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Criminal Background Checks and Employment Discrimination Lexington, Kentucky discrimination lawyer Robert Abell discusses how the use of criminal background checks can result in illegal employment discrimination. -
Kentucky Whistleblower Act - City & Municipal Employees Lexington, Kentucky whistleblower lawyer Robert Abell on the Auditor General's call for amending the Whistleblower Act to apply to city & municipal employees. -
Noncompete Agreements; Sen. Franken Proposes Some Relief Lexington, Kentucky employment lawyer Robert Abell discusses a bill by Sen. Al Franken to reduce the un-American prevalence of noncompete agreements. -
Unpaid Wages and Wage Theft Lexington, Kentucky wages and overtime lawyer Robert Abell reports that about 1.7 million workers in America were not paid in 2014 even the minimum wage. -
Work Injuries & Nurses; Movement in the Right Direction Lexington, Kentucky work injury lawyer Robert Abell discusses steps by OSHA and some states so far to reduce the number of work injuries for nurses. -
New Overtime Rules Proposed Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell discusses the proposed new overtime rules that will affect about 5 million salaried workers. -
Disability Insurance - Able to Perform "The Important Duties" Insurance lawyer Robert Abell on disability coverage kicks in where an insured cannot perform "the important duties" of his job means "all the important duties." -
Religious Discrimination-the Supreme Court Announces a Rule Lexington, Kentucky discrimination lawyer Robert Abell discusses the religious discrimination rule announced by the Supreme Court in a recent ruling. -
Overtime & the Salaried Employee Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell discusses recent polls showing overwhelming support for expansion of overtime for salaried workers. -
Walmart Assistant Store Managers Sue for Overtime The job title manager and a salary doesn't mean you don't have to be paid overtime, if you spend more than 80% of your time doing the work of your subordinates. -
Satellite Dish Installer Entitled to Overtime Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell on the Sixth Circuit's ruling that a satellite dish installer may be an employee entitled to overtime. -
Sex Discrimination - Pay Gap Between Female & Male Nurses Lexington, Kentucky discrimination lawyer Robert Abell on studies showing male nurses make some $5,100 more per year than female colleagues in similar positions -
Gender Discrimination - Novartis Hit With Class Action Lexington, Kentucky discrimination lawyer Robert Abell examines the class action sex discrimination suit against Novartis arising from its Alcon lab in Texas. -
Mortgage Loan Officers Overtime Rule Upheld by Supreme Court Lexington Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell on the Supreme Court's ruling in Perez v Mortgage Bankers upholding the overtime rule for mortgage loan officers -
Sheriff Employees Allege Sexual Favoritism, Retaliation Lexington, Kentucky discrimination lawyer Robert Abell on a suit by El Paso county sheriff employees alleging sexual favoritism, discrimination and retaliation. -
Must Employers Get the Lowest Fees for Employees 401k Plans? Lexington, Kentucky employment lawyer Robert Abell discusses whether employers have a duty to seek the lowest fee funds for their employees' 401k plans. -
Police Officer's Complaint About Quotas Are Protected Speech Lexington, Kentucky employment lawyer Robert Abell on the 2d Circuit's ruling that a police officer's complaint about arrest quotas was protected speech. -
Is A Manager Entitled to Overtime? Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell discusses a common practice used to wrongfully keep from paying overtime: misclassifying employees as exempt.. -
Technical Writers Seek Overtime Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell discusses the overtime lawsuit by technical writers for medical software maker Epic Systems. -
Managers Dipping Into Tip Pool Alleged in Pat O'Brien's Suit Lexington, Kentucky overtime lawyer Robert Abell discusses the suit by Pat O'Brien's bartenders claiming that managers are dipping into the tip pool