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Plaintiff Jeremy R. Lusk has filed a class action lawsuit against Five Guys Burgers. The former employee claims the company violated the Fair...
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IMG, doing business as Cathedral Health Care Center, an Indiana-based healthcare management group, has been accused of violating the Fair Credit...
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According to a national survey conducted on behalf of CareerBuilder by Harris Poll has revealed that 57 percent of employees are less likely to...
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In December, the state of Delaware will begin prohibiting employers from inquiring about the salary history of job applicants. An employer is not...
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In what will replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, employers located or with staff in the European Union (EU) will need to comply with a...
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In December, The Defense Department, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space administration has made it a...
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Although I-9 regulations permit employers to electronically generate, sign and store the Form I-9, these rules were drafted in broad terms and...
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It has been estimated that the number of registered medical marijuana users would increase 10-fold to 450,000 people by 2024. But with this uptake...
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In April, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed legislation that legalizes the use of medical marijuana for those with serious medical...
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