Monthly Archives: January 2013

Common ADA Screw-up’s – Not Documenting That Individual Interaction Process

Posted on January 17, 2013 by mavity2012

Common ADA Screw-up’s – Not Documenting Individual Interaction With Employees Who May Have Disability Conditions I will start blogging about various common mistakes in several areas, including the ADA, OSHA compliance, and investigation/discipline and discharge. As a starting point, I … Continue reading →

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Predictions About the NLRB

Posted on January 14, 2013 by mavity2012

The Workforce Fairness Institute just published an interesting analysis of likely actions by the NLRB in 2013 – NLRB Targets Secret Ballot and Employee Private Information.  The authors feel pretty strongly about the material and make little pretense of neutrality, … Continue reading →

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Part 2 – Care and Feeding of Counsel

Posted on January 14, 2013 by mavity2012

Posted below is Part 2 of my ruminations on selecting and managing labor counsel.  I prepared Part 1, the first 10 points,  after sharing my Las Vegas partner, Mark Ricciardi’s multi-part series on selecting employment counsel.  It is our hope that … Continue reading →

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Wash Your $!&# Hands! Employers and the Flu

Posted on January 11, 2013 by mavity2012

The CDC reports that the current flu season will be the worst one in recent years. On January 9, news outlets carried stories about the City of Boston declaring a state of public health emergency and of Chicago hospitals having … Continue reading →

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Confusion About Safety Incentive Plans – Legal or Illegal?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by mavity2012

Questions about Safety Incentive Plans have resurfaced in a number of discussions and blogs because of OSHA’s steadily increasing rhetoric against safety incentive programs that rely on injury data and/or whose incentives OSHA deems to be of sufficient magnitude to … Continue reading →

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The Care and Feeding Of Counsel

Posted on January 7, 2013 by mavity2012

My Las Vegas partner, Mark Ricciardi, recently posted the Fourth Part of his Blog on “Ten Reasons to Find a New Labor Employment Attorney.” I respect Mark’s opinions because he maintains some of our most enthusiastic clients. Over the next … Continue reading →

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