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Maryland same-sex marriage law to go into effect January 1
Quick summary of this article Same-sex marriage in Maryland will be legal beginning January 1, 2013. The Civil Marriage Protection Act was signed by Governor Martin O’ Malley on March…
Female Duo Subjected To Inappropriate Cavity Search: Camera Catches Troopers Probing Women’s Private Parts
38-year-old Angel Dobbs and her niece, 24-year-old Ashley Dobbs, auntie and niece, driving in Dallas, Texas, were unaware that their instinctive act of flicking cigarette stubs out of the car…
Sergeant Major Wins Legal Battle Against USPS: Firing Could Cost Postal Service $2 Million
Thirteen years after he was fired, Army Special Forces Sgt. Major Rick Erickson stands vindicated for his long legal battle. An administrative law judge has ruled that, not only must he…
North Carolina E-Verify Deadline is on Jan 1, 2013
Verifying the authenticity of your employees, knowing your employees and all their facts well before hiring them in your company is a crucial matter. This will save a lot of…
Lawsuit Accuses Google And Apple Of Choking Off Competition To Keep Wages Artificially Low
It is not very likely that the two corporate giants, Google and Apple would see eye-to-eye on any issue and both never miss out on any opportunity to outdo and…
Indianapolis Hotel Workers Lawsuit Exposes Hotel And Subcontractor Nexus: Unions Claim Historic Victory
Earlier this year, upwards of a dozen low wage earning workers, mostly Latino, working in ten Indianapolis hotels, had filed a class-action suit, charging that their employers and the recruiting…
Appeals Court Reverses Ruling on Former Employee’s Lawsuit Against Perdue Farms
An escalation of misconduct was the reason an employee was fired from a Perdue Farms plant in Perry, GA. The former worker, however, claims that his termination was due to…
Michigan Right-To-Work Legislation Faces Union Raucous Protests: A Sleeping Giant Has Been Woken, They Say
Michigan Unions are breathing fire and getting ready for a huge protest on Tuesday in retaliation of the increasing likelihood of the “right-to-work” legislation proposal going through the Michigan Legislature.…
Former Employee’s Case Dismissed Because He Forgot to File Requested Paperwork
There are many ways a person can lose a lawsuit against his/her former employers: fail to present evidence, have a less than creditable witness, or wait too long to initiate…
Disability Employees and Possible Termination
Employees who once worked for Wachovia and are now on disability leave will receive a termination letter by the time the New Year approaches. As part of the termination, these…
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Firing Is Fiery!
HR Career Resources is a weekly column authored by HRCrossing, the nation's leading human resources jobsite dedicated to getting HR professionals jobs.
For most human resources professionals, hiring a new candidate is a jubilant moment. However, needing to fire one of their existing employees is one situation they pray hard to avoid getting into. Unfortunately, the need to fire an employee for the health of the organization is inevitable at times. In such cases, HR professionals are not left with a choice. However, firing an employee does not always have to be a bad experience. Terminating an employee’s services can sometimes be the best solution for an organization or the employee himself. Reasons for termination may include a lack of productivity, misconduct, a loss to the organization owing to the carelessness of the employee, and other issues. Human resources professionals faced with the situation of firing an employee need to tackle each [...]
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