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Note: For your convenience, we periodically “recycle” (republish) important blogs that are still valid after their original publish dates. Subsequently, the archives below might show that we’ve published few to no blogs in some months, when we’ve simply republished some to all under more recent dates. Alternately, in some months there are few to no employee-rights or related news stories of general interest.

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May 2012 (3)
- 16: Mass Layoffs Report - Updated Quarterly
- 06: Child Labor in Summer Jobs
- 04: Unemployment Rate - Updated Monthly
April 2012 (1)
- 24: Mass Layoffs Report - Updated Monthly
March 2012 (3)
- 13: Hiring Outlook
- 10: Disaster Unemployment Assistance - Storm, Tornado, Wind, Flood
- 06: Extended Unemployment Benefits 2012
February 2012 (1)
- 22: Self-Employment Assistance
January 2012 (2)
- 17: Can I Take Family or Medical Leave for Flu?
- 01: Minimum Wage 2012
December 2011 (1)
- 23: Emergency & Extended Unemployment Benefits 2012 Update
November 2011 (1)
- 16: Does my employer owe me severance pay?
October 2011 (3)
- 20: Retirement Age for Social Security
- 13: Holiday Hiring Myth - Holiday Job Search Myth
- 06: Holiday Jobs Hiring Forecast
September 2011 (1)
- 26: What is Race Discrimination in Employment?
August 2011 (2)
- 29: About the Labor Day Holiday
- 26: Hurricane Unemployment Benefits - Updated
July 2011 (1)
- 18: What is Wrongful Termination?
May 2011 (1)
- 09: Tornado Cleanup Jobs
April 2011 (2)
- 27: Is a Severance Agreement Legal?
- 10: Resignation Notice and Pay
March 2011 (1)
- 28: E-Verify Self Check Launched
February 2011 (1)
- 16: Forced Meal Breaks
January 2011 (2)
- 18: Am I Entitled to Show-Up Pay?
- 01: Minimum Wage in 2011 - Updated
November 2010 (2)
- 22: Which are Unfair Pay Laws?
- 17: Are there any Layoff Laws?
October 2010 (1)
- 01: Must my employer give me time off to vote?
September 2010 (1)
- 21: Can my employer change my job description?
May 2010 (2)
- 31: Oil Spill Jobs
- 28: Gulf Oil Spill Unemployment Help
April 2010 (1)
- 16: COBRA Subsidy Extension
March 2010 (2)
- 31: Must my employer give me layoff notice?
- 01: Job Hiring Trends
February 2010 (1)
- 16: Must I Write a Resignation Letter?
January 2010 (1)
- 05: Minimum Wage in 2010
November 2009 (3)
- 18: Genetic Discrimination Law to Take Effect
- 11: Employment Help for Wounded & Injured Veterans
- 05: Senate Passes Extended Unemployment Benefits Bill
September 2009 (1)
- 18: Employer Labor Law Violations Abound
July 2009 (1)
- 11: Minimum Wage Increase
June 2009 (3)
- 18: Obama Grants Federal Job Benefits to Gay Partners
- 09: 600,000 Stimulus Jobs in 100 Days
- 03: Contractor Mandatory E-Verify Use Postponed - Update 3
May 2009 (3)
- 26: Alcohol & Drug Tests Toughen for Transportation Workers
- 19: Is your social networking your employer’s business?
- 07: Reverse Discrimination in the News
April 2009 (1)
- 02: Stimulus Making Work Pay Tax Credit
March 2009 (1)
- 19: Stimulus Whistleblower Protection
February 2009 (4)
- 23: COBRA Subsidy Under the Stimulus Act
- 19: Unemployment Benefits Under the Stimulus Act
- 16: Paid Sick Leave Update
- 10: Obama Issues 4 Pro-Labor Executive Orders
January 2009 (2)
- 29: Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
- 04: Minimum Wage Increase in 2009 - State & Federal
December 2008 (2)
- 29: New Employment, Labor and Discrimination Laws in 2009
- 22: Obama to Save or Create 3 Million Jobs
November 2008 (3)
- 21: Extended Unemployment Benefits Approved
- 17: New Rules for Family and Medical Leave
- 10: 27 Percent Experienced Employment Discrimination
October 2008 (6)
- 31: Pregnancy Discrimination Charges Rise Sharply
- 26: Layoffs Loom - Updated
- 20: Job Searching Taking Longer
- 17: Stress at Work
- 09: Drug-Free Work Week
- 08: Millennials Worst-Performing Workers
September 2008 (2)
- 27: Transsexual Wins Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
- 25: New Disability Discrimination Law
August 2008 (5)
- 17: New Whistleblower Law
- 14: IT Worker Sues Apple for Overtime Pay
- 12: DOT Alcohol and Drug Testing Changes
- 10: E-Verify States
- 08: Fear of Sexual Contact is a Disability
July 2008 (6)
- 30: New Religion Discrimination Guidelines
- 22: Family Leave Insurance Act
- 16: General Motors Layoffs and Plant Closings
- 08: Guns at Work in Louisiana
- 03: Wal-Mart 0, Employees 3
- 02: Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for
June 2008 (10)
- 26: Veteran Job Training
- 21: Employers must Disprove Age Discrimination
- 19: Extended Unemployment Benefits Blocked
- 13: House Authorizes Extended Unemployment Benefits
- 10: Federal Contractors must use E-Verify
- 09: Abortion Discrimination Illegal under Title VII
- 09: Work and Meal Breaks in New Jersey
- 08: Ford Layoff
- 04: Dress Codes, Tattoos and Piercings
- 02: Office Etiquette Survey
May 2008 (5)
- 29: Race-Based Retaliation Lawsuits
- 28: Employee Monitoring and Surveillance
- 21: Guns at Work in Georgia
- 05: Genetic Discrimination Act
- 02: Independent Contractor Law in Massachusetts
April 2008 (2)
- 25: Pending Federal Independent Contractor Law
- 16: Guns at Work in Florida

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