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		<title>Legal Development:  Volunteers Could Be Considered Employees Under Title VII</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=418</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[6th Circuit]]></category>
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A recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision could signal a change in the law that extends federal civil rights and discrimination protection to volunteers.  For many years the law has largely excluded these individuals as they do not fit the definition of an employee under the Title VII law.  Courts have previously focused on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart v. Dukes Supreme Court Decision Could Significantly Affect Future Employment Cases</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=402</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most large corporations, Walmart has a corporate policy that forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, disability and national origin.   However, more than 1.5 million women filed a lawsuit against the employer alleging that its policy of allowing local managers and supervisors to make employment decisions related to hiring, compensation and promotion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Seeks to Limit the Use of Credit Reports by Employers</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=397</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Credit Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Score]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Equal Employment for All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR 3149]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Application]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July 2009, the Equal Employment for All Act was introduced into the House of Representatives.  The bill seeks to prohibit the use of credit reports in making adverse employment decisions against current and prospective employees.  In several industries, credit checks have become standard personnel procedures, similar to drug testing and background checks.  However, many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hooters Faces a Weight Discrimination Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=392</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cassandra Smith, a waitress in Roseville, Michigan recently filed a lawsuit alleging weight discrimination by her former employer, the popular Hooters Restaurant chain.  According to details of the complaint, she was placed on a 30 day probation period and told that she had to lose weight in order to fit into the company’s extra-small sized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A Series: Is my employer required to give me a lunch period or breaks?</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=386</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fair Pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are introducing a new Q&#38;A series to share answers to many of the common questions that we regularly receive.  One of our most frequent is about lunch and break periods. 
There is not a federal law that requires an employer provide lunch or break periods for employees.   Although they are not required to do so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genetic Information Discrimination Claims on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=383</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GINA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted to prohibit employers from considering applicant or employee genetic information in making employment decisions.  The idea is to encourage individuals to participate in genetic testing which can assist in the early identification and treatment of illnesses without fear that the information will be adversely used by employers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewing After Being Terminated</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=372</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Former Employers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prospective Employers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommendation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[References]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do if you were fired from your last job or if you resigned under less than amicable terms with your employer?  You definitely don’t want that experience to affect your future employment so here are 5 Do’s and Don’ts for dealing with the situation:

DO tell the truth.  If you were terminated, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Your Employer Access Your Personal Email Account?</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=369</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Filing Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attorney-client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In New Jersey a nurse alleged ongoing harassment and discrimination by her employer.  She eventually quit her job and filed a discrimination complaint.  Following her departure, her employer was able to access her personal, password protected email account and obtain emails that she had written to her attorney documenting the ongoing harassment.  The company argued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unpaid Internships Challenged as Illegal</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=367</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unpaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wage and hour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As summer approaches, millions of students are debating what they will do with their summer.  With the recession, paid internships, clerkships and apprenticeships are becoming more scarce, leaving unpaid internships as the only alternative.  The idea behind unpaid internships is that you work with no pay in exchange for invaluable hands-on experience in your career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President’s Labor Recess Appointments Spark Controversy</title>
		<link>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=359</link>
		<comments>http://eeoconsultations.com/blog/?p=359#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronda Higgins Thornton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chai Feldblum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Becker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Constitution gives the President the power to fill administrative vacancies during a recess of the Senate and such appointees can serve without Senate confirmation until the end of the next Senate Session.  President Obama recently made fifteen such recess appointments, including four in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and one National Labor Relations [...]]]></description>
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