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Company’s Invalid Employment Contract Dooms Noncompete Claims

HR Daily Advisor

Upon completing its investigation, the DOL determined on March 1, 2006, that SpaceAge’s employment relationship with its employees began when the training period commenced, and SpaceAge had willfully failed to pay H-1B employees during the training period. Michael Dell is a contributor to New Jersey Employment Law Letter.

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Been Using E-Verify More than 10 years? Preserve Your Records Soon

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Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be deleting records created prior to December 31, 2006. If you were not using E-Verify on or before December 31, 2006, you do not need to download the report. Employers are also encouraged to retain the Historic Records Report with the Forms I-9.

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7 Surprising Facts HR Pros Should Know About the GDPR

Visier

Under the GDPR, organizations are most likely processing employee data on the basis that it is necessary for the performance of a contract, complying with EU employment laws, or to pursue the legitimate interests of an organization — provided this interest is not overridden by the interests or the rights and freedoms of the employee.

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Employer Sends Invoice to Former Employee – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Before this job, I worked in the government sector from 2006 to 2010. I recently received a letter from the finance department of my former employer stating that they overpaid my sick leave benefits during my course of employment and I owe them $18,500. But after thinking about it, overpaying employees is a serious issue.

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Another City Tackles Paid Sick Days

HRExecutive

According to the National Partnership for Women & Families , San Francisco became the first locality in the nation to guarantee access to earned paid sick days in 2006. In 2011, the Connecticut legislature became the first in the nation to pass a statewide paid sick days law, and Seattle became the fourth city, with Portland, Ore.,

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Looking Ahead at Litigation Trends

HRExecutive

In its 11th annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report , Chicago-based labor and employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw does a bit of both. All told, employers face a much more challenging landscape for defending workplace class-action litigation in 2015.”. EEOC employment law HR profession wage-and-hour'

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Case for Consistency: Treatment of Manager Prevents Dismissal of Age Bias Claim

HR Daily Advisor

He received individual scores indicating he was not meeting performance expectations in 2006, 2008, and 2014, although his supervisor acknowledged that managers, including himself, had good and bad years. Kennell Sambour, an associate of Day Pitney LLP, is a contributor to New Jersey Employment Law Letter.