On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (the “Act”) into law. The Act extends the statute of limitations applicable to claims of compensation discrimination brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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Orientation is to onboarding as feeding is to nurturing.

Orientation is an event; onboarding is a process.

These two statements help set the stage to understanding onboarding.

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You’re on your way to work. What are you thinking about? Maybe its: “I’ll bet my boss is waiting to get on me about finishing that report…and I’ve got a whole stack of correspondence I have to finish…and I’ll bet Cindy won’t have any coffee made…she is always late and gets away with it…it’s going to be another miserable day. On top of all of this, my retirement is dwindling to nothing and I'll have to stay in this darn job forever unless they lay me off first. Then what will I do?”

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With the economic crisis bearing down, the sheer magnitude of consumer credit defaults and the already evident rise in crime in some U.S. cities may give pause to many employers that commonly reject job candidates with negative credit and criminal records.

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Your goals motivate you to reach new levels of maturity in every area of your life.  Goals must be reasonable, realistic and obtainable.  You should have checkpoints for measuring your progress.   If you have ever gone on a diet, you know that you have a desired target weight and that you get on the scale periodically to measure your progress.

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Two recent enforcement actions and significant amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, enacted as part of the federal government's massive economic stimulus bill (the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

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The Internal Revenue Service has released new guidance that will help employers claim credit for the COBRA subsidy that they pay for their former employees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("the Act"), passed February 17, 2009. The guidance, in question and answer form, and IRS Form 941 that employers must use to claim the new tax credit, may be found on the IRS web site, click here. The IRS will continue to provide updated information through this web site as it becomes available.

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There's no worse feeling than when you're in an interview and the interviewer asks you a question to which you don't know the answer.

The best way to handle this dreaded debacle is to go into the interview prepared. Familiarize yourself with a few common difficult questions and arm yourself with answers prepared ahead of time.

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Latest LinkedIn Facts

	LinkedIn has over 36 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the world.
	A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and about half of our members are outside the U.S.
	Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.

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