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GINA

Have you heard of GINA? If not, read up…

GINA is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. The law went into effect on November 21, 2009.

Progressive Business Compliance posted this update today:

“On May 21, 2008, Former President George W. Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 into law. GINA […]

Is Facebook your friend? Can Facebook cause you a problem? Can employers use Facebook during an investigation?

I think the answers to all three are yes, although in my mind, the latter can be very dangerous.

Check out this blog post that Porter Wright published through their Employer Law Report. They discuss a situation where […]

MSN Careers featured a very interesting article today. It was called “10 Things That Will Get You Fired.”

Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor, was the author. You can view her blog here.

And you can view the list of 10 things here. To be honest, I think I’ve fired somebody at least once for every single […]

We apologize for not updating this site sooner. We run HR Whiz on the side of our day jobs and October was just a mess – for lack of a better term.

But the good news is that we’re back with a vengeance and we’ll be updating this site more regularly moving forward.

Thank you […]