Employment
This section provides you with articles discussing what to look for when finding a job. From interview tips to information on background checks and employment laws, this section provides it all.
As unemployment insurance expires for millions of Americans, local homeless shelters are struggling to keep up with the growing demand for shelter and food. Those receiving unemployment benefits know all too well that the benefit payments they receive now represent the only thing standing between them and the streets. But perhaps even more striking is the growing number of middle-class homeless. Income earners once accustomed to the comfort of a middle-class life style are now turning to homeless shelters in record numbers.
Get knowledgeable on the employment law terms below. Knowledge is power. Know your rights and get familiar with the employment law definitions below. Discover the meaning of employee, employer, essential job function, executive employee, except employee, implied employment contract, overtime, plan document, professional employee, safety sensitive position, supervisor and termination.
Here you will find a useful glossary of employment and labor law terms that may come in handy one day. Learn what the Department of Labor does. Get familiar with the definition of trade secret, resignation, termination and more. Always be prepared. Knowledge is power.
Labor laws protect worker’s rights. But if you don’t even understand employee benefits terms how will you defend those worker’s rights? Here you will find a glossary for the most common employee benefits. Read on and get knowledgeable.
All employees have rights and employers have a responsibility to meet these rights. Here you will find a very useful glossary of employee rights terms. Know your rights. You can’t protect them unless you know and understand them. Get knowledgeable on drug test, duty of fair representation, employment at will, employment contract, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, random test, reasonable accommodation, retaliation, retaliatory termination, right-to-sue letter, serious medical condition, sick time, vacation and vocational rehabilitation.
Is an employer under a legal obligation to hire or promote me if I am the most qualified person for the position?
Unemployment insurance works like other forms of insurance - except that the employer normally pays the insurance premiums to the state agency that ends up making the payments to the employee when he or she loses a job. The state however must be incompliance with the federal guidelines and directives concerning how the unemployment program is administered.
The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted to protect employees from employers who try to pay employee wages that are either legally too low or too late.
Labor laws protect worker’s rights. But if you don’t even understand employee benefits terms how will you defend those worker’s rights? Here you will find a glossary for the most common employee benefits. Read on and get knowledgeable.
There are many types of employer discrimination and all are illegal. Protect yourself by learning what these terms mean. Here you will find a glossary on employee discrimination terms. Really understand what sexual orientation, disability, gender, age and pregnancy discrimination are and know what sexual harassment, grievance and intentional infliction of emotional distress mean. Read on and get knowledgeable.
It’s important to understand the labor laws that protect you. Here you will find a glossary for employee groups and employee rights organizations that work hard to enforce and promote workers rights. Don’t hesitate to call the Department of Labor and an employment lawyer if you feel your rights have been seriously violated.
All employees have rights and employers have a responsibility to meet these rights. Here you will find a very useful glossary of employee rights terms. Know your rights. You can’t protect them unless you know and understand them. Get knowledgeable on drug test, duty of fair representation, employment at will, employment contract, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, random test, reasonable accommodation, retaliation, retaliatory termination, right-to-sue letter, serious medical condition, sick time, vacation and vocational rehabilitation.
Here you will find a useful glossary of employment and labor law terms that may come in handy one day. Learn what the Department of Labor does. Get familiar with the definition of trade secret, resignation, termination and more. Always be prepared. Knowledge is power.
Get knowledgeable on the employment law terms below. Knowledge is power. Know your rights and get familiar with the employment law definitions below. Discover the meaning of employee, employer, essential job function, executive employee, except employee, implied employment contract, overtime, plan document, professional employee, safety sensitive position, supervisor and termination.
The Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on a person’s religion, race, sex, color, and national origin. Sexual harassment is one form of discriminatory practice and it is unlawful at both the federal and state levels and applies to both the public and private sector.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2008-09 Edition) reports that nearly a third of all eligible workers today qualify as self-employed professionals or contractors. Advances in home office technology have allowed contract workers, consultants and freelancers to build their own career from their own home.
To bring an action for sexual harassment, you must usually establish that you found the conduct against you to be hostile, abusive or offensive. You do not necessarily have to be the victim of the harassment in order to file a complaint about workplace sexual harassment.
There are many ways to define sexual harassment. Generally it includes any type of unwelcome sexual advance, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
As unemployment insurance expires for millions of Americans, local homeless shelters are struggling to keep up with the growing demand for shelter and food. Those receiving unemployment benefits know all too well that the benefit payments they receive now represent the only thing standing between them and the streets. But perhaps even more striking is the growing number of middle-class homeless. Income earners once accustomed to the comfort of a middle-class life style are now turning to homeless shelters in record numbers.
While the countries unemployment rate reaches 9.7 percent in the second quarter of 2009, representing over 5.6 million out-of-work Americans, the unemployment rate still represents less than half of what the unemployment rate was back in the days of the great depression - a small consolation for those people who suddenly find themselves out of work and out of money.
Employment applications and interviews assist employers in choosing applicants who they think best fit their company’s needs and business objectives. It is entirely legal for an employer to eliminate anyone for almost any reason from consideration, so long as that reason is neither illegal nor violates a recognized and compelling governmental public policy.