| Covenants Not to Compete |
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| Employers in highly competitive industries often require their employees to sign covenants not to compete, or non-compete clauses, when they are hired. Usually such covenants provide that if the employee leaves his or her employment, he or she will not go to work for a competitor within a certain period of time. Some agreements also require that an employee will not contact the employer's clients upon his or her termination or that the employee will not go into his or her own business to compete with the employer. More... |
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| What is a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990? |
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| Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to protect persons with physical or mental disabilities from discrimination. Under the Act, a person is "disabled" if he or she has a ''a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.'' Although several other requirements must be met before a disabled employee is protected under the Act, the establishment of a disability is the first step. More... |
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| Arbitration -- Labor Disputes -- Contract Interpretation |
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| One of the most common causes of a labor dispute is a disagreement over the meaning of the labor agreement itself. This disagreement may stem from a lack of clear meaning or a failure of the contract to address a particular issue. When such disagreements are sent to arbitration, the arbitrator is given the task of interpreting the contract. In this endeavor, the arbitrator may rely on a number of standard tactics. More... |
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| National Labor Relations Act of 1935) More... |
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| Privacy - Polygraphs - General Issues |
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| A recent aspect in the history of polygraph testing is its use as an employment screening tool. In such situations, pre-test and post-test interviews between examinee and examiner are combined. The interviews measure the examinee's heart rate, perspiration, and blood pressure. Changes in these body functions, presumably caused by emotional stress provoked in the examinee, are noted in graphs. The examiner reads the graphs and interprets the results, which apparently measure the veracity of the examinee's statements. More... |
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