Know your rights when your employer tries to dig up dirt during a background check. After the first of the year, employers will need to provide job applicants and employees with the new Fair Credit Reporting Act “Summary of Rights” form before running […]
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Employers Face New Rules on Background Checks
October 13th, 2012 ::
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Local Judge’s Video Admonishment of Attorney goes Viral.
October 13th, 2012 ::
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A strong admonishment of an attorney by a Jefferson Circuit Court was captured on video and has gone viral. The ABA recently published the video on its website http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jefferson_circuit_kentucky_judge_martin_mcdonald_backseat_driver_video/ The Court’s lecture appears to be the result of counsel’s attempts […]
Read whole storyBreastfeeding mothers must be excused from Jury Duty in Kentucky.
October 13th, 2012 ::
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If you are breast-feeding you must be excused from jury duty in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. KRS 29A.100(4) provides: “The judge shall excuse a mother who is breastfeeding a child or expressing breast milk from jury service until such time […]
Read whole storyAn Employer Must Provide a Place and Time to Breast-feed
October 13th, 2012 ::
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A recently enacted Federal Law requires employers to provide a place and time for a woman to breastfeed. Among many provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4207 of the law amends the Fair Labor Standards Act […]
Read whole storyBreast-feeding in Public or Private is Legal in Kentucky, But the Debate Continues.
October 13th, 2012 ::
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You may not know it, but it’s perfectly legal to breast-feed your child in a public or private location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. KRS 211.755(3) states that: “No person shall interfere with a mother breast-feeding her child in any […]
Read whole storyIf you are not prepared to see it on the front page of your local paper…Do not put it on Facebook
October 12th, 2012 ::
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What you post on Facebook can be used against you in Court. If you’re sharing something with your friends, you may as well be sharing directly with the local paper: A recent ruling in a U.S. federal court says that […]
Read whole storyAdult Bullying in the Workplace may result in Lawsuits
October 5th, 2012 ::
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Morning news anchor Jennifer Livingston, who works for a CBS affiliate in La Crosse, Wis., became a news story herself this week when she used her local television platform to call out a viewers’ negative email regarding her weight. In […]
Read whole storyNo Cause of Action for ‘Lactation Discrimination’ after woman says she was fired for pumping breast milk.
February 21st, 2012 ::
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Does being fired for requesting to pump breast milk fall under pregnancy discrimination? According to a federal Judge in Texas there is no cause of action for “lactation discrimination”. See the ABA article below: A federal judge in Texas says […]
Read whole storyEthics Complaint against Wisconsin District Attorney for sexting
February 21st, 2012 ::
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This past December the ABA posted an article dealing with Legal Ethics and a DA from Wisconsin. The complaint contained text messages that were saved by the woman who complained. ABA article: An ethics complaint seeks a six-month suspension for a […]
Read whole storyThink your employer is too big to pursue a sexual harassment suit? Think again.
January 18th, 2012 ::
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When you are a victim of sexual harassment at work, it’s common to believe that your boss is too powerful to make pursuing a sexual harassment case worthwhile. However, this is not the case. The law is on your side. […]
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