CareerBuilder.com just published its annual survey on employee absenteeism. Turns out some 33 percent of workers have phoned in sick when they really weren’t. The nationwide survey included more than 6,800 workers and 3,300 employers. The most common reason for ...

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A federal wrongful termination case noted in today’s Virginia Lawyers Weekly has been settled on undisclosed terms. The case of Spicer v. Universal Forest Products, Eastern Division, Inc. (VLW 008-3-430) featured a stinging opinion from Magistrate Judge Michael F. Urbanski ...

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A federal wrongful termination case noted in today’s Virginia Lawyers Weekly has been settled on undisclosed terms. The case of Spicer v. Universal Forest Products, Eastern Division, Inc. (VLW 008-3-430) featured a stinging opinion from Magistrate Judge Michael F. Urbanski ...

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A tug of war over disability plan documents has been remanded to an Alexandria federal district court for the second time by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. AT&T denied long-term disability benefits under the company’s ERISA plan to ...

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The Norfolk-based law firm of Taylor & Walker PC has started a voluntary four-day work week in its offices. The reason: It saves employees gas money. Apparently companies across the country have been opting for a new four-day, 8-6 schedule; ...

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GINA actually isn’t a who, it’s a what. As in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a new law signed by President Bush yesterday. As discrimination laws go, it’s a first: it’s an anticipatory law that forbids something before it starts ...

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An employee who claims his 401(k) account lost value can sue the plan administrator for failure to follow the employee’s investment instructions. On Feb. 20, the U.S. Supreme Court said in LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates Inc. that the ...

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A tourism PR director who says he was fired for sending e-mails to various state officials cannot sue those officials for his termination, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said yesterday in ruling on the director’s civil rights suit. ...

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A former executive who said she was defamed by her job performance review has come up empty-handed, after winning one of the largest verdicts in 2005. Cynthia Hyland had been with defense contractor Raytheon Corporation for 21 years and served ...

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