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Yesterday, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) re-introduced the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (“ENDA”) in the U.S. House of Representatives.  As you may recall, the ENDA would prohibit discrimination in employment based on an applicant’s or employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity.  If passed, the ENDA would create an additional protected class of employees.  Many states already have similar laws,…

We thought this might be of interest to our many small business clients:

The U.S. Department of Labor is offering a free webcast on retirement savings options for small businesses and plan providers this Wednesday, February 23.  Check out the press release here.

The webcast, which takes place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, will focus on retirement savings…

We were asked recently whether an employer could require employees to submit to a lie detector test.  The answer, in almost all cases, is no.  The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 generally prevents employers from using lie detector tests either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain limited exceptions.

The EPPA…

Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that a record number of private sector workplace discrimination charges were filed with the agency in its fiscal year 2010.  In its press release, the EEOC noted that 99,922 charges were filed, calling this figure an  “unprecedented level” of discrimination charges.  The statistics show the EEOC, through…

Immediately after being sworn-in as Florida’s Governor on Tuesday, Rick Scott signed several executive orders, including Executive Order 11-02, which will require state agencies to use E-Verify for all current and prospective agency employees.  Perhaps more importantly for our readers, the Executive Order also requires all employers who are state contractors to use E-Verify to check…