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    Jul

Workers’ Compensation: How to Handle an Injured Worker

As a business owner, you try your best to create a safe environment that prevents on-the-job injuries, but sometimes an injured worker is just out of your hands. As you likely know, after acquiring emergency care for such an employee, you need to report the injury to your insurance company and the state within a set period of...

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  • 27
    Jul

Workers’ Compensation: How to Handle an Injured Worker

As a business owner, you try your best to create a safe environment that prevents on-the-job injuries, but sometimes an injured worker is just out of your hands. As you likely know, after acquiring emergency care for such an employee, you need to report the injury to your insurance company and the state within a set period of...

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  • 27
    Jul

Feds on Whether They Can Track Your Phone: We’ll ‘Get Back to You’ (blogs.wsj.com)

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) claims that the government has “some authority” to conduct geolocational tracking on Americans through their cell phones, but that the government has not determined what its full authority to conduct such tracking is.

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  • 27
    Jul

Are Criminal Background Checks Unfairly Discriminatory?

By Nathan Koppel - The Wall Street Journal Law Blog The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is holding a hearing today on an important topic for companies: Can they consider job applicants’ criminal histories in making hiring decisions? The hearing will examine the law governing background screening and consider the extent to which individuals with arrest and conviction records face...

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  • 27
    Jul

Are Criminal Background Checks Unfairly Discriminatory?

By Nathan Koppel - The Wall Street Journal Law Blog The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is holding a hearing today on an important topic for companies: Can they consider job applicants’ criminal histories in making hiring decisions? The hearing will examine the law governing background screening and consider the extent to which individuals with arrest and conviction records face...

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  • 27
    Jul

California Governor Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to Supreme Court

The Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown today nominated University of California, Berkeley, law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court.  Liu, 40, withdrew his nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in May after Senate Republicans blocked his confirmation. Source link: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/07/jerry-brown-nominates-goodwin.html Follow this link: California Governor Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu...

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  • 27
    Jul

California Governor Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to Supreme Court

The Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown today nominated University of California, Berkeley, law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court.  Liu, 40, withdrew his nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in May after Senate Republicans blocked his confirmation. Source link: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/07/jerry-brown-nominates-goodwin.html More: California Governor Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to Supreme...

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  • 26
    Jul

Employee Safety: What Are My OSHA Obligations?

If you're an employer that is unsure about what the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) law is, or what OSHA guidelines you should be following, a quick introduction may be necessary. OSHA mandates that all employers engaged in business affecting commerce need to provide safe working conditions for their employees. This means that employers need to be...

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  • 26
    Jul

Employee Safety: What Are My OSHA Obligations?

If you're an employer that is unsure about what the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) law is, or what OSHA guidelines you should be following, a quick introduction may be necessary. OSHA mandates that all employers engaged in business affecting commerce need to provide safe working conditions for their employees. This means that employers need to be...

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  • 26
    Jul

Montana Sets 2011 Wolf Season, For Now

Montana Sets 2011 Wolf Season, For Now Originally posted here: Montana Sets 2011 Wolf Season, For Now

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