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Following a batch of frivolous complaints against executives that resulted in several of them hating your guts because you conducted the investigations, you institute a policy calling for brief "reviews" rather than full-scale investigations whenever a complaint is filed against an executive. The next time a complaint is made against an executive, you conduct a brief review and find no evidence of wrongdoing. What's most likely to happen next?
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Friday Roundup

Lots of interesting employment law goings-on today. Here are some of the greatest hits:

Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor has generated lots of press, some favorable, some not so much. Here are some of the latest takes from the New York Times and Hartford Courant. The former delves into Sotomayor’s demeanor on the bench, including her allegedly “sharp tongue” and “blunt and testy side.” The latter examines her handling of a controversial discrimination case.
Planning to reduce costs by using unpaid interns? You might want to think twice (and check the law). Click here for more.
Labor Secretary Solis has suspended Bush Administration rules related to hiring immigrant farm workers. Click here.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 8:15 am and is filed under Employment Law News, Interns, Supreme Court, farm workers, unpaid interns. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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