News: Employment

Legally blind people may have disability but they have the competency to perform work if given the chance. Opportunity is what disabled American job applicants and employees need to be able to prove their skills and abilities.

In a recent decision, the highest court in the Lone Star state has once again upheld the enforceability of a noncompete agreement. Many people believe noncompete agreements are unenforceable and, in fact, some states consider them illegal, generally speaking.

May 21, 2009

A recent trend among employers, especially those who are struggling to make ends meet in the difficult economy is to offer furloughs to their employees. This means that unpaid time off is offered to the workers, in hopes of lowering operation costs...

May 14, 2009

The Maverick Tubing Company, which is based in Conroe Texas, recently agreed to pay one of its employees $175,000. This is because the employee was fired less than...

May 7, 2009

Human resources experts are issuing statements saying that businesses and companies should make themselves “pandemic-ready.” Because new cases of the swine flu are being reported every day...

April 23, 2009

The United States Supreme Court recently decided to hear a case brought by 20 firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut. The men, mostly white, are claiming that U.S. civil rights laws...

April 17, 2009

A woman from Illinois was recently fired from her job at an assistant living center in Madison County when she reported patient abuse to her supervisors. According to the employee, she had...

April 16, 2009

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor told the governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, that he could not use his executive powers to extend federal benefits to unemployed residents who recently lost their jobs. This week, many exhausted their state and federal unemployment aid...

April 3, 2009

The recently proposed changes to the state’s workers’ compensation program have caused some disturbance among California employers and insurers...

Overload of Workers Searching for Jobs Leaves Many Without and Feeling Discriminated Against. The news media across the nation has repeatedly highlight one state as the forerunner...

March 24, 2009

In the state legislature of Nevada, Governor Jim Gibbons caused ire across party lines with his recent pleas for lawmakers to reject federal stimulus money...