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Do I Have to Fill a Vacancy With a Qualified Disabled Employee or Can I Hire the Most Qualified Applicant?
Is an employer who has an established policy to fill vacant job positions with the most qualified applicant, required to reassign a qualified disabled employee to a vacant position, although the disabled employee is not the most qualified applicant for the position?
Pam Huber (Huber) brought an action against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
(Wal-Mart), claiming discrimination under the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
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The Union-Backed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) Failed to Clear the Senate
On June 26th
the Senate voted 51-48 in favor of cloture to end the
filibuster. Thus, the Employee Free Choice Act cannot
pass the Senate in 2007.
The
EFCA which was opposed by employers would have amended
the National Labor Relations Act to:
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Approaching Deadlines for Human
Resource/Payroll Professionals
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Latest Department of Labor Numbers
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