by sk | Apr 9, 2009 | General Legal Issues
Women who are victims of sexual harassment and discrimination often suffer in silence. Like rape victims, victims of sexual harassment often feel somewhat responsible for being mistreated. Make no mistake: it takes courage to stand up for yourself. But once you summon...
by sk | Apr 9, 2009 | General Legal Issues
News Flash – USCIS Announces Continued Receipt of H-1B Visa Petitions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will continue to accept H-1B applications until the Fiscal Year 2010 (FY 2010) cap of 65,000 petitions is reached....
by sk | Apr 7, 2009 | General Legal Issues
After 4/3/09, employers are required to use a newly revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form, to verify the employment authorization of their new employees. Only the new form, which has Rev 02/02/09 at the bottom of the page, should be used for all...
by sk | Apr 7, 2009 | General Legal Issues
The concept of progressive discipline is easy to understand: when facing discipline for misconduct, a police officer’s past performance record should be considered in determining a fair and appropriate punishment. Such discipline is “progressive”...
by sk | Apr 1, 2009 | General Legal Issues
When Ryan Moats, an NFL football player, raced to the hospital with his wife to visit his mother-in-law before she died, he ran red lights, ran stop signs, and failed to stop for a police officer trying to pull him over. To read the blogging and reporting on this...
