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Judge Rules You Can Randomly Test New Employees For Alcohol

AP | Posted 04.23.2013 | Business

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge in Pittsburgh says United States Steel Corp. can randomly test new employees for drugs and alcohol, rejecting a ch...

Dave Jamieson

CEO Rips Obamacare In Election Email To Employees

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.26.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Scott Farmer, CEO of the massive uniform company Cintas Corp., sent a get-out-the-vote email to employees last week suggesting the Affor...

Christina Wilkie

Supreme Court Will Define What A 'Supervisor' Is

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.03.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, in the term that began Monday, will rule on at least two disputes that could have a major impact on how employees fig...

Anti-Age Laws

Jim Selman | Posted 10.31.2012 | Fifty
Jim Selman

Let's loudly let our fellow citizens know that we are engaged in using our experience and wisdom for the benefit of all -- and we do not need permission or laws to do so.

City May Stop Hiring Smokers

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.18.2012 | Business

If a new policy is adopted, smokers in Fort Worth, Texas, may no longer be eligible to work for the city, WFAA is reporting. In reevaluating its he...

Rights Have to Be Enforced Somehow

Joshua Shulman | Posted 06.17.2012 | Politics
Joshua Shulman

We as a country have to decide what rights we want to enforce, and whether to enforce them with government agencies, or with private contractors. But whipsawing back and forth is unfair.

Big Brother May Be Your Employer, Not Just Your Government

Brett Greene | Posted 05.09.2012 | Denver
Brett Greene

How much ongoing access to your personal information, including your online login information, do you want your employer to have?

NLRB Fight Shows How Far We've Fallen

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.19.2012 | Business
Dave Johnson

Here is how far we have fallen: Republicans and big corporations are going to extremes, even threatening to shut down entire agencies of the government, just to keep people from knowing what their rights are.

Labor Dept.: Bank Of America Used 'Illegal Retaliatory Tactics' Against Worker

Posted 11.14.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp must reinstate a Countrywide whistle-blower fired shortly after the two companies merged in 2008 and p...

Four Steps to Workplace Flexibility and Smart Scheduling

Joan Williams | Posted 09.25.2011 | Business
Joan Williams

The common assumption is that workplace flexibility is impractical for hourly workers. Not so.

Don't Go Away Mad, Just Go Away: The Supreme Court Closes Up Shop

David Coleman | Posted 09.05.2011 | Politics
David Coleman

Closing down for the summer is not the Roberts Court's only disappearing act. During this past term, a disturbing trend emerged of withdrawing the courts from their historic and institutional role in providing justice for ordinary Americans.

Can Social Media Get You Fired?

Lewis Maltby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Lewis Maltby

Indeed, it can. You may want to think twice before posting about the horribleness of your job or your boss' lack of basic managerial skills.

Labor Board: Employers Can't Fire Workers Over Facebook Statements

New York Times | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

In what labor officials and lawyers view as a ground-breaking case involving workers and social media, the National Labor Relations Board has accused ...

Walmart Fires Marijuana User

AP | DAVID RUNK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

DETROIT — A man who uses medical marijuana to treat symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday he was wrongf...

Peaceful Revolution: Let Sick Workers Stay Home

Katie Bethell | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Katie Bethell

What employer would want someone with the swine flu to show up at work? As it turns out, lots of them.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About EFCA (But Were Afraid To Ask)

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
ZP Heller

We're so close to passing the Employee Free Choice Act that we must dispel the last-minute attempts by anti-labor politicians to quash our efforts of standing up for working people.