Web Tool for Veterans With PTSD
  • The Employee Free Choice Act - A Recipe for Disaster
  • How to Conduct Online Background Searches With Google
  • 5 Costs of Coworker Bullying
  • Preparing for the Brain Drain by Hiring Right
  • Training as an Employee Perk? Yes, really
  • Knock It Off, Gen Y: 3 Ways You're Driving Your Boss Crazy
  • Should a Four-Day Work Week Be Mandatory*
  • Video Resources: How to Use Google Alerts to Monitor Your Online Reputation
  • Facebook Users Beware: Employers Aren't the Only Ones Who Know How to Google
  • Sexual Harassment Ensures Survival of Human Race (in Russia)
  • Affirmative Action To Be Reconsidered in Three States This Fall
  • Award Winning HR and Employment-Law Blog Posts
  • Top 10 Reasons Why Employers Should Screen Their Applicants
  • It's Saturday Today in Utah: 4 Day Work Week
  • Is a "Sweet Personality" an Essential Job Function for a Lawyer? Only If You're a Woman
  • Get Your Google On: How to Create an iGoogle Account
  • And In This Corner. . . Susan From Accounting. Office Rage in the Ring
  • HR Summer School: ADA 103 (part 2 of 2) Reasonable Accommodations
  • Beijing Takes the Fashion-Police Concept to a Whole New Level
  • What Does It Take to Be "Best Place to Work"?
  • HR Summer School: ADA 103 (Part 1 of 2) Reasonable Accommodation
  • Alternatives to the Four Day Work Week
  • Increase in Religious-Discrimination Claims Prompts EEOC to Issue Updated Guidance
  • Popularity of the 4-day Week Continues to Grow
  • NYT Says the Man-Short Is Headed to an Office Near You
  • What Not to Wear to Work: More Style Rules for the Modern Worker
  • The Real Price of Pulling Perks and 5 Free Ways to Reward Employees
  • Immigration Update: H-2B Visa Applications
  • Promises to Working Women in the U.S. from a Presidential Hopeful
  • Job Seeking Skills: What NOT to Write In a Resume
  • Three Days of the Bar Exam and the Next Great Wellness Benefit
  • Legal Update: New I-9 Form . . . Oh, Never Mind
  • I Didn't Want to Talk to You, Anyway.
  • Two Recent Diversity Initiatives: One Carrot and One Stick
  • Video Series: What Is a Feed Reader? And why do I care?
  • Video Series: Making the Best of the Blogosphere
  • Will Four-Day School Week Push the Four-Day Work Week Trend?
  • July 29: Guns in the Workplace Webinar
  • Gender Equality . . . In the number of unemployed
  • Is Telecommuting a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA?
  • What the "Mismatch Problem" Means to HR
  • District of Delaware Rules In Favor of School District in Parents' FAPE Claim
  • TV News Anchors' Soap Opera Has the Makings of a Made-for-TV Drama
  • If a BigLaw Law Firm Can Recruit Gen Y, So Can You
  • Workplace Etiquette: How to Send a "Helpful Message" Anonymously
  • It's Hard to Write a Good Employee Performance Evaluation. Get Over It.
  • Utah's Mandatory 4-Day Work Week Will Save the World. Sort of.
  • FMLA 102: What Is a Serious Medical Condition?
  • Pregnancy Discrimination Act Includes Infertility Treatments
  • Gosh, thanks!! It sure is nice to be included!
  • Here's to Dads and Kids--Just another post about the FMLA
  • These Pumps Were Made for Walkin'
  • HR Summer School: The Back-to-Basics Series. FMLA 101: Who Is Covered
  • The Cheesecake Factory Is Sued for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees
  • EEOC Rundown: Who's Getting Sued, Who's Settling
  • August 14: Click Here for Lawsuit--Applicant Screening With Google & MySpace
  • Brad + Angelina + Twins = One Great FMLA Hypothetical
  • Doctors With Poor Bedside Manners Will Have to Change Their Ways
  • May Employers Monitor Employees' Text Messages?
  • Medical Weight Loss Clinic Learns that HIV is a Disability Under the ADA
  • Sept. 16: Plan & Implement Your 4-day Work Week
  • ABA Journal Takes Note of Our Newsworthy News Anchors
  • Friday Funnies: Brevity Is Beautiful (Especially When It Rhymes)
  • Going Green at Work: Baby Steps
  • Oct. 23 & 30: Developing Your Employee Handbook
  • Alternative Work Arrangement May Soon Become Mandatory
  • R.I.P: Several Bills Affecting Delaware Employers Killed by the Legislature
  • What Makes a Job a Crummy Job?
  • Lock Down the Office Supplies--Here Come Undervalued Employees
  • Could an Ombudsman Help You Squelch Bullies in the Workplace
  • Are Employers Getting Pushy About Weight Loss?
  • Price Hike for Google's Employer-Sponsored Day-Care Program
  • ADA 102: What Does the ADA Require
  • Police Officer-Pastor Is Transferred After Making Anti-Gay Comments During a Sermon
  • Bosses Aren't the Only Workplace Toxins: What to do with toxic employees?
  • Everything You Needed to Know About Your Toxic Boss
  • Wal-Mart's Week Ends With a Bang--And We're Not Talking About Fireworks
  • From Cancer Sticks to Drumsticks: How Far Should Employers Go When It Comes to Employees' Health?
  • EEOC Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
  • America's Working Moms; Are We Just Whiners?
  • Nov. 12: Wage and Hour (FLSA) Seminar
  • Jerks-At-Work Expert Confirms Fridge Raiding Is #1 Worst Workplace Incivility
  • Oh, Morality. Teacher Fired for Being the "Hottest Wife"?
  • 100 of the Best Leadership and Management Blogs
  • July 8: SHRM Delaware Diversity Seminar
  • Who Wears Sweaters in the Summer? Chilly Office Workers, that's Who
  • Is It Just Me Or Is It Hot In Here? What's the Deal With the Office Thermostat?
  • Employers Should Know that Cancer Screening Saves Lives . . . And Money
  • Family Responsibility Discrimination Update
  • How Considering a Candidate's Arrest Records Could Land You In EEOC Jail
  • Former Ohio AG Is Accused of Fostering a Hostile Environment (Again)
  • Potential Delaware Judge's Criminal Record Raises Questions for State Senate
  • More Employers Giving the Gift of Wellness--via gift cards
  • Suit Raises Tough Questions About Privacy Rights of Former Employees
  • Off-Duty Conduct Lands Shaq In Hot Water
  • Calling All Students, School Is Now In Session! ADA 101
  • Friday Funnies: The "People Connection" & HR Pros, Are They Born With It?
  • Does Your Employees' Credit History Affect Their Job Performance?
  • Construction-Industry Employers Are Targeted in Several States
  • PowerPoint Slides and Materials from Seminar Are Now Available
  • Employee Claimed He Was Fired for Complaining About Racist Rap Music
  • Prying Eyes: What is "Private" Becomes Even Fuzzier for Employees Who Snoop
  • E-Verify Employer Dos & Don'ts
  • Supreme Court Grants Cert in Pregnancy Discrimination Case
  • Recent EEOC Developments
  • HR Summer School to Cover Top 3 Toughest Topics in Employment Law
  • I'm Too Sexy For This Job: The Beginnings of a Failure-to-Hire Lawsuit
  • Just Put Down the Brown Bag and Slowly Step Away From the Lunch
  • Employee Must’ve Been Smoking Crack If He Thought He’d Win Lawsuit
  • Construction-Industry Employers Should Be Aware of Proposed Legislation
  • EEOC Sues Pittsburgh Drug Clinic for Terminating Employee for Positive Drug Test
  • HR Summer School: The Back-to-Basic Series
  • Employee Embarrasses Employer, Who Fires Employee, Who Sues Employer
  • Friday Funnies: How a Cup of Joe Can Solve Conflicts at Work
  • Delaware Employment Law Blog Gets a Makeover & Wants Your Links!
  • Language from the Land of the Cubicles
  • Perdue Farms Settles Failure-to-Hire Lawsuit and Laments Failure to Document
  • Employment Law Seminars: Summer Update
  • Why Your Top Employees Require Your Top Retention Efforts
  • Employee Blogs as Part of Corporate Wellness Programs?
  • Happy Fathers' Day to the Nation's Stay-At-Home Dads
  • Employee Handbook Policy #502: Respectful Workplace
  • Free Teleconference: Generation Y …. What Do They Really Want
  • Pennsylvania House Passes Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act
  • Friday Funnies: Say It Like It Is
  • Workers’ Compensation Claims - A result of bad luck or bad leadership?
  • One More Reason to Require EVERY Candidate to Complete a Job Application
  • Wal-Mart Settles 14-Year Old Disability Lawsuit With Former Pharmacist
  • Abusive Bosses Should Watch Their Backs
  • GAO Says Universal Mandatory E-Verify Will Be A Challenge
  • Case Alert: Pregnancy Discrimination Act Extends to Abortion
  • Delaware Legislation Proposes to Criminalize Employment Law
  • Start Your Engines: NASCAR Faces Harassment Suit
  • Attention Government Contractors!! You Are Being Ordered to Use E-Verify!
  • Delaware’s City of Wilmington Amends Wage Tax Law
  • Bad Reason #29 to Fire an Employee
  • 10 Reasons to Work Here? Could You Answer This Question from a Job Candidate?
  • Employers Take Note: A Little "Sorry" Goes a Long Way
  • Employee Severance Agreements 101: Top 5 Best Practices When Offering a Severance Package
  • Gender Discrimination & Dress Codes. Who wears the skirt, I mean, pants in your office?
  • Friday Funnies: Go ahead and laugh, it’s good for you
  • I Hate To Say "I Told You So"–The 4-Day Workweek Is a Hot Topic
  • Not Everyone Is Fired Up About Smoking Ban
  • Delaware Employment Law Letter Editors on the Road
  • Supervisor Costs Tavern on the Green $2.2m in EEOC Suit
  • Work After Cancer: How to Help Employees Transition Back to the Workplace
  • More Drama at the News Desk: Co-Anchor Suspected of Snooping Through E-Mails
  • How the Current Economy Could Affect the Future of Flextime
  • New Leave Laws Sweep State Legislatures
  • Where’s the Brotherly Love, Philly? Employment Discrimination & Civil Rights Suits Making Headlines
  • New Employer & Workplace Study on Flexible Schedules
  • DOJ Long-time Employee Sues For Race Discrimination
  • You Know You’re a Bad Manager When. . . Mutiny at the Post Office
  • U.S.S.C. Is Hardly Anti-Employee: Supreme Court Expands Retaliation Claims
  • Employees, Prepare to Get Healthy, Like It Or Not!
  • Summer Seminars: The Advanced Employment Issues Symposium
  • What to Do If Your Employees’ Confidential Data Is Stolen
  • Survey Says: Employers’ Policies on Technology in the Workplace
  • U.S. Employers Consider Obesity Discrimination–In France, Not So Much
  • NLRB’s General Counsel Issues Register-Guard Memo, Raising Further Questions on E-Mail Policies
  • Employees Turn to Moonlighting to Combat the Financial Downturn
  • Free e-Book on Employee Engagement (Delaware Managers, this means you!)
  • New Tool for Employers Interested in What’s Being Said About Them on the Web
  • Consistent Customer Service: The Employer’s Holy Grail of Success in Business
  • Georgia Takes One Step Backwards in the Fight Against Workplace Violence
  • Top 5 Lessons to Be Learned from the Jerk at Work
  • Heading to the Shore . . . Or Maybe the Beach
  • Maryland Makes Important Changes to Its Wage & Hour Law
  • Bringing Buddha to Work
  • The 5 Medical Conditions That Employers Don’t Want to See in a Candidate
  • Senator Ted Kennedy’s Workplace Initiatives: Top 5
  • Employers’ [Private] Eyes Are Watching You
  • How to Retain Your Millennial Asset — Part 4
  • How to Manage Your Millennial Asset–Part 3
  • Mommy Bias – Truth or Fiction?
  • Top 5 FLSA Topics
  • Do Executives Have a Duty to Disclose Serious Medical Conditions?
  • Pardon Me? Anchorwoman’s Cursing Caught on Live TV
  • Keeping Your Employees In the Loop via Blackberry May Lead to Overtime Litigation
  • How to Tap Into the Millennial Market—Part 2
  • Maryland Restaurant Group Settles Harassment Suit Filed by EEOC
  • Is It Time to Update Your Electronic Communications Policy? If you’re the Mayor of Detroit, the answer is “Yes”
  • 3d Circuit Denies Attorney-Parents Request for Fees in IDEA Case
  • How to Tap Into the Millennial Market – Part 1
  • DelaWELL, Delaware’s Health-Management Program for Public Sector Employees, Wins National NASPE Award
  • Overtime Lawyer Champion for the Middle-Class Worker?
  • Four Justices Recuse Themselves: Justice denied is justice denied
  • Restaurant Chain Dishes Out $1 Million in Settlement of EEOC Claims of Gender Discrimination
  • Bad Employees Risk Being Blacklisted in Britain
  • Termination Because of Interracial Marriage Found to Constitute Race Discrimination
  • “Are You My Lawyer or the Janitor?” The lawyer’s dress-code pendulum swings back.
  • Don’t Get Schooled: Summer’s the time for a refresher on Delaware child labor laws
  • Hiring Teens for Summer Jobs: Safety & Compliance Tips from the DOL
  • How Easy Is It to Ask Off-Limit Interview Questions? As Easy as Buying a Stuffed Toy Schnauzer
  • 5 Steps Away From a Failure-to-Hire Lawsuit
  • Mom Always Said You Were Bright, So Prove It: What’s your Pregnancy Discrimination I.Q.?
  • Just In Time for Mother’s Day: Maternal Profiling Special
  • Older Workers Stand to Benefit from Proposed Legislation
  • Employee Shooting Results in Unusual Liability for Workplace Violence
  • Delaware-based Conectiv Settles Race-Discrimination Claim with EEOC in Philadelphia for $1.65m
  • Controlling and Investigating Theft in the Workplace
  • Department of Labor’s Latest Online Resource: Recordkeeping and Record Retention eLaws Advisor
  • Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal Despite the Absence of Any Conduct “Directed at” Female Employee
  • Maybe Yes, Maybe No. New FMLA Proposed Regulations Try to Address Employers’ Concerns But Do They Succeed?
  • FMLA Servicemember Leave. “Military-Caregiver” Leave”
  • Office Politics or Politics at the Office: Delaware Employers, Pick Your Poison
  • Upcoming Seminar Gives Delaware Employers Up-to-the-Minute Update on FMLA
  • FMLA Servicemember Leave--"Active-Duty" Leave
  • Bowser Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Coverage of Delaware Cancer Treatment Program
  • What's the Opposite of Engaged Employees? Passionate Slackers.
  • Employer Quits Its Smoking-Penalty Policy
  • What do News Anchors, Sports Figures, and Corporate Executives Have in Common? Employment Agreements and Risk-Avoidance Clauses.
  • Lawyer Who Won’t Play Nice Gets Homework Assignment from Judge
  • Delaware Labor & Employment Attorney Bill Bowser Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Coverage of Delaware Cancer Treatment Program
  • Fraudulent Sexual Harassment Claim Prompts Law Firm to File Preemptive Suit Against Sordid Secretary
  • The Link Between Race & Obesity: Disparate Impact Waiting to Happen?
  • U.S. Businesses Recognize the High Cost of Obesity--Should Delaware Employers Do the Same?
  • "No Jerks Allowed". . . Catchy, Isn't It?
  • Is Obesity the Next Protected Class?
  • Want Engaged Employees? A Good Reward Goes A Long Way
  • Delaware Employers & Smoking Employees--Part 4
  • Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Passes the Senate But Is Old News In Delaware
  • Take Your Daughter to Work Day Makes for an Insightful Moment for this Attorney
  • Florida Law Permits Guns at Work; Delaware Initiates an Anti-Workplace Violence Training Program
  • Delaware Employers & Smoking Employees--Part 3
  • Delaware Employers & Smoking Employees--Part 2
  • Delaware Employers & Smoking Employees--Part 1
  • A Whirlpool of Excitement about Rights of Employees Who Smoke
  • Equal Pay: Fair Pay Restoration Act Voted Down in Senate
  • Delaware Courts Ranked 1st by U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Delaware Courts Named Best in the Country: Democracy at Work
  • Bullying Can Be Physical . . . But Torture?
  • Trade Secret Litigation Rises as Economy Tanks
  • Pregnancy Discrimination FAQ
  • Earth Day: A Green Workplace
  • Delaware Earth Day Events: Employers, Make Earth Day Events Team Events
  • Will Delaware Go For Family Leave? New Jersey Is the First in the Tri-State
  • Federal Contractors Must List Job Openings: OFCCP Issues Final Rule
  • Race Discrimination Class Action Denied by Third Circuit Court of Appeals
  • The Wrong Way to Break Through the Glass Ceiling: Study Says Women Can't Afford to Be Angry
  • Glass Ceilings Aren't Broken With Anger: Study Shows Angry Women Lose Respect at Work
  • Workplace Privacy: Biometrics May Be Coming to a Workplace Near You
  • Delaware Employment Law Blog featured on Inter Alia as the Blawg of the Day!
  • Equal Pay Becomes Front Runner as Lilly Ledbetter Act Takes Center Stage
  • Increase In Teen Harassment Claims May Result In Higher Burden for Employers to Avoid Liability
  • Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Miller Credits Wilmington Attorney William W. Bowser as a Champion in the Fight Against Cancer
  • Following Wednesday’s Democratic Debate in Philadelphia, Employment Law Poll Identifies Priorities for the Next U.S. President
  • Family Responsibility Discrimination. Download of a Short and Sweet Summary of the FRD Now Available (yes, for free!)
  • Author of “Ending the Gauntlet,” Lauren Stiller Rikleen, to Speak on the Retention of Attorneys by Firms
  • U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Raids Workplaces, Making Numerous Arrests
  • Delaware Appoquinimink School District Prevails In Related-Services Dispute Under IDEA
  • Do You Wear a Flag Pin?: Keep Political Speech Out of the Office
  • Thank You to Everyone Who Attended the Annual Employment Law Seminar
  • For the Chronically Absent: Step-by-Step Guide on How to Call in Sick When You’re Not
  • USCIS Update on H-1B Petitions: Random Selection Process
  • Some Might Consider It Ironic: EEOC Found to Have Violated the Overtime Exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FSLA")
  • Delaware District Court Awards Summary Judgment to Employer in Age Discrimination Case Brought by EEOC
  • Monday Humor: From the Lighter Side of the Cubicle
  • Better Late than Never: EEOC Issues Proposed Amendment to Regs for Disparate Impact Claims of Age Discrimination
  • USCIS Releases Preliminary Number of FY 2009 H-1B Cap Filings
  • Blogs In the Workplace
  • New Castle County Reaches Settlement with AFSCME Local 459
  • Young Conaway's John Paschetto Publishes a(nother) Great Legal-Writing Article
  • H-1B Cap Reached After Just 7 Days
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Delaware Attorney Barry Willoughby Leads By Example
  • Delaware PERB Executive Director Speaks Out
  • Monday Morning Water Cooler: The Lighter Side of the Cubicle
  • March Madness: No Need to Despair
  • Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha' Gonna Do . . . When They Work for You?
  • H-1B Visa Applicants Catch a 5-Day Break
  • Blog Worthy of Note: Workplace Violence News
  • DOL Offers Compliance Checklist for Wellness Programs
  • A Little "E-Law" Humor for April Fool's Day
  • Are Today's Wellness Programs Running Out of Steam?
  • The Safe-Harbor Rule for No-Match Letters: Part 3 of 3
  • Getting the Jump on No-Match Letters and Suspicious Document Notices
  • University of Hawaii Sued for Sexual-Orientation Discrimination
  • Compliance Alert: Family and Medical Leave Act Poster Insert
  • Interest Arbitration Expanded To Delaware School Districts
  • More Than Hollywood Taking Note of the “Baby Bump” -- Pregnancy Discrimination Claims on The Rise
  • Bullies In the Workplace is Water-Cooler Talk on Good Morning America
  • The "Safe-Harbor" Rule for No-Match Letters: Part 2 of 3
  • Reservist sues Delaware State Police for Military Service Discrimination
  • School District’s Background Check Takes a Shot
  • City Fights Retaliation Claim at Trial
  • The "Safe-Harbor" Rule for No-Match Letters: Part 1 of 3
  • The Nosy Employee Strikes Again
  • H-1B Filing Date For FY2009 Is Approaching
  • Interpreting Delaware Corporate Law to As a Remedy for Unconscious Discrimination
  • The U.S. SEC Has a Cool New Tool: Who Would Have Thought?
  • "CAUTION: Contents are Hot" . . . and so are Class Action Wage Claims
  • More on the ADA Restoration Act
  • Changes on the Horizon: FMLA Update Part 1
  • X-treme Employee Loyalty
  • Local Violence & Workplace Violence: Keeping It Safe
  • Don’t Get Burned By an English-Only Rule
  • Must-Have Employment Documents For Small Companies
  • Obama Brings Topic of Race To the Forefront – Is Your Workplace Ready to Handle It?
  • Impact of Tough Times for Public Employers to be Discussed at Annual Seminar
  • Going Green at Work
  • Don't Let the ADA Restoration Act Fly Below Your Radar
  • "But Everyone Pays Like This!!!"
  • There's No Hiding from Your Own Bad Habits
  • FMLA Amendment: National Defense Authorization Act
  • EEOC Announces Record-Breaking Number of Charges Filed
  • The Cost of Bully Legislation
  • Off-Duty Conduct in the News
  • Fighting Cancer in the Workplace
  • Are Bullies Beating Up Your Employees' Health?
  • Plaintiff Gets a Pass From the Supreme Court to Proceed Without a Charge
  • DOL Offers Retirement-Planning Resources Online
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