Is it now negligence if you don't do background checks on MySpaceTM and Facebook? "We're not there yet for every job," says attorney Joseph Beachboard, "but it's getting there for sensitive jobs like installers and home care providers." Beachboard's comments came ...

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Washington, DC – This week Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) unveiled legislation which he authored aimed at helping those with poor credit histories improve their job opportunities by prohibiting the use of credit checks in the hiring process.

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The best thing local employers can do to help in the battle against swine flu this fall is to not give their employees a hard time about missing work, officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control said at a Wednesday seminar at the Coweta County Fairgrounds.

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Paving the way for full implementation on September 8, 2009, a federal District Court in Maryland has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the implementation of the E-Verify rule for federal contractors. Chamber of Commerce of the USA v. Napolitano, No. AW-08-3444 (D. Md. Aug. 25, 2009). The Rule would require federal contractors to use the federal E-Verify...

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The influenza A (H1N1) virus, or “swine flu,” has emerged as a highly-contagious illness with the capacity to incapacitate its victims for 3-7 days or more. Since its outbreak, many scientific models project that H1N1 is likely to reemerge this fall as a more easily transmitted and/or more serious virus, and recent statistics predict as many as half of all Americans will be affected.

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Given the current economic state and widespread availability of technology, your organization may be exposed to the threat of "corporate raiding": competitors luring employees – and your company's valuable trade secrets and proprietary business information – away. There are plenty of examples to choose from. In May 2009, Lockheed...

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Employers in New York State will be required to advise new employees hired on and after October 26, 2009, in writing, of the employee's rate of pay and overtime rate (if eligible for overtime), and the employer's regular pay day. In return, the employer must obtain the employee's written acknowledgment that s/he has received this notice. See 2009 N.Y. ALS 270, amending New York Labor Law §195.1. New York employers currently are required to provide newly hired employees with information regarding their rate of pay and the employer's regular pay days, but not in writing.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the updated version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, which is now available on the USCIS website at http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf.  The revised form is dated August 7, 2009, and will expire on August 31, 2012.  Employers may use Form I-9 with the revision date of either August 7, 2009, or February 2, 2009, for all new hires or re-verifications. There are no substantive changes between these two versions. Employers do not need to complete new forms for existing employees for whom an I-9 has been properly completed.

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