Let’s say you have good reasons for termination. Perhaps the employee has well documented performance issues, has fallen asleep on the job, or has violated the harassment policy. Many employers
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IF WE WERE RIGHT TO FIRE HIM WHY DOES HE STILL GET UNEMPLOYMENT?
Let’s say you fire an employee for violating a very reasonable company policy, such as the harassment policy, or a safety policy, or even misappropriation of company property. Does that…
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Joblessness Among The Unemployed Remains High – Part 2
I’ve expressed my opposition to legislation outlawing discrimination against unemployed people. One such bill, AB 1450, has passed in the Assembly and is heading to the state Senate. Absent …
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Joblessness Among the Unemployed Remains High
As I wrote back in March, the EEOC — believing that some employers refuse to hire people without jobs — wants to make joblessness a protected category. Now there’s legislation before…
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EEOC Thinks Joblessness Should Be A Protected Category
At a February 16, 2011 public meeting, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission examined what it described as “the emerging practice of excluding unemployed persons from applicant pools.” An EEOC…
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