Access Personal Information Online For Employment Background Checks

The introduction of the Internet has made it easy to do a world of things. Background investigations on latent personnel are no exception. You could search for details and records about them using their names and social security numbers. If they have a criminal record, even one as small or trivial as a parking ticket, [...]

Sticking It To The Man: Fighting Back Against Employment Discrimination

If you or someone you know has ever experienced illegal employment discrimination you know how intimidating it can be to fight for your rights. It’s easier to either accept the situation or find a new job than to demand justice. Houston employment attorneys will help you fight that battle and ensure that circumstances improve in [...]

The Perils of California Employment Law

By Frank E. Melton, Olivia Goodkin and Wendy Lane, Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Incorporated (www.rutterhobbs.com)

It is difficult to keep track of the various laws affecting employers in all 50 states, but California employers that do not focus on the substantial differences between California law and federal law may incur serious liabilities. Prudent companies with [...]

REIMBURSEMENT OF EMPLOYEES’ EXPENSES

Employees often incur expenses on behalf of their employers.  For instance, salespersons may use their automobiles and cell phones in the course of their duties.  Other employees may purchase office supplies or advance payment for hotel rooms or meals.  When must an employer reimburse employees for expenses incurred?  Must employers reimburse employees for actual expenses—whether [...]

Wrongful Termination in an At Will Employment Scheme

In most states in the U.S., terminating an employee without any clear and formal basis is illegal. Companies, organizations and even government agencies that will be found guilty of such actions may be held liable in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the discharged employee. This is to recover damages from the employer including loss [...]

Employer Liability When Employees Use Internet Communications For Offensive Purposes

What happens when you have a rogue or even out of control employee that uses an office computer to send or even post threats of great bodily harm or uses an office computer to generate other highly offensive communications? Can an employer who ends up being sued for such conduct assert a defense of immunity [...]

Stress at Work Claims: An Employer’s Guide to avoiding the pitfalls

1. Prolonged stress built up over the course of time through exposure to an excessive workload, long working hours or the breakdown of a working relationship can go unnoticed until too late. The question for employment/personal injury lawyers is when will an employer be liable for a psychiatric illness that is induced by workplace stress? [...]

Employment Law: Dismissals For Incapability & Other Topics

Incapability Dismissals Contrary to popular belief ‘ill health’ is a potentially fair reason for dismissal since it relates to the employee’s capability to perform the work that they were employed to do. However, in the context of incapability dismissals, the Employment Tribunal will scrutinise the procedures followed by the employer prior to termination, in order [...]

Whistleblowing - Michelmores Employment Law Update

Those of you who attended our Autumn Conference in 2006 may be interested to learn of some recent developments in the area of whistleblowing - that is, claims of suffering a detriment or dismissal on account of making a protected disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA). The scope of PIDA
The case of [...]

Employment Agreement Issues

Since the beginning of the capitalist society in the world, the struggles contradictions between employers and employees have existed along with it. And also the agreements made binding by putting them on paper. During the early days, individuals just trust and rely on each other’s words in establishing an employment agreement from the plowing of [...]