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Refusal to submit to search can bring termination

Impediments to winning a ‘retaliation lawsuit’

Employers should keep 'paper trail' to justify certain actions

7 Steps to Take Before Saying “You’re Fired”

ADA has implications for food service industry

ADA limits questions employers can ask about health, disabilities

Anti-Discrimination in Employment: Retaliation Gets Personal

Asking potential new employees certain personal questions may not be legal

Background checks part 2: The Fair Credit Reporting Act

Documentation can be an employer’s best friend

Does the right to privacy exist in the workplace?

Dress code, religious beliefs require 'reasonable accommodations'

Employers must be cautious when reporting worker ethnicity to Feds

Employers must make 'accommodations' for disabled

Employers obligated to keep certain worker records

Employers should prepare for H-1B filing season starting April 1

Employers should use common sense to avoid harassment suits

Employers use loopholes to beat anti sex-discrimination laws

Employers, be wary: Court widened meaning of 'retaliation'

Ex-workers may sue over negative comments by former employer

Florida courts take liberal interpretation of employee ‘misconduct’

FMLA requires time off for specific reasons

Form I-9 can be a catch-22 for most employers

Guidelines for creating employee handbooks

Harassment is unacceptable employers must put it in writing

Holiday parties do not give workers an excuse to break fraternization rules

How to protect against wrongful termination lawsuits

How unemployment compensation affects workers who voluntarily quit

Know Florida's minimum wage law

Office romances may touch the heart, but enflame employer liability

Office romances: Legal and practical implications affecting the bottom line

Prevent ex-employees from sharing trade secrets with competitors

Questions to job interviewees should be strictly job-related

Requiring an employee to arbitrate disputes isn’t easy

Seven steps before saying, 'You're fired'

Sexual harassment must be prohibited in the workplace

Social Security 'no-match letters' carry new impact

State, federal laws regulate what you can ask at a job interview

Ten Tips to Prevent Identity Theft

Veterans' re-employment rights

Weighty issue of morbid obesity, protection from discrimination

What employers need to know about lie detector tests

Documentation can be an employer’s best friend - part 2

Courts seeing increase in religious discrimination suits

Non-Compete Statutes Under Florida Law

Medical data, health check may be needed to get leave time

English-only policies have narrow application in the workplace

Employers should have policies banning violence

Respond properly to employee complaints of sexual harassment

Federal minimum wage increase has little impact on Florida

Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence

Under new law, firms must grant leave to domestic abuse victims

Workers' compensation a defense to certain workplace torts

Employees have legally protected personal characteristics

Interviewing job applicants without violating discrimination laws is a must

New DHS Rules Re: Employer Handling of Social Security No-Match Letters

What employers should do with Social Security ‘No Match’ letters

‘Green cards’ with no expiration date must be replaced

Uncle Scrooge's Advice for Office Holiday Parties

Responding to Employee Sexual Harassment Complaints

Article by Glenn M. Rissman Looks at Construction-Industry Layoffs

Articles > What employers should do with Social Security ‘No Match’ letters

What employers should do with Social Security ‘No Match’ letters

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This article originally appeared in the August 26, 2007 edition of Boca Raton News. Reprinted with permission.

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