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Writing a better cover letter 

By: Lisa Healy
Published: January 13, 2011

Tags: cover letters, employment, resumes

Now that 2011 has arrived, some of you might be thinking that your resolution is to find a job that you really like. Or to find a job, any job.

This column offers some tips for writing better cover letters to go along with the resumes you are sending out.

EMPLOYMENT 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: December 6, 2010

Tags: class action, employment

Can sex discrimination plaintiffs proceed as a class on claims for back pay under Civil Rule 23(b)(2), which authorizes class certification when claims for injunctive relief predominate?

See “Justices to review certification of Wal-Mart class”

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Bill would crack down on employee misclassifications 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 6, 2010

Tags: employment, fair labor standards act, misclassification

WASHINGTON – Newly-filed legislation would require employers to keep records of non-employees who provide labor or services to the company – and impose penalties on employers who misclassify employees as non-employees.

DHS shifts illegal labor focus from workers to employers 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 8, 2009

Tags: employment, immigration

WASHINGTON – In a shift in policy from the previous presidential administration, the Department of Homeland Security is shifting its focus in stopping illegal labor from workers to employers.

Sweeping COBRA changes have big impact 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: March 17, 2009

Tags: COBRA, employment, stimulus bill

For the first time, employers are required to pay a subsidy for former employees’ use of COBRA, and experts caution that employers could see their overall health costs rise as a result.

Not the retiring type: Lawyers fight back against mandatory retirement policies

By: Dick Dahl
Published: January 19, 2009

Tags: 20 things, employment, retirement

For a variety of reasons, law firms are changing their thinking about retirement policies.

Increasingly, partners are staying on after they turn 65, 70, and even older.

Some of them, however, are encountering problems with established law firm policies that specify an age by which they must retire.