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When dealing with dress codes, the type of suits businesses do not want employees considering are lawsuits. Dress codes can bring up so many sensitive issues and enforcing them can open an employer to risks, labor and employment attorney Paul ...

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WASHINGTON — Two years after a guidance warning employers against the overly-broad use of criminal background checks to screen potential new hires was issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it is drawing renewed criticism from employers, business groups ...

WASHINGTON — How much distance from an immoral act is enough? That’s the difficult question behind the next legal dispute over religion, birth control and the health law that is likely to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ...

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The city of Rochester has taken the plunge in enacting legislation that would make it easier for job applicants who have a past criminal conviction to be considered for open positions without being rejected out of hand. Will other municipalities ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the pregnancy discrimination claims of a package delivery driver for UPS who was refused a light duty assignment so she could continue working while pregnant. UPS driver Peggy Young lost ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover a union’s costs of collective bargaining. ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a dispute over the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s duty to try and settle charges of job discrimination before filing lawsuits against employers. The issue has riled business groups ...

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Ban the Box legislation appears to be the wave of the future, and in the case of Rochester employers, the future is sooner than you think. The city’s legislation addressing the hiring of people with criminal convictions is scheduled to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The First Amendment protects public employees from job retaliation when they are called to testify in court about official corruption, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The unanimous decision cheered whistleblower advocates, who said it could encourage ...

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Gone are the days of scrutinizing, or even second-guessing, whether an employee actually has a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Instead, today’s ADA claims are all about accommodating the employee, so she can do her job. A new ...

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Rochester City Council on Tuesday evening unanimously approved legislation that would require the city of Rochester, its vendors and any employer in the city to eliminate the box that asks job applicants if they have been convicted of a crime. ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider the case of a federal air marshal who was fired after leaking information to the press about aviation security plans. The justices were to hear an appeal from the ...

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