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RIP Nabucco: What the Southern Corridor gas route decision means for the…
Lucy WallworkNabucco is dead. Long live TAP. The Nabucco pipeline, a highly political piece of gas transportation infrastructure, was designed to carry natural gas from Azerbaijani gas fields and neighboring suppliers to gas-hungry European customers. That was the logistical agenda, at least.
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10 tips for reducing the risk of employment-related litigation
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThis article offers tips for minimizing or avoiding employment-related liability. These tips apply even to employers who may not have enough employees to be covered by the major federal employment laws such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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The most important employment documents
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEmployment litigation can be expensive and time-consuming. An employer’s success or failure in defending itself can turn on the law or the facts. Employers cannot do too much to change the law that applies to any given case. But, experience shows that employers can do a lot to shape the facts and to improve their position in employment litigation. Most of the time, this shaping of the facts depends on the documentation. Moreover, while the particular facts may be different from case to case, the same types of documents are at issue in nearly every employment law case.
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Beware of misclassifying workers as independent contractors
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIf your workforce includes contract employees, freelancers, casual workers or independent contractors by any other title, you should seriously analyze whether such workers should be recategorized as employees. The risks of not properly classifying workers can be substantial and include having to ante up back pay, liquidated damages, unpaid taxes, penalties, interest, accounting and attorneys' fees. In addition to these economic risks, other negative consequences can include interference with ongoing operations and harm to an employer's reputation.
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7 practical tips for effective supervision
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementExperienced managers have increasing difficulty navigating today's alphabet soup of federal employment laws — ADA, ADEA, FMLA, IRCA, OSHA, NLRB, etc. State and local laws further complicate the making of employment decisions. At the risk of oversimplifying things, we prepared this list of seven tips for effective supervision to avoid legal liability in the workplace.
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America’s natural gas dilemma: To export or not to export?
Lucy WallworkThe United States is facing a problem it couldn't have envisioned in its wildest dreams a few years ago as liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals were being hurriedly thrown up along the coast to plug the nation's energy deficit.
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Employers beware when conducting criminal background checks
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued enforcement guidance on arrest and conviction records in employment decisions. Employers need to revise their use of criminal background checks in light of this guidance. Ninety percent of employers perform criminal background checks. Reasons for using criminal background information are to prevent theft, fraud, workplace violence and liability for negligent hiring or to comply with various laws.
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