From: The Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2013Employers are frequently using monitoring software to make their employees more productive at work, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times, part of a series about the “Tougher Workplace.”Although the Constitution...
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Before You Sign A Severance Agreement
Bertelson Law Office has a successful history of reviewing, evaluating and strategically negotiating severance agreements, “buy-out packages”, executive agreements and non-compete agreements. We can help you assess whether the package you were offered makes sense...
We’ve Moved Backward in Closing the Gender Wage Gap
From: Forbes, March 7, 2013 By: Bryce Colvert The gender wage gap is a hot topic. So hot that President Obama’s first act when he took office was signing the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which give the victims of pay discrimination more time to file charges against their...
FMLA Not Really Working For Many Employees
By Jennifer Ludden, NRP, February 5, 2013Twenty years after President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, workers’ rights groups say many employees still must choose between their family or their job. They’re marking the anniversary with calls to...
Severance Agreements Should Be Carefully Scrutinized
In this age of layoffs, employees are often presented with severance agreements when terminated. These agreements typically require individuals to release all potential employment law claims, including age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in...
Code Word for Age Discrimination
By: Jessica Lappin, Published in: The Huffington Post, January 17, 2013 New Yorkers over 55 quickly learn the open secret that “overqualified” means “too old.” The Great Recession has impacted workers of all ages, but seniors and near-seniors have been hit...
Friendly Fire: References
Taken from Workplace Fairness Blog, week of December 10, 2012 What’s the big deal with references during a job search? You sign up a few people who are your biggest cheerleaders and give their names to prospective employers. A recent study of hiring managers made an...
Don’t Sign Away Discrimination Claims to Get Severance Pay
1/2/2013 by Michele Bowman, Lawyers.com Trinity Health Corporation on Dec. 20 settled charges brought by the EEOC over the employer’s alleged policy of denying or delaying severance to employees who file discrimination charges after leaving their jobs. In general,...