We talked recently about the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) method of mediation. Another form of ADR is arbitration and it differs from mediation in several ways. A fundamental purpose of ADR methods is providing flexibility to stakeholders in a disagreement....
Disputes occur every day between an employer and employee, between businesses and between individuals. When people cannot resolve their differences they turn to others for help. In decades past, the only available option for a serious business dispute was the court...
In an improvement paralleled across the country, the jobless rate in Georgia in February dipped to its lowest level since January 2009. With more jobs in Georgia and throughout the nation, hope rises for economic recovery after years of recessionary hardship. Improved...
Job searching is a daunting task for anyone, especially in this economy. But for older workers, age discrimination can add to the difficulty of finding work. Jim Pawlak worked as a customer service representative at Xerox for 20 years. When the company announced job...
Aaron faces another sexual harassment lawsuit. This time, former Georgia employees of the Atlanta rent-to-own retailer are demanding $675 million in damages. The employees, whose identities are protected, filed two civil lawsuits, one in state court and the other in...
Whistleblower Holly Smith claims that sloppy legal work cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary claim settlements. The former assistant attorney for Atlanta filed suit against the city, accusing her superiors of incompetence and committing legal...
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, with US corporate offices are here in Georgia, was the subject of a recent Supreme Court hearing on the subject of unpaid overtime owed to their sale representatives. The sales representatives claimed they were asked to work extra...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires covered entities to abide by certain guidelines and rules that protect against the unauthorized use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI). Generally, covered entities may...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against employment discrimination. In particular, it protects against discrimination that unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment....