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Employment and Labor

1st DCA Clears Up When 180-Day Rule Applies in Officer's Rights Cases

Before McQuade v. Fla. Dep’t of Corrections[1] rehearing was denied on Jan. 25, 2011[2], there...

Employment and Labor

Florida's New Unemployment Law (HB 7005) and How it Affects Employers

Florida’s new unemployment law (HB 7005), which takes effect July 1, 2011, will reduce employers’...

Employment and Labor

Invoking the 24 Hour Rule: Shirley Sherrod Firing Provides Valuable Lessons for Management

When a video clip of a presentation Shirley Sherrod made earlier this year at an...

Employment and Labor

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Student Group Who Wants Access to School Funds and Facilities

Can public universities require student groups to admit “all comers” as members if they want...

Employment and Labor

Novartis Decision and its Effect on Employers

On July 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that...

Employment and Labor

Court Affirms: Public Meetings Open to Public but Not for Speaking

Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. (“CMPA”) is a not-for-profit corporation charged by the City of...

Employment and Labor

Public Safety Employer – Employee Cooperation Act Of 2009: Does The Federal Government Really Know What Is Best For Local Governments?

  The 111st Congress introduced House Resolution 413 Public Safety Employer – Employee Cooperation Act...

Employment and Labor

The United States Supreme Court Announces New Rule For First Amendment Free Speech Cases: Public Employee Whistle-Blowers Need Not Apply

Originally published in The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 80, No. 9  October 2005 On May...

Employment and Labor

PINing in the Public Arena: Beware of Private Texting

First published in the October 31, 2009 newsletter for FPERLA (Florida Public Empoyer Labor Relations Association)...

Employment and Labor

EEOC Updates GINA Act

Background Information for EEOC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking On Title II of the Genetic Information...