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The Five-Generation Workforce and Diversity Programs

Lizel Gonzalez

For the first time in U.S. history, the workplace is populated by workers from five generations who differ, in some cases widely, in their beliefs regarding work responsibility, work/life balance, and their relationship to their employer and co-workers.

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Employment Arbitration Programs

Alan Berkowitz, J. Ian Downes, & Jennifer Burdick

Part One of this article explored recent developments in the arbitration context, particularly those involving class or collective action issues. The discussion concludes herein.

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Religion in the Workplace

Brian S. Inamine

A series of recent employment law cases should serve as a wakeup call to companies about the dangers of trying to restrict the ability of employees to practice their religious beliefs, even in the workplace.

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Is Homelessness the Next Protected Class?

By Robert G. Brody & Rebecca Goldberg

It may surprise you to learn that discrimination against the homeless may be unlawful ' regardless of whether your state or the federal government has expressly prohibited this practice.

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What Employers Need to Know About Heat-Related Illnesses

Shannon Green

According to OSHA, more than 30 workers have died of heat stroke each year since 2003. Here's how to prevent such tragedies.

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The Perception of Retaliation

Gillian Watson Egan

A growing number of courts are now looking not only to protect employees who took some sort of civil rights action, but also those who can show that their employers <I>perceived</I> they took that action, even when they didn't.

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Employers Can't Fire Women for Wanting to Use Breast Pumps

John Council

In a pointed opinion, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that firing a woman because she wants to use a breast pump at work violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Employment Arbitration Programs

Alan D. Berkowitz, J. Ian Downes & Jennifer L. Burdick

This article explores recent developments in the arbitration context, particularly those involving class or collective action issues, and highlights a number of significant unsettled issues that may soon be decided.

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The Final Countdown

Timothy B. Collins & Amanda E. Layton

Regarding the Affordable Care Act, 2014 ushers in the most significant changes to date: the implementation of Health Benefit Exchanges (Exchanges) and employer "shared responsibility" provisions. Here's what you need to know.

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'Immediate and Appropriate Corrective Action'

Anthony B. Haller & Andrew B. Cohen

Some employers may not be aware that their obligation to prevent harassment in the workplace extends to preventing harassment by non-employees, including, for example, customers, patients, and university students.

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