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Articles on Employment Law

Use of a tape-recorded voice sampling as a basis for an employment termination may violate the Employee Polygraph Protection Act By Anthony J. Jacob Young Lawyers Division, January 2000 Courts have consistently held that lie detector tests are unreliable to find whether a person is innocent or guilty of committing a crime or unauthorized act that would lead to the termination of the person's employment.
EEOC has authority to compel federal agencies to pay compensatory damages for employment discrimination in violation of Title VII By Michael J. Calhoun Administrative Law, September 1999 In West v. Gibson, 119 S. Ct. 1906 (1999), the United States Supreme Court held that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") has authority to require federal agencies to pay compensatory damages for employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
Basics of employment discrimination: Who can sue whom for what By Iain D. Johnston Corporate Law Departments, August 1999 Title VII (42 U.S.C. section 2000e)
Sexual harassment in Illinois employment By Nicole Vercruysse Young Lawyers Division, August 1999 The Illinois Human Rights Act1 and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act2 are the two bodies of law used to address sexual harassment in employment throughout Illinois.3
Changes in Illinois wage deduction law By Michael M. Durr Young Lawyers Division, April 1999 On January 1, 1999, the Illinois wage deduction statute (735 ILCS 5/12-801, et seq.) was amended by the General Assembly.
Employer to pay §5(b) attorney fees in employee’s tort action against third party By Bernard Wysocki & Diane B. Curtis General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, February 1999 The Illinois Supreme Court held employer obligated to pay full amount of plaintiff's attorney fees pursuant to §5(b) unreduced by amount employer obligated to pay in contribution in a third-party tort action.

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