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A recent South Carolina Court of Appeals decision concerning when an employer is vicariously liable for an employee’s actions (4:04) |
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Okoli v. City of Baltimore, a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which addresses sexual harassment(4:12) |
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Services available from HRD’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (5:49) |
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U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals case concerning two federal laws: the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. |
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A lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, against South Carolina companies alleging that they discriminated based on national origin. |
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A recent South Carolina Supreme Court decision which stated that an injury that occurs in the workplace may be combined with pre-existing impairments, resulting in a substantially greater disability that is compensable (5:13) |
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The United States Supreme Court ruling in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri which involves a federal retaliation lawsuit (3:17) |
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Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling which addressed donning and doffing protective gear at the start and end of the workday. (3:40) |
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Harris v. City of Baltimore, a Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals case (5:15) |
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A recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to end the largest sex discrimination lawsuit in United States history in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(3:00) |
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Human Resources related legislation recently enacted by the South Carolina General Assembly (3:30) |
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The position of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and employers’ leave of absence policies. (3:45) |
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Leave Statements that will be available to employees in SCEIS beginning July 11, 2011 (4:40) |
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Amendments to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) which will become effective on July 21, 2011 (4:05) |
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A Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals ruling in Adams v. Trustees of University of North Carolina–Wilmington concerning a First Amendment claim (3:47) |
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A Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals Case Concerning an Employer’s Anti-Harassment Policy (4:24) |
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A Recent Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Involving an Employee’s Sexual Harassment Claim (5:30) |
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A Recent Unpublished Opinion of the Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals Concerning the Settlement of a Claim Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA (4:41) |
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The Wage and Hour Division’s Final Regulations Interpreting Statutory Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the FLSA, and the Portal to Portal Act(3:25) |
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A decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding volunteer activity performed by a public employee and the possible overtime implications. (7:10) |
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A Recent Decision by the United States Supreme Court in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation Concerning if Workers Who Complain to Their Employers About Wage Violations are Protected Regardless of Whether the Complaints are Oral or Written (3:39) |
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Four New Business Warehouse Reports Recently Announced by the State Human Resources Division and the SCEIS Team(4:30) |
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A Recent Decision by the United States Supreme Court Concerning Employers Taking Adverse Actions Against Members of a Protected Class Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, or USERRA (4:08) |
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The Final Regulations of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, on the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, or ADAAA (6:36) |
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A Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on a Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, or USERRA, Retaliation Claim (4:30) |
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The New Operating Plan for the Office of the Solicitor of Labor, or SOL, the Legal Enforcement Arm of the Department of Labor, or DOL (5:42) |
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New Reports Available in the Time Management Module, Payroll Reporting Workshops, and the HR Reporting User Group (4:07) |
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A Recent Decision by the United States Supreme Court in NASA v. Nelson Concerning Public Sector Background Checks (5:43) |
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Clarification of Calculation of Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, Damages (3:14) |
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A Recent Decision by the United States Supreme Court in Thompson v.
North American Stainless Concerning Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and Third-Party Retaliation(3:46) |
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The Process for Carryover of Employees’ Annual and Sick Leave for the End of 2010 (3:48) |
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A Recent South Carolina Trial Court Decision Concerning an Employee’s Lawsuit for Age Discrimination and Retaliation (6:29) |
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A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit about state employers being sued for damages for violating the “selfâ€care” provision of the Family Medical Leave Act. |
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A Recent Decision by the Federal Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division Concerning no Longer Providing Fact-Specific Opinion Letters to Employers (4:01) |
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The Importance of Training and Development During a Turbulent Economy (3:50) |
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The Civil Conspiracy Defense Costs Proviso Included in the South Carolina 2010-2011 Appropriation Act (3:55) |
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The Final Regulations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or GINA (5:41) |
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A Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Case about an Anti-Nepotism Policy in Woodard v. County of Wilson (4:38) |
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A Recent Decision by the Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals Concerning Wrongful Discharge and Retaliation Claims (4:52) |
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Schneider v. Giant of Maryland, LLC, A Ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that Explains an Employer’s Responsibilities When an Employee Requests a Reasonable Accommodation for a Disability(5:36) |
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A Recent Decision by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit Concerning the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA (3:46) |
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Court decision about hostile work environment in the Charles Alford, III v. Martin & Gass, Inc. and Angler Construction Company, L.L.C., case (5:05) |
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The Impact of Labor Certification on the Status of Illegal Immigrants (4:17) |
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A Recent Decision Concerning the Federal False Claims Act, or the FCA, by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in United States ex rel. John Owens v. First Kuwait General Trading & Contracting Company (4:49) |
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The New SCEIS Report for Infotype 1018 and a Summary of the Options Available to Submit Batch Updates to Infotype 1018 Data in SCEIS (5:30) |
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A United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Ruling that Conflicting Standards of Proof do not Justify a New Trial on a Disability Claim (4:24) |
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Using the “Duck Test” when Classifying Employees as “Professional” Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA (5:00) |
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The Importance of Key Payroll and Time Management Reports that Should be Run Routinely in SCEIS to Support the Final Preparation for Each Payroll (3:21) |
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A Recent Decision by the South Carolina Supreme Court in
Mathis v. Brown & Brown of S.C. Concerning the Payment of Wages Act (5:07) |
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A Recent Ruling by the United States Supreme Court Concerning the Privacy Rights for Workers who Send Text Messages on an Employer-Issued Pager or Electronic Device (3:54) |
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Human Resources Related Legislation Recently Enacted by the South Carolina General Assembly (5:54) |
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New registration process for classes delivered by the State Office of Human Resources (2:41) |
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The Expansion of the Definition of “Son or Daughter” Under the Federal Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA (4:24) |
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The Move of the Physical Locations of the State Office of
Human Resources (3:25) |
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A Recent Ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Lewis v. City of Chicago Concerning a Disparate Impact Case (5:35) |
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Today’s Launch of the SCEIS HR/PY Modules for an Additional 37 Agencies in Wave 2 (2:52) |
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A Recent Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Concerning Gender Discrimination (6:05) |
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The Importance of Providing Workforce Compliance Training to Your Employees (3:38) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA (4:26) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding a Sexual Harassment Claim (6:26) |
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Whether Employees who Suffer from Scent Allergies are Considered Disabled Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, and the ADA Amendments Act, or ADAAA (5:37) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
Regarding Discriminatory Hiring Practices (3:33) |
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have amplified their interest in the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. (3:07) |
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The Enforcement and Litigation Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC (4:04) |
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Assigning Security Access in the SCEIS HR/Payroll System and the Idea of Organizational-Level Security in the System (4:55) |
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Using a Workforce Planning Template to Guide an Agency’s Workforce Planning Efforts (4:43) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding the Violation of First Amendment Rights (4:07) |
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A United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling Highlighting the Importance of Documentation Surrounding a Discrimination Claim (4:15) |
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SCEIS Data Cleansing and Organizational Structure Workshops for Wave 2 Agencies (4:04) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA (3:48) |
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Recent Updates to the Human Resources Professional Development, or HRPD, Program (5:54) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision that Addressed an Age Discrimination Claim (4:17) |
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Preparation for the Wave 2 implementation of the SCEIS HR and Payroll modules. (3:15) |
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The Importance of Being Aware of Warning Signs that may Indicate a Workplace Threat (4:29) |
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Final Preparation and Support for the January 1 Payroll Through SCEIS (3:09) |
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Amendments made to the military leave entitlements of the federal Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA (3:22) |
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Employee Training and Support Materials that have been Developed as Wave 1 Agencies Prepare to begin using SCEIS, and Specifically MySCEmployee, on December 2 (3:47) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
Involving Claims for Gender and Age Discrimination (5:15) |
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The United States Department of Justice’s Increased Enforcement
of the Law to Protect Returning Soldiers (4:43) |
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A Recent Ruling by the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Concerning Sex-based and Race-based Hostile Environment Claims and an Employer’s Responsibility to Take Action Based on These Claims (5:42) |
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A United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding a
Whistleblower Action Under the Federal False Claims Act (4:53) |
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A Recent South Carolina Court of Appeals Decision Which
Addressed Exceptions to the At-Will-Employment Doctrine (3:43) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision About
Overtime Compensation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA (4:54) |
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A Recent Ruling by the United States Supreme Court
Concerning Reverse Race Discrimination (3:58) |
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A Recent United States Supreme Court Ruling Under the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act or ADEA (4:50) |
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A Recent Ruling by the United States Supreme Court that Held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Protects an Employee Who Opposes Unlawful Sexual Harassment, but Does Not Initiate a Report of the Harassment (5:01) |
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Human Resources Related Legislation Recently Enacted
by the South Carolina General Assembly (5:33) |
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The Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Case Concerning an Employer Being Liable for Accessing an Employee’s Personal Emails (4:31) |
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The Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Case Concerning an Employer’s Violation of the Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA (5:31) |
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A Recent United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling that Found a Misleading E-mail was not Entitled to Free Speech Protection Under the First Amendment (4:18) |
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The Increase in Age Discrimination Charges Filed with the
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC (6:12) |
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United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Case,
Johnson v. Mechanics and Farmers Bank (5:21) |
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The Recent Economic Stimulus Law and its Inclusion of a New
Premium Assistance Subsidy for the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA (6:40) |
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United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ case,
Jones v. Calvert Group Ltd. (5:21) |
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Resources the State Office of Human Resources has to Assist Your Agency with Employees Affected by a Reduction in Force (3:07) |
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South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act and the Requirement that Public Employers Register to Participate in the EVerify Program (4:35) |
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An Overview of the Progress Being Made on the SCEIS HR/Payroll Project (4:15) |
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Human Resources Related Legislation Contained in the Recent Amendments to the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 (5:50) |
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The New South Carolina Financial Identity Fraud
and Identity Theft Protection Act (5:00) |
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Recent Updates to the Human Resources Professional Development, or HRDP, Program (TBA) |
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The Rise of Falsification of Information on Applications and
Resumes and Trends in Background Screenings (3:33) |
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Update on Military Leave and the Possible Implications Returning Military Personnel Will Have on State Government Agencies (4:59) |
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United States Supreme Court Decision Placing the Burden of Proof on Employers to Show an Employment Decision was Based on Factors Other Than Age (4:09) |
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Recent Federal Court Decision Involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act (3:56) |
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Recent US Supreme Court Decision Regarding the "Class of One" Theory of the Equal Protection Clause (3:17) |
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The Office of Human Resources Introduction of the Online Learning Center (3:28) |
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Training Available through OHR's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (3:51) |
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US Supreme Court Decision Concerning the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (4:07)
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Recent Congressional Developments Concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (5:43) |
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