Human Resource Connection Monthly Newsletter

Volume II Issue X October 2009

Welcome to Human Resource Connection, October 2009 Edition, brought to you by Gall & Gall Company, Inc. This publication is intended as an educational tool and an information resource for human resource professionals or anyone interested in keeping abreast of recent industry developments. Please let us know if there are any topics or issues you would like to see addressed in a future issue.

In This Issue:

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•  DOT Affirms "Medical Marijuana" Does Not Excuse a Transportation Employee's Positive Drug Test

•  New EEOC Workplace Poster Is Available; GINA Rules Take Effect November 21

•  Ohio Supreme Court Avoids Deciding Whether Women Must be Given Lactation Breaks

•  Shoplifters and Dishonest Employees are Apprehended in Record Numbers by US Retailers

•  What Employers Should and Shouldn't Keep in Employees' Personnel Files

•  Proceed with Caution When Rehiring Laid-Off Employees

•  ChoicePoint to Pay Fine for Second Data Breach

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Featured Articles


	DOT Affirms "Medical Marijuana" Does Not Excuse a Transportation Employee's Positive Drug Test

	The Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy Compliance of the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has reminded the regulated public that the use of “medical marijuana” pursuant to certain state laws does not excuse a transportation employee’s positive drug test result, despite a Government decision to relax federal prosecutions for such use. Read More


	New EEOC Workplace Poster Is Available; GINA Rules Take Effect November 21

	The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a new workplace poster that incorporates changes made by the ADA Amendments Act (“ADAAA”) and the new requirements of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”). The ADAAA took effect January 1, 2009 and GINA's ban on employment discrimination based on an individual's genetic information takes effect on Nov. 21, 2009. Read More


	Ohio Supreme Court Avoids Deciding Whether Women Must be Given Lactation Breaks

	But Several Justices Signal Possibility of Protection as Pregnancy-Related Activity The employer discharged LaNisa Allen for her for failure to follow instructions after she admitted taking unauthorized breaks from her workstation for lactation. Allen alleged she was wrongfully terminated. Specifically, Allen claimed she was discriminated against on the basis of sex (pregnancy) in violation ... Read More


	Shoplifters and Dishonest Employees are Apprehended in Record Numbers by US Retailers

	Wesley Chapel, FL —Shoplifters and dishonest employees stole over $6.0 billion in 2008 from just 22 major retailers, according to the 21st Annual Retail Theft Survey conducted by Jack L. Hayes International, the leading loss prevention and inventory shrinkage control consulting firm. These 22 surveyed retailers apprehended a record 904,226 shoplifters and dishonest employees in 2008 and recovered more... Read More


	What Employers Should and Shouldn't Keep in Employees' Personnel Files

	Labor and employment law attorneys get a lot of questions from employers about personnel files. The most frequently asked question is, "What should I include, and who gets to see them?" Read on as we attempt to sort out some of those questions. Read More


	Proceed with Caution When Rehiring Laid-Off Employees

	By: Kara Shea One hopeful sign that our economy is perhaps inching back in the right direction is the number of calls I've received in recent weeks from clients inquiring about hiring back employees... Read More


	ChoicePoint to Pay Fine for Second Data Breach

	ChoicePoint agrees to pay $275,000 to resolve an FTC complaint about a 2008 data breach. By: Grant Gross Data broker ChoicePoint, the victim of a 2004 data breach affecting more than 160,000 U.S. residents, has agreed to strengthen its data security efforts and pay a fine for a second breach in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday. Read More

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