Employment Discrimination Lawyers and Labor Law Lawyers

How important is Law Review?

I am a law student at a tier 1 school in Ohio. I am trying to decide whether or not I should try out for law reiview. I really Don't want to actually be on law review but it seems so important in terms of getting hired. I am in the top half of my class, but not by much and am a very good legal writer. I would rather do Moot Court and maybe contribute to one of the other academic journals at my law school. The perfect situation for me after school would be working in a small to medium sized firm doing civil rights, employment, and/or real estate work.

Law Review is pretty important, but if you have other journals you can join that is pretty much just as good, especially if you have a better chance of being published. Moot court is important too.
Review and/or Journal show research and writing skills.
Moot court shows advocacy skills, at least depending on which one you do.
I know plenty of people that did review and moot court.

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Driver's License AND State ID. Can one individual have both from two states?

Assume for argument that Mr Otto, is a homeowner in State A. He pays property taxes in State A and Votes in State A. His Operator's license in from State A.

This is a very interesting question Mr B. I can conceive of a number of my friends who could fit into this situation. I not being a lawyer do not know the answer.

I do think you may get yourself into a BATFE catch-22 if you try to buy a weapon and you may have problems buying on in both states.

BATFE Form 4474 Q 13 asks for "State of Residence" it qualifies that you have to had resided in the state for 90 days.
This six page form de jour or form de caprice of the BATFE scares most FFL's to the point they may not wish to sell you a firearm.

Could an actual attorney-at-law provide a definition of "state of residence"?

Gender Discrimination

New Republican wave pushes pro-business agenda in states
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Having won big in the fall elections, Republicans preparing to take over statehouses around the country are proposing to cut corporate taxes, weaken union clout and rewrite laws on discrimination, whistle-blowers and injured workers to the benefit of employers.
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Would Mexico be better if the USA and Mexico become one nation?

Improvement of the Mexican people lives, Employment, Environment. Freedom of choice in Politics. More guarantees of education, security, more drug laws, less crime, less corruption.

Oh heck no if that was to happen it would be the ghetto of the USA. I read in an artitical a few week back where Vincente Fox of Mexico was talking to some people of Columbia saying that the Mexicans were going to over rule our government. Don't know how true the source really was but as daddy says talk is cheap.

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How can this be from our beloved 0bama?

7 Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs
America Now Over 6 Million Jobs Shy of Administration's Projections
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Funny, Not even1 trillion dollars can create jobs, when you give it to the Government ! Not that we gave it to them, they just stole it from our children and grand children !

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employment law question?

religious practices such as wearing certain clothing:
a.) need not be accommodated by the employer.
b.) must be allowed only if the position does not involve interaction with the public.
c.) need not be accommodated if other employees object.
d.) must be accommodated y the employer unless it would cause undue hardship.

Must be accommodated.

Some examples for clothing might be jobs that require specific uniforms.

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Compromise Agreements: A Good Way Of Resolving Employment Law Disputes

In the UK, where there has been an irretrievably breakdown in the relationship between employer and employee, one possible solution is for both parties to enter into what is known as a 'Compromise Agreement'. A Compromise Agreement is a legally binding agreement which allows the employee to receive an agreed lump sum as compensation for loss of office, the first ₤30,000.00 of which is tax free (plus an agreed reference in certain cases), in return for agreeing not to pursue their case against the employer to the Employment Tribunal.

Most types of employment law dispute can be resolved by way of Compromise Agreement, anything from an unfair dismissal situation to race and sex discrimination.

To be valid, the Compromise Agreement must be in writing, specify the dispute being settled, and state that the conditions governing Compromise Agreements have been complied with. The employee must also have received independent legal advice on the Compromise Agreement from a qualified person insured to provide it (i.e. the employee's solicitor), and the Compromise Agreement must identify who that person was. Usually, the employer pays the costs involved in the employee taking this advice.

The standard terms that are normally incorporated into the Compromise Agreement include: the size of the payment, that the employee will not pursue any claim against the employer, that the first £30,000.00 will be paid tax free, that the employer will provide the employee with an agreed reference, a tax indemnity, confidentiality, no derogatory remarks by either party about each other, return of company property, and that the employee will continue to abide by the restrictive covenants in their contract of employment.

About the Author

Richard Antrobus is a Solicitor with The Employment Law Solicitors who handle dismissal and discrimination cases on behalf of both employers and employees nationwide throughout the United Kingdom. He is also the author of the firms two websites, The Employment Law Solicitors and The Compromise Agreement Solicitors. Visit the website at: http://www.theemploymentlawsolicitors.co.uk and http://www.thecompromiseagreementsolicitors.co.uk

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One of the mysteries of George W. Bush’s administration resulted from its too-apparent failure to investigate and prosecute the leaks of classified information most damaging to our national security.
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Abortion foes capitalize on health care law
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Labour and Employment
Conducting reference checks is a critical part of the hiring process. However, given the existence of privacy legislation that restricts employers' ability to collect, use, disclose and retain personal information, such checks are not always clear-cut.
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Which political issues need to be addressed that do not seem to ever make it to the headlines?

Moral Values? Lack of Employment Opportunities? Illegal Immigrations? The Environment? National Defense and Homeland Security? Health Care and Prescription Costs? The U.S. Budget Deficit? Educational enhancements?

I think the government needs to educate people on their constitutional rights.

Why is it that most Americans do not know the meaning of free speech? Why do many Americans believe that the freedoms in the constitution are limitless.

If the schools are not educating young Americans on their rights, then somebody needs to.

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Nebraska may become the fourth state to 'Ban the Box,' removing the criminal history box from initial application forms for public employment. 'Ban the Box' is a slogan for a nationwide initiative, launched independently in various states and cities, to enact legislation that would prohibit public employers from disqualifying ex-offenders based solely on their criminal history.
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Alabama Debt Relief

With the ever larger debt loads faced by Alabaman borrowers, it’s no wonder that so many of the citizens of our fair state have begun to examine the various alternatives to paying back their mortgages and credit card bills through more than traditional means. After all, considering that our current national financial struggles show no signs of improving over the coming years and more and more consumers find themselves out of work, there are increasing levels of desperation felt from all sectors of the economy, and borrowers are drawn to all aspects of debt relief. This modern world, it’s the easiest thing possible to wake up and realize you’ve somehow accumulated financial burdens nearly impossible to repay through traditional measures. With credit cards now so freely available to nearly every Alabaman that can sign their name and a topsy turvy financial structure that effectively enables spending more than our citizens’ earn as a cornerstone of expansionary economic periods, buying absent regret has become almost an instinct for our countrymen, and so many consumers land themselves in a revolving continuum of paycheck to paycheck cycles propelled by the very lenders they’re so desperate to pay that they fall prey to the most predatory of schemes.

Within this sort of economy, even the smallest life change can lead to grave repercussions. From marital problems to illness to a change of employment, any number of the seemingly inevitable consequences of modern life may impact your household budget beyond capacity, and this style of plate spinning domestic finance engenders desperate foolhardy solutions patched together at the last minute and fueled by purposeful ignorance on the behalf of the borrowers. Jumping from check to check with no room for error, unable to pay anything toward savings, ever harried by ceaseless payment due dates and expanding minimum obligations, the Alabama debtor attempting to carve out a life upon the turn of the twenty first century too often finds him or herself without hope and tragically susceptible to confidence schemes that, however technically legitimate the business and glossy the surrounding spiel, inevitably scavenge the debt relief wishes of those that can least afford false promises. Five years ago, for example, the Alabama legislature legalized the so-called payday loan services, but, even though this usurious practice has been made lawful throughout the state, this could only be considered debt relief in the most tragic sense. Ever since Alabama representatives passed that 2003 law distinguishing payday loans as a justifiable practice, people from all corners of Alabama have been misled into (searching from some short term assistance with minimum payments or sudden household needs) believing that the service may be some sort of debt relief when, in actuality, it only worsens the existing debt problems. Actual management of debts will be a long and difficult process that, while it may indeed require the help of external authorities such as debt settlement companies, demands exploration on the part of the borrower and a general understanding about the unspoken rules of debt relief.

Among these companies, probably the most well known sort of debt relief business for Alabama and the rest of the United States of America would be the Consumer Credit Counseling alternative. As most Alabama borrowers likely know by now, thanks to the industry’s seemingly never ending stream of commercials and advertisements, the Consumer Credit Counseling companies consolidate all unsecured debt (that is; debts not already attached to collateral liable for repossession or foreclosure or similar fates) in order to attempt to lower the accumulated interest rates toward something far lower. Alongside this clear benefit, which (for reasons we shall soon explain) can almost be guaranteed for near every Alabama borrower, the Consumer Credit Counseling professionals are also likely to clear away the former fees charged by the credit card companies for payments that arrived past their due date (twenty five bucks for a days’ postal delay) or accounts that were charged past their limit (thirty dollars for a few cents’ miscalculation), and, in what has become the Consumer Credit Counseling companies’ greatest motivating sales gambit, the new payments shall be far below the combined minimums of what the debtors had previously been striving to eke together each month. It’s an attractive debt relief presentation that the Consumer Credit Counseling specialists have put together, no small wonder that the industry has gained so much momentum through the last few years, but there are any number of drawbacks that their television commercials do not even dare to mention.

When entering one of the Consumer Credit Counseling storefronts – which, by this point, have popped up near every Alabama town and city of any size – you will be explicitly told about all of the benefits this service may indeed have to offer. One could hardly complain about lower interest rates or waived fees, after all; this is debt relief in its most superficial sense. However, the lowered payments end up for too many borrowers resembling a bittersweet privilege. For all of the temporary assistance recalculated payment schedules may bring Alabama households, the smart borrower should also realize that the lower the payment, the longer the eventual term of the overall loan and the more that they shall inevitably pay in compound interest. What use halving the actual rates when you’ll just up spending even more through terms that last twice as long? Further, the negative impact upon your FICO score and credit report is almost as bad as what you would see following declaration of a Chapter 7 debt elimination bankruptcy even though the debts remain with the Consumer Credit Counseling decision, and you’ll end up spending a pretty penny for the companies’ services before everything’s said and done. Actually, not only will you pay through the nose for the assistance of Consumer Credit Counseling professionals, but the debt relief specialists you work with will also request payment from the credit card companies as well. Remember, the conglomerates behind your credit card bills live in fear that the ordinary consumer might try their hand at bankruptcy protection – however disruptive recent congressional fiat has rendered that debt relief choice; any Alabama head of household that earns more the forty thousand a year probably would no longer even qualify for Chapter 7 debt elimination – and they want to make sure that their clients are locked in to an achingly slow system of debt relief that effectively forces the continual repayment of interest until the consumer’s death.

Now, debt settlement companies – superficially quite similar to the Consumer Credit Counseling debt relief alternative; both, after all, consolidate all unsecured revolving credit card accounts with an eye to eventual reduction of debt burdens – also maintain their own set of disadvantages. While less destructive to credit ratings, Alabama debtors that go through the program shall still see their FICO scores take a slight dip, and, once they are part of the debt settlement program, borrowers shall no longer be able to use past accounts nor take advantage of any new credit card opportunities sent in the mail or telemarketed or even offered from a trusted lending institution. Alas, much like the Consumer Credit Counseling option, debt settlement professionals do not work pro bono. They have their own fees that you’ll have to worry about – though, as with Consumer Credit Counseling, the brunt of the expense shall be extended over the course of the consolidation – but debt settlement companies do not ask additional money from the credit card companies that they have expressly pretended to be working against. Instead, the debt settlement professionals assume a combative posture from their first talks with representatives of the credit card companies and do whatever’s necessary to ensure that your credit account balances are reduced. Alabama consumers that we have spoken with in the past year have reported that experienced debt settlement negotiators have eliminated as much as fifty percent of their overall balances through a mixture of carrot (sped up payment schedules that typically last less than five years) and stick (the still effective threat of personal bankruptcy which reps of the credit card companies are taught to avoid at all costs).

Now, much as we thoroughly recommend every Alabama borrower at least takes a close look at the debt settlement alternative, we cannot promise it shall be the right fit for each family. So much, after all, depends upon what your family can and cannot pay each month. Income, household expenses, the type and the complete amount of debts held (and even the specific corporation that holds each debt; some still refuse to negotiate debt settlement regardless of technique) mean so much when deciding upon a particular debt relief plan. After all, debt settlement does mean you will still have to repay the majority of your current credit obligations within a limited time period, and, we understand, that’s just not possible for all Alabama families. Furthermore, you will still have those secured debts, like car loans and home mortgages (not to mention tax liens or any governmentally assessed bills like alimony or child support) to deal with. The responsibility for effective debt relief still lands with the original consumer, and you must start taking charge of their finances before presuming any other company can just make things right. Talk to the lender representatives yourself before involving debt relief companies, and, even after you’ve chosen a debt settlement or alternative approach, make sure that you continue to talk with the creditors to ensure that the bills are being paid as originally agreed and that all fees and debts that were purportedly waived have, in fact, been erased.

In order to ensure that you will have the funds necessary to meet the debt settlement stipend each month as well as taking care of all additional burdens such as payments for the aforementioned secured loan, insurance, and all of the day to day expenses households require to run smoothly. Budgeting should be of primary importance for every Alabama borrower in need of debt relief (which, realistically, should be every Alabama borrower that finds themselves unable to easily pay their outstanding debts – home mortgage or investment excepted – within a few months). Proper management of income and expenses remains the backbone of effective debt relief. Alabama’s shown a steady increase in per capita income growth, hovering just under three percent per annum for around the past decade which lands us comfortably in the top echelon of states, and, even during this period of economic unrest, many borrowers and other members of their households should be able to find additional work or begin home based business to increase earnings. Greater income combined with an end to foolish spending – a serious and reasoned program of debt relief, in other words – should prevent this sort of thing from ever happening again in the future regardless of how much Alabama and the American culture at large accentuates and indulges our worst impulses toward shopping without remorse.

While the worst tendencies of the American economy over the past few decades, propelling our countrymen into ever greater debts so that such artificially spurred bouts of purchasing buoys otherwise shaky financial underpinnings, have led consumers into such dire financial straits, our system of commerce also encourages new markets and industries to develop which help unfortunate borrowers navigate their way amidst debt relief predicaments. Throughout Alabama and the rest of North America, Consumer Credit Counseling and debt settlement and the similarly motivated firms have proven that they can effectively diminish the stresses that accompany debt loads, alleviating borrower tensions while facilitating communication between the clients and the lenders, while taking the debt burdens upon themselves as the debt relief specialists negotiate more advantageous terms and force leniency towards the payment schedules. This alternative could not guarantee debt relief for every borrower, if needs be said, but a wide swath of Alabamans insist that the process has prevented their households from being swamped by out of control debts. No consumer should enter the professional debt relief arena without quite reasonable apprehensions regarding the potentially troublesome repercussions, but experienced and educated debt relief counselors may still effectively aid their clients whenever the need for such assistance arises.

Though social services continue to be cut during the national financial crises that currently plague the American economy, resources yet exist for every citizen, and, while these programs (whether subsidized by the state or through non profit charities) may certainly be of some use to the right borrower, the best sort of companies – even if they are technically non profit or organized by the state or federal government – do request at least some small stipend for the first discussion. Within Alabama, for example, the various counties have originated debt relief affiliations with some of the more established community banks to provide assistance for those borrowers suffering from out of control debts. Within such ventures, social workers and enlightened volunteers have been trained by debt relief specialists typically employed by the banks or debt consolidation firms to advise unlucky debtors that recognize their essential helplessness in relation to existing burdens and larger spending habits. Considering Alabama’s continual troubles with problem debtors – for the past decade, Alabama has been found near the top of per capita Chapter 7 bankruptcy declarations, sharing that unfortunate distinction with Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and, in recent years, Utah – state officials have taken special care to help aid Alabamans understand and master debt relief from a blend of public and private counseling.

For most borrowers whose financial obligations have risen to the degree that they can no longer easily satisfy the minimum payments demanded by their creditors, involvement with one of the professional debt relief companies will sadly still be necessary. It certainly wouldn’t harm any Alabama household’s chances to avail themselves of the free (or, again, virtually free) state resources before choosing any specific course of action, but they will likely suggest eventual partnership with one of these specialists – consolidation with a debt settlement negotiation firm, say – for true and lasting relief from debts. This should not still be an easy decision for any Alabama family, and they should not feel that they are being rushed into any one approach. If bill collectors will not stop telephone or direct mail harassment, contact the consumer affairs section of the Alabama attorney general’s office (11 S Union, 3rd Fl, Montgomery, AL 36130; toll free phone number 1-800-392-5658) to report particular misdeeds. Alabama – along with thirty some other states – allows the consumers within the state to record phone conversations with all such collection agencies regardless of the bill collector’s notification or prior approval under statutes outlined by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and proof of harassment should provide more than enough leverage to guarantee the agency not only will leave you and your family alone but also close up shop to prevent them from ruining the lives of other Alabama households.

There’s no reason for any family to suffer through this sort of barely lawful aggravation, and Alabama has done as much as any state in the south to protect their citizens from collection agency persecution. Though the process of debt relief demands swift and serious attention from all applicable consumers and all debtors facing consumer debt burdens should begin analyzing their predicament immediately, no Alabama borrower should allow him or herself to feel pressured into any course of action they do not thoroughly understand nor whose underlying foundations and eventual disadvantages they do not feel they will be able to comply with beyond question. So much of the relationship between a debtor and his or her debts remains impossible for an article such as this to accurately comment upon. Alabama, like all states, maintains special privileges for its consumers that should be fully investigated before consolidating past obligations.

Even the best debt settlement companies and associated professionals often ignore the less attractive debt relief practicalities with an eye toward ensuring the best potential credit reports and FICO scores. To take one of the more vibrant examples, Alabama features a statute of limitations (still ultimately dependant upon the lender’s initial written contract) upon consumer debts that can last no longer than six years and, for revolving accounts, may be as little as three years. Much depends upon the borrower’s state of residence when they took out the original loan and when the first delinquency was officially recorded, but this effective loophole should have obvious benefits. Many debt relief specialists, ever aiming to perfect their debtor clients’ overall situation (and, for some, pad the balances upon which they’ll draw a percentage of the total for their commission) will still urge complete repayment of all outstanding loans to better the borrowers’ credit ratings. Still, it may well be in the best interest of the more cash poor debtors to indulge the grace of Alabama’s statute of limitations upon such burdens.

All of which is not to say that debt settlement should be avoided or that debt settlement counselors are not to be trusted. The grand majority of such debt relief companies in the Alabama area or around the nation have earned sparkling reputations from a uniquely successful technique that genuinely can diminish payments and settle debts by as much as half of what the borrowers are currently bound to owe while eliminating all financial liabilities in only a matter of years and safeguarding home and hearth from seizure. Furthermore, in conjunction with Alabama law and the best wishes of the state to protect its citizens from future troubles with monetary burdens, these debt relief companies will also counsel borrowers on purchasing habits, budgeting, and organization of all consumer related difficulties involving the most beneficial payments to be made and how best to avoid succumbing to similar problems down the road. Curious borrowers should make sure to ask the Alabama chapter of the Better Business Bureau about any specific company that they are thinking about meeting with as well as contacting the federal Fair Trade Commission to ensure that there were no existing complaints upon record, but, still and all, for any Alabamans serious about debt relief programs, there’s nothing to lose by a process of discovery. It may take a while, it may be difficult for you and your family to suffer through the various deprivations that the program requires, but, with little more than will and effort and the desire to succeed, debt relief can be a reality for every Alabama household.

About the Author

My name is Cole I am a professional in the financial fields of bankruptcy and debt settlement.

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Common Bankruptcy Myths

There is a lot of false information regarding bankruptcy.  Here is a list of the most common myths we’ve encountered.  Please consult with reputable San Francisco bankruptcy attorneys before deciding bankruptcy is not a viable option for you.

1. My employer will find out and fire me, or my potential future employer will not hire me because I filed for bankruptcy.

Discrimination solely because you filed for bankruptcy is prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

2. I have to be broke or behind on my bills to file bankruptcy.

No.  Do not wait until you’ve drained out your savings, or 401(K), or borrowed more money from relatives and friends.  Consult with a bankruptcy attorney right away if you do not see a way out of your current financial situation.

3. Bankruptcy is not affordable.

Most bankruptcy attorneys have payment plans.  In general, you will be advised to stop all credit card payments, which will free up money for fees.  In Chapter 13, most of the fees are paid through the plan payments.

4. I will lose my home.

In Chapter 7, as long as you are current on your payments, you can keep your home.  In California, there is a homestead exemption up to the following amounts:

(1) $50,000 is single debtor.

(2) $75,000 if debtor is family unit.

(3) $150,000 if debtor or spouse is at least 65 years old, disabled, or if annual income is less than $15,000 or $20,000 if married.

Refer to California Exemption Chart

5. My credit is destroyed forever.

Bankruptcy is reported on your credit report for 10 years.  This does not mean you cannot get credit for 10 years.  Chances are you already have bad credit.  Most credit scores will go up after filing bankruptcy, usually do to the debt-to-income ratio improving.

6. I will never get a home, an apartment or car.

People do rebuild their credit after bankruptcy and go on to buy homes and/or cars.  Your credit score may actually increase after bankruptcy, especially since bankruptcy will have a positive effect on your debt-to-income ratio.

7. You can’t go bankrupt anymore since the new law.

The 2005 Reform Act made it more difficult to file for bankruptcy, but it is still possible.  Consult with a consumer bankruptcy to determine if you qualify.

8. The new law says you have to pay everything back.

In Chapter 7 bankruptcy, debts are wiped out with the exception of certain taxes, child support/alimony and student loans.

9. It will be in the newspaper.

No.  Your bankruptcy filing will not be publically displayed or announced in a publication.  However, it is public information, and anyone that wants to can go to the Bankruptcy Court and request your file.  Additionally, the information is available on a Federal Bankruptcy database but to access it, you must have an account.

10. I hear “you can’t go bankruptcy on credit cards any more”.

Not true.  Credit cards are unsecured debts and will generally be discharged by bankruptcy.

11. After you take a credit counseling course you must wait 6 months before you can file a bankruptcy.

Credit counseling must be completed within 6 months of filing bankruptcy.  Check with the US Trustee’s Website for authorized Credit Counseling courses.

There is no waiting requirement after completing credit counseling to file for bankruptcy.

12. If I file for bankruptcy I’m a failure.

Plenty of famous and successful people have filed for bankruptcy.  Ask yourself, can I be more productive and successful if I did not have this debt?

13. There’s a secret way to make your creditors accept a fraction of the debt.

It is true that oftentimes credit card companies will offer to settle on stale debts.  However, creditors may (and often do) sue you.  Unless you have a valid defense for the lawsuit, you will most likely lose the case.  They can get a judgment against you and garnish your wages or put a lien on your property.

Assuming they do settle, what the creditors and debt settlement companies don’t tell you is this: the amount forgiven will be considered income to you and you will be taxed on the amount forgiven.  It’s better to owe your credit card money than the IRS because you can discharge the credit card debt in bankruptcy much more easily!

14. I’ve hired a debt settlement firm to help me pay off all of my debts at a deep discount in 3 years or less and now I won’t have to file for bankruptcy.

See #14.  Debt settlement firms aren’t lawyers.  There is nothing they will or can do for you should your creditors decide to sue you.  Additionally, creditors do not have to settle with you at all!  Most of the time, the debt settlement companies will keep most of the money for themselves, leaving little for the actual settlement.  They can’t do anything for you that you can’t already do for yourself – not pay your creditors then work out a settlement.

If you do decide to hire a debt settlement company, please be sure to check with the Attorney General office of the state the company is located.  There are lots of warnings issued by governmental agencies regarding the dangers of hiring a debt settlement companies.

15. My friend told me as long as I am going bankrupt I might as well max out my credit cards and use up what is left.

Accumulating debt with an anticipation of filing for bankruptcy may be considered fraud. Bankruptcy is for the unfortunate but honest debtor.

16. I should “leave one card out” of the bankruptcy.

ALL debts must be listed on the bankruptcy petition.  Everyone you owe money to must be listed.  This includes friends and families.

17. “But my credit score will go down!”

See #5.  Ask yourself, what will it take for me to get out of debt?  Use this calculator to figure it out.  Most people continue to make the minimum payments not realizing the amount of money it will actually take to get out of debt.  Do not make the mistake of getting trapped in the cycle of making minimum payments – never being able to live debt free.

18. I’ll never get credit again, or another,  I won't be able to get credit for 7 years

After filing for bankruptcy, your debt-to-income ratio improves.  This will help your credit score.  Additionally, you cannot file again for 8 years (in case of Chapter 7) so you’re actually a “safe bet” for the creditors.

19. Bankruptcy does not apply to certain creditors like Bank of America.

Bankruptcy applies to Bank of America as well as all other banks.  Generally, all unsecured debt will be discharged in a Chapter7.  In Chapter 13, the amount you pay back will depend on your payment plan.

Have additional questions?  Call a San Francisco bankruptcy lawyer today at (415) 963-4004.

About the Author

JC Law Group is a San Francisco bankruptcy law firm assisting individuals, families and small businesses with bankruptcy and debt settlement.

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Benno Wymar learned that illegal immigration strikes a nerve in Vermillion, even though the city lies nearly 1,500 miles from the Mexican border. “I was putting up a poster for (Wednesday’s) forum, that said, ‘Too Many Immigrants?’” the retired University of South Dakota professor said.
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Who is going to win this weekends Australian Federal Election?

Only 3 days to go so who would you choose:(A) Kevin Rudd ;Labour Party :polls have him at 42%,young idealistic and also declared his conservatism,might sign Kyoto but details hazy so he probaly wont ratify Kyoto,made an early bid to unroll new intrenet network but has gone silent recently can mean only one thing its been canned,will soften Howards radical employment laws if elected. (B) John Howard;Liberal Party: polls have him at 34%,Australias long serving Prime Minister over 10 long years ,introduced G.S.T. tax,radical rationalisation of employment laws,refuses to ratify Kyoto treaty,admits he might lose his own seat in this weekends election and said he will retire mid-term and hand over power to Peter Costello.So who would you choose?
I will vote for Kevin Rudd ,i find John Howard to be a mean old man completely out of touch after 11 long years in power.

I was watching Laurie Oakes, veteran political analyst who has a pretty good track record for his knack of predicting election outcomes, last night on Channel 9. He was sounding pretty darn sure than Labor could win as many as 20 seats, it would be an absolute landslide victory and Howard was almost certain to lose his own seat of Bennelong.

He explains how their ploys are failing and how Costello's reputation is getting quite a battering:
http://thebulletinelection.ninemsn.com.au/coalitions_interesting_times.htm

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In economic times such as these, there are a lot of people looking for new ways to keep their jobs. Many go back to school in hopes that learning new skills will keep them attractive to their current employers or make them stand out to potential ones. Some people start looking for new jobs without knowing for sure if they even need one. Not even lawyers are safe from the economic downturn, as they find people utilizing their services less and less because they fear they can't afford it. Progressive law firms, however, will find that capitalizing on the Social Media Marketing trends will greatly benefit their livelihoods as they begin to rely more on the available technology than on traditional forms of marketing to create awareness. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of these formats is that they are free to use, which means that you can easily create new ways to market your business but you will also be able to retain more of your profits.

When blogging first became popular it was quickly adopted by internet marketers as one of the easiest ways to create a web presence. Lawyers in this modern time can take advantage of blogs to not only create awareness but build their credibility on a very specific and important topic.

Similarly, podcasts and YouTube channels can let you put your face and voice to your words, and connect with people all over the world, let alone your local area.

You can also build a Facebook page, which lets people get to know your business a little more intimately, but also lets you reach out to people through common friends. Finally, building a Twitter community lets you connect all of these technologies together and communicate to everyone simultaneously.

In order to utilize social media marketing properly, you will want to make sure that you are also up to date on your mobile communication. Attorneys should try to employ a relatively new smart phone with the latest web apps so they can keep up on their networking no matter where they are.

Not only does mobile technology let you stay connected on the go, but it lessens the amount of time you need to invest in marketing, which frees you up to get out in the community and meet more potential clients.

This way you can stay organized while also staying in contact with all the people who are important to your business.

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I received a verbal job offer; took pre-employment drug test and have not heard back!?

I was offered a position over the phone verbally with a law firm. I was urged to go right away to the lab. I picked up the lab paperwork from the law firm, did as I was told; and it is now one week later and I have not heard another peep about this job. How long should this test take? I am not a drug user. I have sent emails, but not getting a straight answer. Advice anyone?

All is probably OK, but wait until around next Tuesday and if you still don't hear anything, give them a call.

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Federal State Labor Law Poster Facts And Reviews

The employers all over the world require labor law and federal law posters to keep them updated in some conspicuous place. The federal labor law is required to let the employees know their rights. The employees should know the right to get right wages, security regarding health and life, workers compensation, benefits and insurance. Federal state labor law posters require posting employment posters, which are a part of the labor law. Labor law posters may change from time to time, as changes occur in law, judicial decisions or some issuing agency. The main mission of the Florida labor law poster is to let the employers comply with the poster requirement. Labor laws are governed by various federal and state agencies; make the employees aware of their needs and current laws.

The posters that the federal government creates are posted in businesses where many employees work. They generally contain information regarding the right and employment for the employees. The federal labors require this information so that the employees understand and access knowledge for better employment. The federal state labor law poster also incorporates the employees’ mandatory content into the single law poster. The law designates the places of labor laws to be posted. There are many commercial posters including different languages and posters designed with the recycled material. Florida's labor law poster intends to inform the employees about their rights so as to satisfy the employers’ mandatory statues and legal obligations. The employers should post their minimum wages, anti-discrimination, unemployed insurance notice and compensation notice.  

Most of the labor laws state the same thing regarding their rights and obligations. So, they are of a commercial variety. Homemade posters that are not mandated are permissible. The Florida labor law poster permits posting of the required material when sufficient space of binding for posting is not available. The safety posters are sealed for identification. Bilingual law posters are required by this state. Well, most of the requirements are common as of the other states. However, child labor is an added attraction as a priority by the voters of that state. There are very few changes that are required by the labor law posters, which are sustainable.  

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They're victims forever only if they want to be
Why has the General Assembly just declined to pass legislation to extend the statute of limitations for damage lawsuits in child sexual abuse cases?
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Government/Regulations: Related News
5/12/2010 - FMCSA Opens Pre-Employment Screening Program The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now offering trucking companies access to a safety database they can use to screen applicants for driver jobs....
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will sex offender go underground if this law get passed?

Under current Georgia law, registered sex offenders can't live within 1,000 feet of child care centers, schools and places where children congregate. The new law goes much further, with employment and loitering restrictions and a broader definition of areas where children congregate, including school bus stops.

If offenders have addresses no matter where they are at least this way, those of you that are hate mongers, believe everything the media and the politicians say, (which is mostly 99% wrong), and those of you that think you have to have a registry to babysit your children rather than you supervising them on your own (you do enjoy that false sense of security the registries give you), you will know where these rehabilitated former offenders are.

Now, if you would rather here the facts instead of the propaganda: 90 to 95% of sexual offenses occur by someone known to the child - a relative, close family friend, close neighbor, teachers, coaches, scout leaders and after school activity persons. The re offense rate, however, is 3.5% reconviction rate for sex offenders. 1.2% of that rate are reoffenses on child molestation.

Now that you have those figures, how about this: Your child has a MUCH higher chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, gang related incident, playground accident, drowning, and struck by lightening, than they have of being molested by a rehabilitated sex offender. So you just enjoy that little false sense of security you love so much. While you are enjoying that, pay attention to the registries and see how they are growing compared to second charges on offenders!

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Criminal Defense Q&a

A criminal contained by India be holding defense minister post?
George Fernandes,who went underground after trying to bomb the railway tracks during the Emergency period of 1970's,ironically be given the post of defense minister, when the BJP was ruling party,between 2000-2004. It seem the mandate of the people was for the criminal, who seem to be acting lie a saint. atleast...

A sound out for criminal defense attornies?
Regarding someone has been convicted of a sexually stern crime in CA, who has finished their sentence and be brought back to the county jail as a civil detainee for a audible range. The DA has filed a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) petition. The civil attorney appointed the inmate is unfolding him to agree...

An aggressor cannot claim the right of private defense within criminal law'.explain the stateme.?
If you strike the othe chap first you cannot claim to have be defending yourself. if you throw the first punch you can't say you be defending yourself against an attack. Right to self defense has very controlled scope in criminal decree, although criminal jurisprudence allows it...

Are here any pro bono attornies contained by missouri for criminal defense?
The constitution states you have the right to an attorney, but when the public defender turns you down and you don't own money; where do you get an attorney? This is for an innocent immature lady. OK, let me try to bring back this straight your daughter who was...

Can I hold your guidance on the following criminal defense scenario?
Defendant, while at work, wrote checks to herself totaling $7,500. She is caught and charged with grand larceny (& forgery). DA presents its armour to judge saying she wrote checks totaling $9,500. The extra 2 august is the insurance deductiable of the employer's theft insurance. We don't know if DA...

Can the accuse be charged near perjury if his defense against a criminal charge is proven wrong?
Charged with bouncing check law, he countered that he did not own the signature and the check. He be acquitted though for lack of concrete evidence that he one-sidedly received the demand letter. He be ordered to pay the check value,official interest from demand...

Can the state of massachusetts arrest me contained by the state of florida for a minor criminal defense?
Mass can issue a warrant and then ask Florida cops to serve it. You are then held contained by a Florida jail pending extradition to Mass. The temperament of the crime does not matter, although as a practical matter Mass might desire not...

CJA /Criminal Defense Investigator?
I enjoy this type of work, but I am having a extremely rock-hard time finding work. I don't have a pd license, because I have not be with a firm for 5 years, nor am I a retired law enforcement officer. I hold roughly 2 years experience. Right I now I am just looking for contractual work....

Could a criminal/thug use the "god give us free will" defense?
Let's say someone walks up to you and points a gun at you. They read out "If you don't give me your wallet, I'm going to shoot you. I'm not telling you what to do, you may freely choose to do as you please, I'm a moment ago telling you...

Criminal defense insurance?
Is there a company that offers insurance for criminal defense? More specifically, for a coach or league board branch. The coach's insurance I have seen simply covers liability. Depends on the crime. There is such coverage as "abuse or molestation defense". It only covers the official defense, not any monetary award if you're found guilty. It's only available...

Defense criminal?
i need some info on a defense criminologists but it got to be a site because i gotta print it out Here's a site that have many criminal defense articles including a recent one where DNA evidence help prove a wrongfully convicted man innocent. http://www.criminaljustice.org/public.ns… National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)Largest US organization of defense attorneys. Generally advocates...

DID YOU KNOW Mexico regularly intercedes on the side of the defense contained by criminal cases involving Mexican's?
DID YOU KNOW: Mexico regularly intercedes on the side of the defense in criminal cases involving Mexican nationals?Did you know that Mexico have NEVER extradited a Mexican national accused of murder in the U.S. contained by spite of agreements to do so? According...

Did you know that if you use a gun contained by self defense when a criminal is in the region of to snuff you, Obama will prosecute?
... YOU! That's right, that's the law he voted on, to PROSECUTE THE VICTIM! Well, if he can't get adjectives the guns by confiscating them from the American's, he'll have to prosecute you when...

Discuss your judgment on whether insanity should ever be considered a lawful defense for criminals?
psychology opinion paper cross-examine...plz give me ur opinion on base on this question guys I believe wholeheartedly that anyone in a psychotic state during an attack, robbery, or murder should be considered mentally incompetent. I know this won't be very popular but what if it be...

Do you reflect that the self-defense decree is over-protecting the criminals?
Say, If you had a million dollar in a house and two ancestors are stealing it and taking off as you go into your house. Do you really want to follow the regulation and call the police/run after them since they are leaving beside your property? or do you shoot...

Do you regard the insanity defense is abused today by criminals?
do you think the insanity defense is abused today by criminals? if so, who do you think is at glitch the lawyers or the actual criminals? Of course, scumbag attorneys will do anything to get their criminal clients a go past. Here's a thought: I wonder how the use of...

Florida criminal defense imperative firm - the best florida criminal defense decree firm?
Can someone tell me the best florida criminal defense law firm. There are frequent criminal defense law firms near florida that we can find, but between them where on earth can i find the best florida criminal defense law firm? As you know, there are plentiful florida criminal...

Four broad category of criminal defenses that our permissible system recognize?
What are the four broad categories of criminal defenses that our legal system recognize? I can't find this anywhere and I need it for a criminal justice broadsheet. I haven't received the book yet from amazon. HELP!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cr… Here's a link for the 57 category of criminal defense, but the...

Have at hand be any Christian Groups/Churches that hold remunerated for a criminal defense for a x-ian standing trial?
A friend and I are having a debate. I am wondering, are there any incidents of any religious group, preferably Christian, paying for the criminal defense of a individual who is on trial for any criminal activity (preferably murder)? An example could...

History and legitimate defense to criminal act?
What does history show about the use of insanity as a legal defense to criminal act? History have shown that even sane persons after committing a crime, plead as insane to escape punishment. That it is possible and does happen. That doesn't mean the perp get to walk free though. It is often misused...

I be looking for adjectives criminal cases similar to my husband self defense skin can u give support to?
A man with a weapon was on our porch starting an argument beside my husband and basically the man got kill in the process loads and loads of missing info my dear. Sounds approaching you are hiding A LOT. Lawyer up if...

I want a internet article concerning a criminal trial which includes the use of affirmative defenses , etc.?
or can include hearsay testimony, privledged testimony, plaease back, i dont know where to find one. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht…

I will be starting a criminal defense statute firm soon. What financial software do you suggest?
I have heard to carry Quick Books. Why is that? Is there a particular Quicken that I would want to capture? Like Quicken Professional? Or would the regular one suffice? "> Quickbooks (the business version of Quicken) is awesome and very user friendly.

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Is there any program for free immigration lawyer in Canada?

My friend is a Canadian citizen, however has problem bringing his wife to Canada. They have been waiting for over 2 yrs now. He had to travel so many times and his wife is pregnant now and needs him besides her. Similar cases usually takes 3 to 6 months. They had to go through a very long & stressful period, got sick mentaly and physicaly, naturaly got employment difficalty and........ My friend thinks it is discrimination that some of his friend passed the same proccess in 3 months and wants to take it to federal court but the expese is high. I thought there might be some program for free ....... Also wonder where can I see & review the Canadian family re-union law or rules.

Your friend's best bet is to contact the Canadian Bar Association and ask to speak to someone on their pro bono committee. See the link to the pertinent CBA page below.

Alternatively, the CBA could put him in contact with a local law faculty that may have a pro bono program in place.

Chances are not particularly good, but his chances will be commensurate with the effort he is willing to make.

Good luck.

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I need to know if I should take action... Man with child abuse conviction working in nursing home.?

I know a man that went to prison for three years after choking a three year old girl so hard that he left bruises around her neck. He's out of prison now, and somehow he has found employment in a nursing home as a nursing assistant. I am very much wanting to report this fact to the nursing home (and really am curious if they just completely failed to do a background check on him. I wonder if I could get into any legal trouble for reporting this, because if not you'd better believe I'm about to.

Yes, you should do something. Check and see if your state has something called Adult Protective Services. If they do, contact them and tell them what you know, including what prison he was sent to. Ask to stay anonymous. If there isn't an APS where you live, ask Child Protective Services who you should report this to. And thank you for caring. Good luck!

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Business Studies- Homework Help?

“The workplace in Australia in the last decade has undergone a process of dramatic change. These changes are due to a combination of economic, social, environmental, political and technological factors. Work patterns are changing and Human Resource Management issues are becoming increasingly important”
•Changes in employment patterns and opportunities (e.g. Job sharing
Increased part-time/casual employment, outsourcing/working from home)
•Globalisation
•OHS&W / Risk management standards
•Training and Development
•Technology
•Youth employment
•An aging population and a declining birth rate
•Social justice issues
•Reform of the Australian Industrial Relations laws
•The role of unions

here are three to get you started:

AGING POPULATION AND BIRTH RATE

An ageing population puts enormous pressure on the economy. The older the population, the fewer the people to support older Australians in retirement.

Elderly and retired Australians receive benefits from the Government in the form of pensions and other financial concessions. These benefits are funded from the money the Government collects in tax, some of it income tax from working Australians. In an ageing population, the number of people retiring and claiming benefits is increasing, and the number of new workers entering the workforce will eventually decline. So there are fewer people to support more retirees.

The Government hopes to reduce the impact of the ageing population by encouraging workers to retire later and women to have more children. An increase in the birthrate would help decrease the median age and the stresses an ageing population place on the economy. If the downward trend continues, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has projected average births per woman could fall from 1.75 to as low as 1.4 by 2011.
Will financial incentives boost the birth rate?
In the federal budget handed down two weeks ago, Treasurer Peter Costello included some financial incentives for Australians to have more children. The Government has increased the family tax benefit, and introduced a $3000 maternity payment for new mothers. It will rise to $5000 by 2008. The Government hopes these financial bonuses will help boost the birth rate by making it easier for people to afford a family.

Some population experts are doubtful. They say similar pro-baby policies overseas have failed to result in more children.

Others say the reasons for the low birth rate are complex and cannot be dealt with by money alone. For good or bad, society has changed. More women are in the workforce, and it can be difficult for people to balance work and families. Australians are marrying later in life. As a result, those who do decide to start a family are having their first child later, and having fewer offspring. Some even say the reduced birth rate is the result of social anxiety.

Others have suggested the answer to our ageing population is increased immigration, rather than expensive and possibly fruitless attempts to increase birth rates.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) was created on 3 December 2007, bringing together elements of the former Departments of Education, Science and Training, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Youth and Early Childhood functions from the Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

The department implements government policies and programs to provide education and training opportunities for all Australians, to increase employment participation and to ensure fair and productive workplaces. Education, training and workforce participation are central to our goal of building a productive and socially inclusive nation, one which values diversity and provides opportunities for all Australians to build rewarding social and economic lives.

http://www.dest.gov.au/ (for more information).

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

A $24 million four-year program is helping to create short-term employment opportunities and establish vocational education and training benefiting up to 70,000 young people.

Australia will also develop a youth employment policy that will assist the country's youth transition from school to work.

Speaking from East Timor, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, said greater social and economic stability were two of the expected benefits of the initiative.

'The unemployment rate among young urban males is currently 43 per cent. By enhancing education and skills training and supporting labour intensive employment programs we aim to get more young people into jobs and contribute to the long-term social and economic stability of East Timor', Mr McMullan said.

Mr McMullan also launched the implementation of Australia's five year $28 million justice program to build more effective, accountable justice institutions and improve access for the most vulnerable and marginalised groups.

The funds are being used to develop effective management and administration systems in key justice agencies. Activities include a juvenile justice initiative, improved support for victims of domestic violence, district justice initiatives and support to traditional systems for resolving disputes.

Australia is also providing $23 million over four years to help East Timor to implement its national health plan and improve basic health and hospital services across the country.

The project is a partnership with the World Bank and East Timor's Ministry of Health. Australia is also supporting an $850,000 study to identify barriers to health care services and inform appropriate policy responses.

The national health plan focuses on improving basic health and hospital services and aims to build capacity across the health sector to help East Timor achieve its Millennium Development Goals for health.

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law school Q&A

What School Is Best for an Eventual Career in Law?
I've been admitted into usc (the business program), umichigan, and tufts. I know that USC and UMICH have awesome law schools, and that they take a high number of students from their undergraduate program into their law schools, though Tufts seems like a great school too. But I was.

Which will be better..BBA LLB or BA LLB as an undergraduate law degree?
I am filling up my form for the undergraduate law schools in India.i want to know which would be better..BALLB or BBA LLB.I want to pursue a carrerr in corporate law..I also want to know will pursuing an BBA LLB programme deter my chances of getting.

Would law schools be more lenient on GPA if I major in Chemical Engineering and aspire to be a patent lawyer?
I'm a second-year ChemE major student at UC Berkeley. I want to go to law school and practice patent law, but my GPA is a little less than a 3.0. Do I have a chance? I think you.

Are there any good law schools in california?
I am begging high school in the bay area, and i was wondering if there are any good law schools there, or in the state of California and the requirements to get into them There are scads of good law schools in California: we turn out more lawyers than anybody. In.

How are medical challenges to 'free will' being discussed in US law schools?
Neurology and genetics are suggesting that many behaviors are biologically determined ('nature'), even more than the 'nurture' of training and experience. The trend is for more and more behaviors to be determined by genetics. What is being taught about this topic in law schools in the.

I want to find a law school in NYC and the price it will cost to go there can anyone help me thank you?
There are numerous law schools in New York City. There's New York University, Columbia, Fordham Law School, Cardozo Law School (a school in Yeshiva University), and New York Law School (different from NYU). St..

What are sum of the top law schools for criminal law ?
The same as the general top ten: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Chicago, Penn, Michigan, Berkeley, Virginia and Duke. No one really pays attention to specialty rankings. - Outside of the Ivy League, I highly recommend San Diego and Univ. of Arkansas. - Law schools don't.

What do I do if I dont get accepted to any law schools this year?!?! ?
Ok, I graduated from college last year, 'studied' for the LSAT, then took it in December. My score was pure crap, so I took in again in February and I had to cancel it (its a long story). I still sent out my.

What states has the most diffucult Bar Exam to pass?
again, it's for an article that I am writing. California has the lowest passing rate -- but that may be due to the fact that California is the only state that allows graduates of non-accredited law schools to sit for the bar exam. New York has an exam that.

how do you get into law school?
I find a key works pretty well, or if you lose your keys, then a crowbar. - First you must have a bachelor's degree - doesn't matter in what really. Then you have to take the LSAT and apply to particular law schools. Law school is very hard but not undoable..

How much does being a lawyer pay?
Like, how much does a lawyer make? And is it a good amount of money? Lawyer pay is all over the map. Right out of law school some graduates make six figures at their very first jobs. Those people graduate from top tier law schools and they ranked at the top of.

Is the law field in fact oversaturated with attorneys?
Why is it that many people cliam that the Field of Law is oversaturated with attorneys while on the other hand, many other sources claim that the forecast is looking good. The statistics at almost all law schools show that the majority of their recent graduates had no problem finding.

Misdemeanor & Law School?
Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to get into law schools with a Misdemeanor Class B (Texas). I have turned in all the police reports and a statement about the incident to the law school. The incident happened 5 years ago. I plead guilty and recieved probation. I owned up to the mistake.

My daughter needs a Pro bono atty in central fl to fight to get kids back.?
She really needs legal help. Doesn't have the funds to do it. I am disabled and cannot help. Legal aid won't help because the grandparents have been given legal guardianship and have closed her case. HELP Seek out law schools in your area..

Prestigious law school?
Hey. I need some suggestions for law schools. I have a 3.7 gpa or something like that. I want something that will wow my future employers. Hartfords a no-brainer, but what are some others? thx Remember that a law degree (J.D.) is a graduate degree. As you mentioned that you are now in the 10th.

I went to a terrible law school, how do I get law firms to hire me?
Even though I went to one of the worst law schools in the country (California Western), I scored in the 99% on my LSAT and have an IQ of 150 (1 in 300). I know I'm smarter than most attorneys regardless of school,.

top 5 law schools and statistics?
The top three are usually listed as 1.) Yale, 2.) Harvard and 3.) Stanford. The next tier is University of Chicago, New York University, and Columbia. There's another eight which regularly make it in varying order into the top 14. Then, there's the Top 25. The top 50 make up the 'Tier.

What are the best places in UK or USA to study Law?
Well of course rating schools is somewhat arbitrary. I don't know about schools in the UK, but there are a couple of sources of information on ratings of US law schools. Best in many US ratings combines ratings of reputation (which changes slowly), alumni support, the.

What does it take to become a lawyer? How many years at college, etc.?
PLease don't spam. In the U.S., most law schools will tell you that you need a four-year degree from an accredited college or university, then most states require a juris doctor from an accredited law school before taking the bar exam. Law School is usually.

what is the best school of law in the united states of america?
The top three law schools in the countery are generally considered to be Yale, Harvard, and Stanford. Yale is consistently ranked #1 according to the US News Law School rankings, and it's easy to see why. Yale has a very small class of just a.

What law schools are in Orange County CA?
There are several - Fourth tier schools like Whittier Law School (Nixon is an alumni) and Chapman are decent schools, for being low ranked. There are a few others - I've heard of one called Trinity in Santa Ana, and I think it's California Western?? or is it Western State?.

Which law schools have the best programs in constitutional law?
I'm planning on applying to law school this fall, and I'm wanting to take alot of courses on con-law. I know obviously the top tier schools like Harvard, Columbia, Yale, etc are all going to have good constitutional law programs but what other schools have good programs, and where.

How old do you have to be to become a lawyer?
That will vary from state to state. But, by the time you get through with high school, college and law school the age is around 25. I got my license at 23. - Because of the content of many of their mandatory courses, law schools do not.

Is there any good reasonable criminal lawyers in Colorado?
Who would take payments for drug poss. charge Lots of them. Just look in the phone book! Also, look at the criminal defense clinics at the various law schools in Colorado. - CHECK THE LAWYERS BOARD MAYBE THEY CAN HELP YOU - Yeah, His name is Chris Miranda. He's in.

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At will employment: Does this mean you have to tolerate excessive bullying and non-sexual harassment? ?

I work in North and South Carolina which are both At Will Employment States. There are no protections for employees who are being harassed and bullied by their employer because of outdated employment laws dating back to cotton picking workers. I have been harassed to the point of termination and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. The Human Resources Department could not do anything to help because that would be seen legally as admission of guilt on the part of the employer so I was not able to do anything. This group of managers has gotten away with this type of treatment for years and there seems to be no way of stopping them. Is Anyone in North Carolina or South Carolina ever going to stand up for the workers?

You need to get a lawyer asap. Tell them your problem and I am sure they will have some solutions for you. If what your saying can be proven then you have a lawsuit against these people. Also, at will employment just means they can fire you or get rid of you for any reason or no reason at all.

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Why is legislation / employment law important in upholding and protecting the rights of BOTH employer/employee

This is part of my "work within your business environment" study for a degree. I need some brainstorming ideas here...

Employment Law is a very complicated field of law. It is also very misunderstood.

Employment law in the United Kingdom
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During much of the Nineteenth century the employment contract was based on the Master and Servant Act of 1823, designed to discipline employees and repress the 'combination' of workers in Trade unions.

Employment Law in the United Kingdom has developed rapidly over the past forty years, due to a historically strong Trades Union movement and to the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. In its current form, it is largely a creature of Statute, (Acts of the UK Parliament) rather than Common Law.

Leading Employment Law Statutes include the Employment Rights Act 1996, the Employment Act 2002 and various legislative provisions outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion and, from 2006, age.

Unusually for UK legislation, the operation of the Employment Law system is broadly similar across the whole of the UK. There are some differences in the common law between England & Wales and Scotland and, in addition, Northern Ireland has extra anti-discrimination legislation.

Summary of Internal Employer's Process
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After the employer's own processes, such as disciplinary hearings and internal appeals, have been exhausted, employment law cases usually start by the aggrieved employee presenting a complaint to an Employment Tribunal (ET). These (as Industrial Tribunals) were set up under the 1964 Industrial Training Act, although they now have a substantially greater role and do count as courts. They have sometimes been referred to as industrial juries.

Northern Ireland offers a Fair Employment Tribunal and an Industrial Tribunal. These are administered by OITFET - the Office of the Industrial Tribunal and the Fair Employment Tribunal.

As from 1st October 2004, both employers and employees will be required to follow a statutory dispute resolution procedure when effecting dismissals or dealing with grievances. A failure by the employer to follow the procedure results in the dismissal being automatically unfair and an enhancement in any compensation payable to the employee. A failure by the employee in following the procedure results in a possible bar to bringing tribunal claims or a reduction in any compensation payable.

Summary of Tribunal Process
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Generally speaking a tribunal will hear specific complaints about an aggrieved party being deprived of their rights, including (but not limited to) unfair dismissal.

In short, a claim is submitted, a response is required by a certain deadline, any preliminary issues are dealt with at a case management conference or a pre-hearing review, a period of time is allowed for ACAS (UK) or the LRA (NI) to explore settlement options, and then the tribunal orders are sent out after the ACAS conciliation period has expired leading to a full merits hearing of one or more days. Complex cases that are not resolved in one day are carried over to a remedy hearing at a later date to discuss the award only. A judgment is then sent out with the parties given 14 days to ask for written reasons behind the decision (unless they ask on the day).

Complaints to Tribunal and Time Limits
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A complaint of unfair dismissal can only be made where there has been a dismissal, so that there is no general right to complain of unfair treatment. An employee may, however, complain at any time that they consider a statutory 'employment protection' right has been infringed. Where this takes place in connection with a dismissal an employee may combine this with their complaint against the dismissal.

Except where no qualifying time limit applies (as in the case of 'statutory rights') an employee needs to have worked for their employer for a least a year in order to make a complaint of unfair dismissal to an employment tribunal. In addition, a claimant may raise a complaint of discrimination without claiming dismissal or whilst also claiming dismissal but without one year of service. Claimant's with less than one year's service may find their unfair dismissal claim is brought to a pre-hearing review where they are asked to explain why they feel they can bring a claim without a year's service, i.e. dismissal due to a public interest disclosure or for being a trade union member. Most tribunal offices however write to the claimant upon receipt of their claim form telling them that they have 14 days to show why their claim should be heard, otherwise the chairman will strike out the claim.

In certain circumstances, an employer's conduct could be such that an employee is entitled to resign in response and to regard that as an unfair "constructive" dismissal. Failure by an employer to extend a fixed term contract can also be an instance where a claim for unfair dismissal may be made.

Employment regulations play a key role in the development of any business. Sometimes, building a team with complementary skills involves little more than a quick chat with someone who has been introduced to them by a business associate. No psychometric tests, references or formal contracts of employment here.

Often, employees or team members are taken on without sufficient protection in terms of valuable intellectual property or a means to prevent ´moonlighting´or unfair competition when they leave.

Emerging businesses and entrepreneurs can have the basis of a fantastic business, but, once they start employing people, things can go wrong.

Employees can rip companies off by stealing their ideas or passing them on to subsequent employers, who have not invested heavily in the underlying research and development.

Even if employees do not take ideas or indulge in unfair competition, poor performance can itself damage the business.

Not only that but any attempt to discipline or improve the errant employees can lead to employment tribunal claims, where, for example, unlimited damages can be awarded where discrimination is proved.

The year 2003/4 saw 115,000 employment tribunal claims in the UK, of which over 31,000 resulted in a hearing. Any trouble like this is inevitably a very disruptive and costly event for any business with limited management resources.

The stakes are high. Though the average settlement was £7,275, some race and sex discrimination claims resulted in awards against employers of around the £0.5m mark.

Traditionally, smaller and emerging businesses have adopted a reactive approach. Employment lawyers are called in when an errant employee claims the rights to technology developed in his or her employment or where a tribunal claim is threatened.

It is much better to make sure that he or she has the necessary employment contracts in place and the appropriate procedures.

Contracts should specifically address the issue of research and development and who owns the rights to such material etc. Normally, this will be the employer, but it is unwise to rely solely on this generalisation.

The procedures covered should include those for grievances and disciplinary matters. Commonly, equal opportunities, bullying, harassment and even the use of company emails are also covered.

From stealing ideas and information through to the incorrect use of emails, the risks are significant.

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Licenses are public information...that's another reason why it would be an odd request.

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Employment Update for 2009

December 12, 2008


RE: EMPLOYMENT UPDATE FOR 2009


Dear Friends, Clients and Colleagues:


Each year brings a new set of laws, regulations and scams. The number of new statutes, ordinances, regulations and case law continue to grow and impose an ever greater burden on businesses, especially small businesses and professional practices. Below is a brief review of some of the more important new laws that may impact your business or profession.


E-Verify


You may have heard about E-Verify, the computerized system by which an employer can match an employee's identification with the federal government's database of workers eligible for employment based on citizenship status. E-Verify is free to employers and, in the future, will be mandatory for all new hires. The system is reported to have about a 10% mistake factor. Because of the likelihood of mistake, you may want to delay signing-up for the E-Verify system.


Beginning summer of 2008, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State are issuing "passport cards" which may be used to verify employment status.


Minimum Wage


California State minimum wage is not scheduled to rise in 2009 and will remain at $8.00. The Governator is also encouraging the introduction of other new laws to reduce the amount of wage and hour litigation, including litigation concerning meal and rest breaks violations that have plagued businesses. For the last eight years the courts have been terribly inconsistent on questions concerning an employer obligations to provide meal and rest breaks and how they may be implemented.


San Francisco minimum wage will go up to $9.79 per hour beginning January 1, 2009. Even if your office is located outside San Francisco, employees working within City limits must be paid this City specific minimum wage.


Computer Professionals: Labor Code Section 515.5 has been amended. If you employ professional computer oriented employees, effective 2009, the hourly amount they must be paid to be exempt from overtime is $36.00 per hour or an annual salary of $75,000.00. This amount will increase with the CPI January 2009. It is important to keep in mind that not all computer related employees qualify for the exemption under the duties test.


Meal and rest break compliance requirements remain unsettled in California since the Brinker case was granted review by the Supreme Court. To be safe, meal and rest breaks should be enforced and non-exempt employees must confirm, in writing, each day they take or don't their breaks. It is essential that employees sign off on a notice confirming the company's meal and rest break policy. It is the employer's legal obligation to keep records on meal and rest breaks taken and these records should be kept in storage for a minimum of four years. Effective 2008, the statute of limitations concerning meal and rest break violations is four years. Not only are employers penalized for violating this component of the Labor Code, additional penalties can be added under Labor Code Section 203 which equal thirty days of wages for each affected employee.


Duty free meal breaks must be at least 30 minutes long and must be provided during the 5th hour of work, or before. Ten minute rest breaks should be made mandatory during the mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Though there is an exception to this rule for construction companies under very limited circumstances, the exception is so narrow it is best to follow the general rule.


The Brinker case also held that employers are liable for wages if they know or should know that employees are working off the clock. If you have employees who arrive at work early to avoid peak rush hour traffic and begin working before the regular workday or, if you have employees that run errands for the business before arriving at the office or after the official workday, this is compensable time.


The Starbucks case made it abundantly clear that business owners and employees holding a supervisory or management position may not take any portion of pooled tips even if they provide direct service to the patron.


Bradstreet vs. Wong confirmed the decision in Reynolds vs. Bement which held that officers and directors are not personally liable for corporate debts to employees for unpaid wages. Some of you might recall that prior to 2006 when the Reynolds case was decided, officers and directors were held liable.


What the court gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. This new case also opened the door for personal liability of the officers and directors. If the plaintiff/employee can pierce the corporate veil, the officers and directors may, in fact, be liable for unpaid wages.


What to do? Make certain you are following all mandatory corporate formalities so that your corporation cannot be pierced. This includes holding regular annual and special meetings, adhering to corporate bookkeeping requirements and otherwise following typical corporate formalities. If you haven't held a corporate meeting in the last 12 months, it's time to call my office.


In Lonicki vs. Sutter Health the court held that an employer cannot interfere with an employees outside employment, including employment with a competitor.


In Edwards vs. Arthur Anderson the court held that any non-compete signed by an employee is void as a matter of law. The court threw out the old defense of "narrow restriction". However, trade secret agreements and confidentiality agreements remain enforceable provided they do not contain a non-compete component.


If your company provides computers, PDA's, cell phones or other communication devises, check the company's written privacy policy. If your company doesn't have a privacy policy, now is the time to create one. In Quon v Arch Wireless Operating Company the court directed employers to be explicit regarding the scope of privacy extended to employees.


In the Quon case the court reversed a long line of cases that held that employees have no reasonable expectation of privacy with regard to the computers, cell phones and other electronic devises furnished by the employer. This is likely to be an area the court will explore again in the company years since more and more of our lives are spent using a variety of electronic devises that store conversations, text messages, emails and other forms of communication.


What to do? Make certain you have an explicit and comprehensive privacy policy signed by every employee.


The Americans With Disabilities Act or ADA has been revised and those revisions become effective January 1, 2009. The new law is titled the ADA Amendments Act. The provisions of the ADA have been greatly expanded in a variety of ways including a new more extensive list of covered disabilities. The new law excludes consideration of mitigating measures and expands the definition of "major life activity".


What to do? Employers should be cautious of every decision to terminate, demote or taking any other adverse employment action against a covered employee. Most court watchers expect this newly expand law to generate a great deal of litigation in the coming years as the courts try to make sense of the greatly expanded provisions.


Family Leave has been expanded so that an eligible employee or spouse, son daughter, parent or next of kin of a covered service member is entitled to a total of 26 weeks of Family Medical Leave to care for the service member.


Scams:


Many of you continue to report the receipt of correspondence from companies offering to sell annual board of director meeting minutes to your company. The charges typically range from $100-200.00 for which you receive a fill in the blanks form, nothing more. These solicitations arrive in official looking envelopes that appear to come from the Secretary of State. Don't fall for this expensive scam.


Because of the decision in Bradstreet vs. Wong referred to above, it is even more critical that your annual and special meeting minutes be done properly and that efforts be made to prevent anyone from piercing the corporate veil to attack you personally in litigation.


The above isn't an exhaustive review of all the changes in the law that are of significance to your business and you can expect that as we wind through 2009, new cases will be decided and new laws passed by the state legislature and Congress that are of significance to your business or professional practice.


Best wishes for a healthy and happy new year.


Sincerely yours,


Steve

About the Author


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Employment Law: 2009, 2010 and Beyond! (Part 1)

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Employment Law Can Tackle the Bully in Your Workplace!

A recent Court of Appeal decision regarding the Protection from Harassment Act has made it tougher for employees to bring the likes of bullying directors and senior managers to justice. This, however, does not mean that companies should shy away from taking a hard line against bullies in the workplace, particularly those who hold a measure of authority - those in senior or management position, for instance.

Many Employment Law specialists are now in agreement that the Court of Appeal has in fact made it more difficult for staff to stand a chance of winning a bullying claim with their latest ruling. But, despite this, employees still have plenty of options when it comes to bullying claims, so the ruling does not mean that companies can simply sit back and do nothing in the hope that the issue will disappear into thin air.

Good legal advice to companies would recommend that it is essential that you investigate and record all complaints and subsequent action thoroughly and interview everyone concerned, otherwise it is the company that could be on the receiving end of a claim, and not the person who is being held responsible.

A test case two years ago found that an employee could successfully claim bullying under the Protection from Harassment Act if they could prove incidents had happened on at least two occasions. But the Court of Appeal has since ruled that these incidents had to be ‘oppressive and unacceptable, amounting to criminal conduct’, rather than simply ill-tempered or inappropriate.

Although this can be seen to indicate that the courts are now taking a more robust approach in determining what is harassment in the workplace, there’s no room for complacency if allegations of bullying are made by staff. Complacency could be the difference between quickly disproving any allegations of bullying made by staff and entering into elongated, time-consuming legal battles.

A good way to do this is to have an anti-bullying policy in place and make sure all staff are aware of it. If allegations of bullying are proved to be true, it could be seen as advisory to take disciplinary action against those involved – whether they are directors or shop-floor staff. If a director is involved, make sure that your investigation is not viewed as a cover up just to protect a fellow member of the board. You must also ensure that the person who is investigating the case is at a sufficiently senior level in the company for their actions to be taken seriously.

It is also worth paying regular attention to updates and changes in the law, even if it is just by reading the paper and checking a couple of key websites for the most important information, as the law is something which changes on a regular basis. As anybody who has dealt with them knows, legal issues tend to be extremely complex and it is always, therefore, worth seeking legal advice from a reputable company if you are in any doubt as to where you stand in relation to the current Protection from Harassment Act or, indeed, any other acts.

This article is free to republish provided the authors resource box below remains intact.

About the Author

John Mehtam is an experienced Employment Law Solicitor and specialises in Employment Law from Shropshire based Martin Kaye Solicitors.

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Spreading the e-Learning Word (Part 2)

In Part 1, I described some of the more “mainstream” ways to promote your organization and its e-Learning products to target audiences via the Web. This second part explores some additional Web channels that you may not have considered, specifically:

• Twitter
• Craigslist
• eBay
• iTunes
• and others

Twitter

Do you tweet? With its 140-character limit on posts…er…tweets, it isn’t exactly the place to promote e-Learning products or services.

Or is it?

Go to http://twitter.com/ and create a free account (you know you want to). Then click the Search link at the bottom of the page, enter “e-Learning” and click Search again. Less than a second later, you’ll see what’s being said around the world right now about  e-Learning. When I did, I found:

• Requests for help with specific e-Learning technologies.
• PodCasts and press releases from e-Learning suppliers (including SyberWorks).
• URL links to e-Learning blogs, products, conferences, and other sites.
• Free tutorials about authoring e-Learning materials.

In fact, these tiny tweets offer many opportunities to spread your firm’s presence and influence, through comments, product links, and promotional URLs. (Your competitors are probably doing so already.) Twitter is also a great way to watch what’s being said right now in and about your field…and to join the discussion.

Craigslist

OK, this is a stretch, right?

Not really. Craigslist is becoming the place to post jobs and find employment. But it’s still a fairly overlooked place to do promotion. I’ll call your attention specifically to its discussion forums section (just below personals). There you’ll find such potentially useful categories (for us) as:

• 1099, about self-employment and related products and services
• comp, about computer technologies
• educ, about colleges, training, and learning
• science, about science

Then, under services, you could consider posting an occasional ad under:

• computer
• creative
• lessons

And, believe it or not, you will occasionally find very pertinent postings in the gigs section, under computer and creative,

These (and other categories) are easy places to place your company name, and its products, services, and expertise, before target audiences…especially when they’re in specific cities and states.

eBay

This too may seem a stretch, but I just searched eBay’s marketplace for the term
“e-Learning” and came up with 72 hits. They included a ton of e-Learning books for sale,  plus a few CBT courses. In truth, eBay isn’t the best place to sell most e-Learning products. But you can promote yourself there.

Specifically, check out eBay’s Community > Discussion Boards > Computers, Networking, & IT forum. When I did, the first 10 of its 86 pages contained eBayers’ questions about:

• Creating and saving Flash SWF files
• Java/PL/SQL
• Dreamweaver
• Search engines
• Hardware, software, operating systems, and browsers
• Internet security
• LANs and networking
• Computer-based training

And many of these questions offered untapped opportunities to put one’s name and services before eBay’s more technical users, while also helping to solve problems related to your markets. So occasionally checking in on this eBay forum could be a good way to start (or join) discussions about your markets, to help others, and (oh, by the way) to put your firm and its services before their eyes.

iTunes

Apple’s popular iTunes hosting and distribution service isn’t just for music. It also offers more than 100,000 free educational audios, videos, lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and podcasts…from universities, PBS stations, and cultural institutions around the world.

And again, most e-Learning materials aren’t suitable for this kind of delivery. But, if your firm’s products lend themselves to promotional videos on YouTube (which I discussed in Part 1 of this article), then also look into iTunes …especially since your younger audiences use it every day.

Others?

What other ways can you think of to expand your firm’s presence on the Web? Most public sites offer forums, and ways for users to comment on their purchases and needs. I can think of three immediately: Amazon.com, CNET.com, and ePinions.com. But still other influential sites may serve your particular markets.

There are many such opportunities out there. So if your e-Learning products and services are ready for wider exposure, consider spreading the promotional word over less-obvious services like these. Your competitors may already be.

About SyberWorks, Inc.

SyberWorks, Inc. (http://www.syberworks.com) is a leader in the custom e-Learning Solutions and Learning Management System/Learning Content Management System (LMS/LCMS) industries for Fortune 1000 corporations, law enforcement, healthcare, and other industries. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company serves the multi-billion-dollar e-Learning market. Since 1995, SyberWorks has developed and delivered unique and economical solutions to create, manage, measure, and improve e-Learning programs at companies and organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and around the world.

About the Author

Dave Boggs is the founder and CEO SyberWorks, Inc . He has been involved with computer-based and web-based training for more than twelve years. Before founding SyberWorks, Dave was the VP of Sales and Business Development for Relational Courseware. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Union College in Schenectady, NY, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

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Going for Change

When Barrack Obama was elected president things the way we see it has changed for good. What people are trying to grasp as statements without proof regarding the clear obstruction on racism has become tangible by giving the presidential seat to an African American. This time another issue arises in the United States as the man who made American Presidential History nominates for the Supreme Court’s seat to yet another person from a different race—Sonia Sotomayor.

Discrimination has been one of the rampant reasons why someone qualified, yet who happens to be from another race, just can’t snag the opportunity for something better to hold on to. A good life has become a dim hope to get with this problem. Presently, although the United States has become open about people from other race, with seeing blacks in fields like entertainment, sports and as Obama proves, politics, the case of Racial discrimination has become more of a public, “caught in the act” moment and has given it quite a stir in the nation’s populace giving still a doubt as to whether America has moved on from the illness of discriminating.

If we check the background of Sotomayor, the nominee for Justice at the Supreme Court is but Hispanic meaning that she is a Spanish American.  She belonged to a Puerto Rican family who resided at the Bronx. Her father doesn’t speak Spanish and worked at a factory.  At present this judge has a chance to take a seat in the Supreme Court as per nominated by the president Barrack Obama. Although she is considered as someone who has won favors from both parties, still there are people who have continuously commented on her nomination and have detested her to take a seat because of her race.

Public records show that racial discrimination started to manifest as Jews were killed during World War II. Last January it was noted that 74 percent of blacks in an ABC Post poll said that they still experience racial discrimination even with laws made against such actions. About sixty-eight percent of those who are non-blacks (from another race) also experience discrimination.

When Barrack Obama became president change was at hand. There is no denying to this fact, though there are still public records of unequal treatment of cops and employers, giving proof that there are still people who are not open to change. Still, in the case of Sotomayor, she might be receiving criticisms in accord to her nomination but like Obama change can be inevitable and she may become the first Hispanic to take a seat as justice to the Supreme Court.

This composition aims to provide readers significant procedures and importance in public records. For more information, check out BackgroundPI.com

About the Author

Emma G. Fox is a freelance writer, with experiences working as a marketing executive in a leading authority on the web when it comes to conducting background check and especially the people finder, with the largest database consisting of over 26 billion government records is provided.

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The Dark Side

Many times on the news you hear a report about a shooting, killing or violent incident and the person at the heart of the incident is passed off as mentally ill, and the society reacts by creating additional laws to protect themselves from the mentally ill.

What many in society still do not understand or realize is that there is a dark side to many of those shootings and violent incidents, there is a dark side that society would rather not have you know about. A dark side that happens masked just below the public's eye and awareness, but that is often very real and traumatizing for the Targeted Individual.

In many of these cases if you look deeper into these incidents you will often discover that there was more to the story. Before the target had a history of "mental illness", the target often had complaints of mobbing, bullying, or harassment of some kind. Often times the Target might not even have a term to go with the form of harassment that is happening to them. They often describe individuals around them, or even complete strangers as being mean, taunting, doing little incidents to provoke them. Many of these targets have complained for years about the targeting, but with each successive complaint their actions are often passed off as mental illness. Their very real concerns that some type of organized or systemic harassment, is happening around them often goes unheeded, unheard, and the target might even be forcefully committed by concerned family. When the reality is that the target has been exposed continually overtime to a psychological operation of harassment and provocations, that would be capable of breaking down most of the sane of individuals.

Recently society has become more familiar with terms such as mobbing and bullying.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobbing

Mobbing in the context of human beings either means bullying of an individual by a group in any context, or specifically any workplace bullying.

Though the English word mob denotes a crowd, often in a destructive or hostile mood, German, Polish, Italian and several other European languages have adopted mobbing as a loanword to describe all forms of bullying including that by single persons. The resultant German verb mobben can also be used for physical attacks, calumny against teachers on the internet and intimidation by superiors, with an emphasis on the victims' continuous fear rather than the perpetrators' will to exclude them. The word may thus be a false friend in translation back into English, where mobbing in its primary sense denotes a disorderly gathering by a crowd and in workplace psychology narrowly refers to "ganging up" by others to harass and intimidate an individual.

Research into the phenomenon was pioneered in the 1980s by German-born Swedish scientist Heinz Leymann, who borrowed the term from animal behaviour due to it describing perfectly how a group can attack an individual based only on the negative covert communications from the group".[3]

Mobbing is also found in school systems and this too was discovered by Dr. Heinz Leymann. Although he preferred the term bullying in the context of school children, some have come to regard mobbing as a form of group bullying. As professor and practising psychologist, Dr. Leymann also noted one of the side-effects of Mobbing is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and is frequently misdiagnosed. After making this discovery he successfully treated thousands of mobbing victims at his clinic in Sweden.

In the book MOBBING: Emotional Abuse in the American Workplace, the authors say that mobbing is typically found in work environments that have poorly organized production and/or working methods and incapable or inattentive management and that mobbing victims are usually "exceptional individuals who demonstrated intelligence, competence, creativity, integrity, accomplishment and dedication".[4]

UK Anti-bully pioneers Andrea Adams and Tim Field used the expression workplace bullying instead of what Leymann called "mobbing" although workplace bullying nearly always involves mobbing in its other meaning of group bullying.

In the following article some stories of workplace mobbing are shared.

Mobbing

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Workplace Violence:

Why it happens. Why it will continue.

"The tiny percentage of mobbing victims – like Pierre Lebrun – who lash back in violent attack would probably have lived out their lives peaceably and productively had they been spared the excruciating pain of relentless humiliation."

~ Prof. Kenneth Westhues,
At the Mercy of the Mob: A summary of research on workplace mobbing

We've all seen the news reports. A lone gunman returns to his workplace or former workplace to exact revenge for harassment that has gone on sometimes for years. We learn that the gunman has lashed back in the past at those he considered to be abusing him, albeit in non-lethal ways. We are told the gunman has been disciplined in the past for his behavior (reacting to the abuse) and has been ordered to go to counselling or anger management courses. Even though the precipitating abuse may have gone on for years any response in kind gives the bullies and management the opportunity to turn the tables and claim that the victim of abuse is the real problem after all.

Of couse what we don't hear is that the bullies provoking this reaction are almost never disciplined or required to attend counselling themselves. At this point targets of mobbing are often further humiliated by being forced to sign so-called ‘last chance agreements' which threaten the target with termination if they dare to challenge the bullies again. So once the target of harassment returns to work after "counselling" they are greeted by cynical bullies who simply renew their attack with added vigor now that they know management will do nothing to stop them and will even join in the persecution. This tacit approval and participation by management guarantees the situation will only get worse.

The societies reaction is too often to pass the individual off as problematic, sick, disturbed, mentally ill, a violent individual. The real causes behind their violent and extreme outbursts often remain hidden. It's easier to think that we have a few individuals in society that are sick and disturbed vs the fact that we have a society that is doing sick and disturbing things to these individuals and their lives, which in turn leads to these violent outbursts and incidents.

Once educated it is easy to tell what is really happening, who the real victim is. Once it is named and brought out into the light for all to see bullies can no longer operate in the grey area. Only once everyone sees mobbing for what it is, brutal systematic psychological torture, will it become unacceptable. Only when co-workers, supervisors, department heads, HR managers, EAP providers, corporate executives, doctors, lawyers, judges and politicians understand what is being done and comprehend the staggering toll it takes on individuals, companies and society as a whole will laws proscribing mobbing become effective.

In the meantime, the body count will continue to rise.

~ Anton Hout

The body count has indeed continued to rise, but where workplace mobbing and school bullying have become more widely recognized, the issue of community mobbing and Gang Stalking are often less well known, and when violent incidents happen, society does not often readily link these incidents of violence to something more dark and insidious that might be just be happening in the community.

The mobbing community over the years has done a fantastic job of documenting the link between workplace mobbing and violent shootings. They were able to establish that in the case of many workplace shootings if you looked a little deeper there was workplace mobbing ongoing. Workplace mobbing that had gone on for years. The Target of the mobbing had often been singled out as the problem and their cries for help often lead to measures which left them unable to complain any further, take any extra internal actions, and left them at the mercy of the mob.

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Bullying

School shooting
Main article: School shooting

School shootings have focused attention on student bullying, with shooters in several of the worst shootings reporting they were bullied.

School shootings are a bullying-related phenomenon that receive an enormous amount of media attention. [b]An investigation undertaken by the United States Secret Service found that in over 2/3 of cases, attackers in school shooting incidents "felt persecuted, bullied, threatened, attacked, or injured by others prior to the incident" and discredits the idea that school shooters are "loners" who "just snap".[/b] Though observing that, "clearly, not every child who is bullied in school presents a risk for targeted violence in school", the investigation report states that, "a number of attackers had experienced bullying and harassment that was longstanding and severe. In those cases, the experience of bullying appeared to play a major role in motivating the attack at school". The report also observes "in a number of cases, attackers described experienced of being bullied in terms that approached torment". The report concluded that, "(t)hat bullying played a major role in a number of these school shootings should strongly support ongoing efforts to combat bullying in American schools".[4]

Studies prompted by the shootings have shown long-lasting emotional harm to victims. The studies also revealed that bullies themselves are likely to suffer problems as children and adults.[5]

Many in the bullying feild such as the lateTim Fieldalso did a wonderful job with connecting violent school shootings with the concept that the students at the heart of many of those incidents had been bullied. He would also term the phrase bullycide to describe a young persons suicide due to bullying.

Years before bullying became well known, targets of bullying were persecuted, they suffered in silence while their cries for help were ignored. Many were made out to be disturbed or problematic individuals. The reality is that they were enduring months if not years of psychological torture and torment. The shootings gained a lot of attention, and measures were implemented to address school bullying, but years later this is still a very big problem in the school system as seen by the suicide of Phoebe Prince.

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Phoebe Nora Mary Prince[1] (November 24, 1994[2] – January 14, 2010) was a teenager from South Hadley, Massachusetts. She became known throughout the United States and internationally when she committed suicide after suffering months of constant bullying from school classmates. Her death brought calls for more stringent, specific anti-bullying laws in Massachusetts. In March 2010, a state anti-bullying task force was set up as a result of her death.

In the case of workplace mobbing and bullying, the suicides don't often get the same degree of attention that the shootings do, but they are just as important. They show the darkside of what society is capable of doing. They show a real failure of this system. They also are a striking reminder that even with all the education, lectures, documentation, there is still a long way to go towards getting this type of behaviour resolved. They show a dark side of society, and it's consistent need to feed off of their members, societies need to demean, psychologically degrade, and belittle those it perceives as weaker, deserving of punishment, or who fail to fall in line with the status quo.

Gang Stalking

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What is Gang Stalking?

Gang Stalking is a systemic form of control, which seeks to destroy every aspect of a Targeted Individuals life. A target will be flagged by the community for various reasons, their information is sent out to the community at large, and they are followed around 24/7 by the members of the various communities that they are in.

The warning will go out to various places including stores, apartment rentals, future employers, communities that the target is visiting, doctors, fire departments, police, etc. A covert investigation might also be opened, and electronic, means used by the civilian spies/snitches as part of the overt and covert monitoring and surveillance process.

Individuals can be flagged designating them as having a history of aggressive or inappropriate behavior. This flagging system will follow the target if they move, change jobs, visit other areas. It let's the community believe that they are persons who need to be watched or monitored.

"In the service sector this may require identifying to employees persons who have a history of aggressive or inappropriate behavior in the store, bar, mall or taxi.

The identity of the person and the nature of the risk must be given to staff likely to come into contact with that person. While workers have the right to know the risks, it is important to remember that this information cannot be indiscriminately distributed.

Community health and safety

A woman named Jane Clift in the U.K. went through a very similar type of flagging system. A warning marker was placed against her name designating her as potentially violent.

"She sensed that, everywhere she went, there was "whispering, collaboration, people scurrying about". "Everywhere I went – hospitals, GPs, libraries – anywhere at all, even if I phoned the fire service, as soon as my name went on to that system, it flagged up ‘violent person marker, only to be seen in twos, medium risk'."

Violent Persons Registry

Jane Clift was targeted this way and spent four year clearing her name.

Individuals are being flagged without their knowledge. In many countries these flags might fall under community safety and health laws. It seems that employers, educational facilities, and community centers are in some cases flagging innocent individuals as a means of retaliation, silencing, or controlling members of society.

Being Bullied or Mobbed out of a job can be a devastating experience for anyone. For those who do survive it can lead to post traumatic stress disorder, or even psychiatric injury. The Target can spend years if not the rest of their lives recovering from an attack, unable to work or even attend school.

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Differences between mental illness and psychiatric injury

The person who is being bullied will eventually say something like "I think I'm being paranoid…"; however they are correctly identifying hypervigilance, a symptom of PTSD, but using the popular but misunderstood word paranoia. The differences between hypervigilance and paranoia make a good starting point for identifying the differences between mental illness and psychiatric injury.

These symptoms that the target exhibits can also go ignored or misdiagnosed for years by a society that continually fails to understand the emotional and psychologically damaging effects of such practices.

GangstalkingWorld.com

Gang Stalking is experienced by the Targeted Individual as psychological attack, that is capable of immobilizing and destroying them over time. The covert methods used to harass, persecute, and falsely defame the targets often leave no evidence to incriminate the civilian spies.

It's similar to workplace mobbing, but takes place outside in the community. It called Gang Stalking, because groups of organized community members stalk and monitor the targets 24/7.

Many Targeted Individuals are flagged, harassed and placed under surveillance in this way for months or even years before they realize that they are being targeted by an organized protocol of harassment.

The Targeted Individual community has spent the last few years playing catch up, and trying to firmly establish a coloration between incidents of violence in the community, and the very real fact that many of these individuals might just have been targets of a practice that has become known as Gang Stalking.

In the book Bridging The Gap By :GmB Bailey, there is a whole chapter demonstrating just how easily conspiracies can happen, often right under the public's scoop of visibility and awareness. With Gang Stalking the community goes into hypervigilance or vigilante mode, trying to remove an individual that they see as a danger or undesirable. The society firmly believes that it is doing something good and beneficial for the community, but in reality they are exposing these individuals to months and years of what amounts to a psychological operation, capable of breaking down and destroying the individual, or driving that person to committing acts of violence.

Over the last several years there have been several such shootings, where the individuals complained about surveillance, monitoring, harassment, people saying rude things, gaslighting, but the individuals are always written off as being mentally ill. It should be pointed noted that with school shootings the kids where once written off as kids who snapped without cause, and the same was true for workplace shootings. They were also written off as people who went postal without any cause. Once a correlation of prior complaints could be established a very different story emerged. It was then noted that in 2/3 of all school shootings the targets had complained about bullying without anything being done, and the same is true for workplace mobbing.

What the Targeted Individual community now has to establish is the link between incidents of violence in the community and these community flaggings, warning markers or listings that individuals are having added to their files, otherwise known as Gang Stalking. What needs to be established is the fact that the violence is happening in some if not most cases, not because the person is mentally ill or violent, but the actions of the community once the individual is flagged in this way, is leading to incidents of violence or mass shootings in the community. The endless community mobbing that the target experiences, which is basically amounts to a psychological operation, that goes on for months if not years, is what is leading to these incident of violence in society.

Were the following cases simply disturbed or violent individuals, or were they targets of something far deeper, something more insidious, the dark side of society?

Jiverly Wong

The news reported Jiverly Wong as a loser with a failed marriage, who had once tried to rob a bank. A person who had a history of drug abuse, and who could not hold down a job.

The story that Jiverly Wong tells is very different.

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Jiverly Wong tells a story of 20 years worth of harassment, by members of the community, but mostly by police officers. He talks about rumours and slanders, he also describes what sounds similar to what Targeted Individuals describe as Electronic Harassment. When reviewing Jiverly Wong's story, it became clear that there were discrepancies. His parents had no reason to believe that he had ever been married. The bank robbery was a lie told to police which established an investigation being opened. None of Jiverly Wong's co-workers reported any type of a drug problem. His job loses were not job loses, he had worked at one company for several years then left. They report him as an excellent worker. With his second job the factory closed down and he was laid off. He then tried to take an English language class, but reportedly dropped out, most likely due to mobbing. This same school would be the focus and target of his anger.

To look at the story the media painted was to see a paranoid individual, but once society is aware of the psychological operation that goes on behind the scenes, Jiverly Wong's complaints about what happened to him become far more credible, and requires closer examination. Not just for Jiverly Wong, but for those who were the targets of his final outrage at society. If a correlation can be established, if his complaints can be verified, then maybe this can be used to make sure such incidents do not happen in future.

Kimveer Gill

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Kimveer Gill in the news was painted as an anti-social young man, who one day took a gun and for no apparent reason, went on a shooting spree at Dawson College. The reports could find no reason for his shooting. The shooting was in fact attributed to the goth lifestyle and goth culture. The website VampireFreaks.com was in the spotlight for weeks if not months as a possible source for individuals who might be violent.

When reviewing Kimveer Gills postings, there were little hints that something else might have been ongoing, that might have contributed to the shootings.

Dated September 12, 2006

Stop Bullying

It?s not only the bully?s fault you know!!It?s the teachers and principals fault for turning a blind eye, just cuz it?s not their job. You f*ckers are pathetic. It?s the police?s fault for not doing anything when people conplain (oops, my mistake, the cops are corrupt sons of whores,
so it?s not like they can do anything about it.)
F*CK THE POLICE

It?s society?s fault for acting like it?s normal for people to be assholes to each other. Society disgusts me. It?s everyone?s fault for being so apathetic towards f*cking everything that doesn?t affect them personally. F*CK YOU
SOCIETY.

I wonder why my household has been under surveillance by law enforcement for 6 years now? Makes no sense to me!!

Kimveer didn't work at all in 2006, telling his mother he was tired of how people doing contract work were treated.

People kill each other

Rape women

Molest children

Deceive and betray

Destroy lives

Bullying and torturing each other at school

What kind of world is this? What the f*ck is wrong with people. This world … this life, is worst (sic) than hell.

"Postal dude was sad before he became angry and psychotic, that's the part we never see in the game. He was normal, but the world made him the way he became."

His postings sound very rambling at first, but he talks of bullying and schools who do nothing. He talks of police who do nothing when people make complaints. He talks about his house being under surveillance for over 6 years.

It might just be the ramblings of a disturbed individual, but it's also very possible more was ongoing.

The message said that the same thing could happen again if Rajan's demands for $10 billion in compensation for both he and Kimveer weren't met.

That same day, they searched the house and discovered a three-page typewritten letter in which Rajan demanded $10 billion "for all the violations, damages, suffering" committed by citizens and the government and "for the negligence of their law enforcement agencies."

Police also found one of Rajan's chats on his computer, in which he demands $10 billion for both him and Kimveer for violations of their fundamental rights, like "freedom from torture" and the "right to paid holidays."

During his interrogation with police, he said he had no knowledge of what his friend had planned. He also said that for the past five or six months, he had developed the ability to read people's minds, had telepathic powers and had the ability to move people and animals.

Kimveer's friend Rajiv Rajan wrote some interesting postings after Kimveer's death. He wrote about damages, suffering committed by citizens, and the government. Neglegence of law enforcement agencies. Violations of his and Kimveer's fundamental rights, for freedom from torture.

Might just be the ramblings of someone who has since been diagnosed as schizophrenic with a history of depression, but his statements might also shed more light on what might really have been happening with Kimveer Gill.

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Keith Deroche

Friday said the 44-year-old Deroux's cocaine addiction was fuelling ‘paranoid delusions' that listening devices and cameras had been placed in his apartment. The drug addict believed someone was sending him coded messages through his computer and, even after moving to a new residence, Deroux feared people were entering his house through an underground tunnel and funnelling "noxious gases" into the residence. The only person with enough resources for this kind of surveillance, Deroux figured, was his friend and cocaine dealer, Wolfgang Droege. …

Mr Deroche would then shoot and kill his friend Wolfgang Droege who he blamed for the surveillance and mishaps going on in his life. He gave what to many seemed like a wild, paranoid drug induced description of being under surveillance, gassing, harassment, people entering his home, and that it continued after he moved.

Was he just spewing out a drug induced fantasy or was he on a list, flagged, with a warning marker against his name?

Damon Thompson

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The allegation against 20-year-old Damon Thompson is that on Thursday October 9, he attacked a 20-year-old female classmate Katherine Rosen. It happened in an organic chemistry class in the William Young Hall at the university sometime around midday on Thursday when Thompson allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Rosen five times and slashed her throat.

Thompson, an A -student with consistent excellent academic performance is an only child of Judith Brook a legal clerk with the Legal Advice and Services Centre in Belize City. While the US media has painted a negative picture of Thompson,
sources close to him and his family indicated that prior to this incident he had made countless complaints against classmates and this specific lab partner but with no results. Contrary to US media reports, Thompson did know Rosen who was his lab partner and who has been very offensive to him on previous occasions and even the day in question. Now UCLA in an attempt to shift blame away from itself has sought to discredit the mental stability of Thompson by using his many complaints by e-mail as an indication of instability.

When this story occurred, the American media painted Damon Thompson as a student that had walked into a classroom, pulled out a knife and stabbed a random student. He was immediately painted as mentally ill, and placed in jail. That is the bulk of what many will remember about this story, but digging a little deeper and told a very different story.

He had been familiar with Rosen his lab partner, he had made many complaints about harassment, and he had in particular complained about her on several occasions, but I reports of this do not seem to have been printed in the American Media.

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Frank said he grew concerned about Thompson in mid-December 2008, after the student sent several e-mails complaining that classmates sitting around him had been disruptive and made offensive comments to him while he was taking a written exam.

In one of the e-mails that Frank provided to The Times, Thompson, 20, also accused Frank of taunting him.

"I believe I heard you, Professor Frank, say that I was ‘troubled' and ‘crazy' among other things," Thompson wrote in the e-mail. "My outrage at this situation coupled with the pressure of the very weighted examination dulled my concentration and detracted from my performance."

Frank said he was told that other professors had reported similar exchanges with Thompson, who complained he was the constant target of taunts from students across campus — in dorms, dining areas and the library. A university official told Frank that he could only suggest that Thompson seek treatment, but they couldn't require him to seek psychological help. "My concern was in the context of other violent incidents on campuses around the country," Frank said.

To Frank, the e-mails he received from Thompson indicated the student was in need of serious help. Frank said he urged university officials to take action. An official told Frank that they could only suggest to Thompson that he seek treatment, but they could not require him to seek psychological services.

University officials have acknowledged that "Thompson was known to our student affairs office prior to the incident," but could not disclose information about the suspect, citing privacy laws.

When the story was examined a little bit closer it was clear that he had made several complaints about disruptions not only by the students around him, but also by also by professors. His complaints had not been taken seriously, infact he it seems that he was viewed as the problem for making the complaints which most often happens in cases of workplace mobbing, and habitual bullying in the schooling system. It should be noted that the professor he had accused of harassment, was the one used in the interview. What is happening in cases of this is that the system is not correcting itself, instead of tackling systemic bullying, harassment, mobbing, these individuals are all too often placed on lists, have warning markers placed against their names, or flagged, once this happens, it almost invariably leads to open season on the target by the community, and an escalation of open harassment. Then further complaints by the target are seen as a cry for mental health and not what they should be seen as, which is a system that is broken and not functioning. This is is also often a precursor to Gang Stalking, and the escalation of systemic harassment.

Abdo Ibssa

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"We've heard him say crazy things and do crazy things," said neighbor George Johnson. "The chip they're talking about–I don't know where that came from, but he kept on thinking that the government put a chip in him."

tadias.com/04/21/2010/police-hospital-shooter-mentally-ill-had-grudge/

"The suspect through the note left at his residence indicated he was upset with the doctor, thinking a chip had been placed inside of him during his appendectomy. The suspect believed he was being tracked due to this chip," Sterling Owen IV, Knoxville's Police Chief said.

According to the case file, which lists his name as Abdo Ibssa Mohammed, Ibssa told the court he bought his business in 2008 but wasn't making any money. Handwritten notes indicate he was $80,000 in debt, apparently for an online school he dropped out of in 2007 "due to personal problems."

The notes also indicate he filed no tax returns in 2008 or 2009.

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Also found during the search were a second handgun, a bag of marijuana and a copy of the book "The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception" — a reproduction of a Cold War-era CIA handbook on the use of illusion and deception for acts of espionage.

Ibssa was allegedly involved in a violent incident a year ago, attacking a stranger in a convenience store, according to a lawyer for the man who filed the civil suit.

Jalal Boudarga sued Ibssa for $300,000 in January, claiming Ibssa shoved him violently against his car, causing him to fall to the ground and badly break his leg. Boudarga's attorney, Jerry Martin, told The Associated Press that Ibssa believed Boudarga said something bad about him in the store.

"I guess if Mr. Ibssa imagined that a doctor had put a computer chip in him, then it's not that far of a jump for him to imagine my client saying something about him," Martin said.

It's very easy to write this man off as a paranoid and mentally ill individual. He has a history of violence, he was just committed to a mental health facility, and he was off his medication.

When you look at the story there are some question left unanswered. Why did this man feel that he was being tracked? Was he being followed, or did he think he was being tracked via electronic means? Why was there a copy of the CIA manual of Trickery and Deception? For those familiar with the techniques used in Gang Stalking rude comments by strangers, that directly correlate to the Targeted Individual are all too common and it would not be very hard to imagine that a complete stranger could indeed have made a comment to Ibssa.

The stories unlike several of the others does not go into enough details, to establish a firm correlation, in regards to what might have been happening, and the some media outlets have claimed that his neighbours are not giving interviews.

If these cases can be reviewed and it is determined that these men or some of these men were on community lists, had warning markers placed on their files, were flagged, then it might help establish a link between these community incidents of violence and these community listings, warning markers, or flags.

If these patterns can be established, then other factors such as complaints to the police and other agencies can be reviewed. Maybe then Targeted Individuals could get more understanding and awareness, vs being written off as mentally ill.

If it can be established that placing people on lists, warning markers, or flagging files causes community paranoia, harassment, mobbing, and Gang Stalking, then in future when targets complain, maybe their complaints will be taken more seriously. Right now complaints are taken as a sign of mental illness, and additional complaints are viewed the same.

The community in the meanwhile thinks that anyone flagged is a dangerous person, and someone that the need to do everything they can to protect and guard themselves against. The target is then exposed to day in day out systemic harassment, which equates to a psychological operation that is capable of driving the target to a breakdown, or acts of suicide or violence.

Community members go out of their way to do things to provoke the target, harass them in subtle ways. Each incident in and of itself means nothing, but the repeated provocations over time, lead to the headlines seen on the news. This is the dark side of society that is not seen or reported.

It took years for enough research to be put into place to establish a direct link between bullying, mobbing and acts of violence. This process within the Targeted Individual community can be more readily streamlined, by checking to see if any of these individuals had such warnings or flags on their community files.

If they do has such warnings, then it's important that this link be used to draw the correct conclusion, which would be that placing such warnings against individuals files, can and often does lead to identifiable patterns and cycles of harassment. This then causes acts of violence with in the community as the target is provoked, monitored, and psychologically harassed on a daily basis, everywhere they do. This is the conclusion that should be reached vs people on these lists are violent for no apparent reason and without any justification. It's important to look at cause and effect.

If the communities actions are leading to these end results then it's important to establish laws and support for targets to address this, so that fewer incidents will be caused over the next few years.

About the Author

I am a target of a practice called Gang Stalking. I have been researching and investigating it for the last two years and these are some brief findings that I would like to share.

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Employment law solicitors in Manchester.

Are you currently living in Manchester and experiencing employment problems?  Are you a victim of discrimination?  Have you noticed that others are receiving higher pay for doing the same job as you?  Or have you been made unfairly redundant?  These are all traumatic situations and you shouldn’t have to accept this kind of treatment.  There are trained employment law solicitors working in Manchester who can advise you on whether there is a case for a claim that could be very financially beneficial to you.

A solicitor will be able to assess your situation and your contract to see exactly where the legal issue lies.  They can then construct a case according to this and the information that you tell them.  It is then there responsibility to drive the case and settle the dispute, therefore relieving stress and anxiety from you.  A good employment solicitor should realise that you are the priority and that you are entitled to knowing everything about your case first.  Therefore it is important that your solicitor keeps you updated on any progression or change in your case as soon as it happens.

Tackling your employer or former employer in a law suit may seem like a very overwhelming task.  This is not helped by the fact that many solicitors bombard clients with technical legal terms and paperwork that is difficult to get to grips with.  It is therefore advantageous to make sure that you work with a solicitor who is willing to spend time answering questions and explaining paperwork

Expertise in the employment law area which is paramount to success, therefore it is good to find out how much experience your potential solicitor has in similar cases to yours and how much success.  It is also encouraging if a solicitor has access to a vast amount of resources, as this inevitably can aid a solicitor in their work.  Furthermore, a solicitor should make you feel comfortable whilst being confident and assertive.  They should be sensitive to your case whether it is work dismissal or unfair treatment because of your gender or age.  However, they should also fully understand the importance of your rights and be willing to fight passionately for you to achieve what you deserve.

About the Author

Hi, my name is Matthew Jones and I am a solicitor from Liverpool and enjoy sharing my advice through articles online.
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What criminal history information is available if the Target Corporation ran a background employment check?

I know there are federal and state laws governing this issue. I'm wondering exactly what information is disclosed during a background check. I'm asking because I was a former police officer who got charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors (domestic incident) a month ago. The charges are false and are being fought with an attorney. Don't wanna go into too many details, but all charges will be dropped in the end. The victim doesn't want to testify, and never did. No victim, no case. Anyways, I know that if I applied to be another police officer or work for a Police Agency, they can run a special background check that will show the arrest, but if a private corporation say Walmart, or Target were to run my background for an employment check, only Felony Convictions would show up right? Or would the arrest show up as well? I know the application only says to list convictions, so im not listing anything. I just really want this job!! Pays very well with good benefits! Anyone?

If you were charged but the case was not pursued due to no witness/victim testimony then you are just waiting to get the charges dropped. I would have to say that when the charges are dropped you won't have anything to worry about.

The background checks that a good amount of large corporations have access to are pretty in depth. The background company I use at work on a daily basis is able to pick up cases previous applicants were charged with 10 years ago but again they were charged.
I can't say for sure not knowing what district/state/county your issue happened in but knowing first hand that background screen companies have gotten better in obtaining their information especially since 9/11.

STATELESS DAVE -- THE INTRODUCTION

Is it legal to remove a minor (16 yrs old) from their place of employment without parental consent?

In the state of Kansas....If your not sure of State law, where can I find the complete answer?
I'm sorry...not referring to termination of a minor....referring to removing a minor...as In taking them from work to another location, while on the clock...
I work on an Air force Base, and was recently removed from my job...I'm only 16, and my parents were not contacted or acknowledge of the situation...can We do anything...or was this Justified?!
They removed me for questioning...but would it had been appropriate to have contacted my parents?!

If you mean fired of course it is. If you are referring to something else you will have to elaborate.*

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2007 Immigration Changes & Actions

Fitzgerald & Company would also like to take this opportunity to inform you of some changes and developments that occurred last year in immigration, and remind you of what actions you may be eligible to take currently in your path towards American citizenship.  Please feel free to forward a link to this newsletter to anyone you know who may find immigration information useful.
The Importance of Contacting your Representatives and Senators
There have been several important events or developments in 2007 that are worthy of comment and should be of interest to anyone who is or who may be affected by immigration laws. In 2007 we had a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (proposal) rejected by the Senate, new restrictive Labor Certification regulations enacted, and the US presidential candidates have all stated that immigration policies are an important issue which may result in some imminent changes. Political figures are extremely responsive to public opinion, and for this reason, it is important that we let the representatives, senators and all political candidates and office-holders in our regions know that we need positive changes to ease the difficulties that so many immigrants face in the United States today.
The names and telephone numbers of the U.S. Senators can be found at the following internet address:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/
senators_cfm.cfm
and the names of the congressman in your area are listed at this address:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Proposed Immigration Reform Law
On June 18, 2007 Senators Kennedy and McCain filed a bill in the US Senate that would have provided some relief to so many of the immigrants living in the US and to many of their family members abroad. The bill was rejected on June 28, 2007 by a vote of 46 (in favor / YES) to 53 (against / NO). Of the 46 senators that supported the bill 13 were Republicans and 33 were Democrats, and of the 53 senators that rejected the law 15 were Democrats and 38 were Republicans.
The law would have included among its provisions the following:
·    A nonimmigrant Z-visa category for illegal aliens (and their families) who have been continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2007, and are: (1) employed and seek to continue working or (2) studying
·    Increased per-country-limits for family-based and employment-based immigrants and increased family-sponsored immigrant visas until backlogs are adjudicated
·    A merit-based immigrant evaluation system
·    Made the Conrad J-1 visa (foreign physicians in medically underserved areas) waiver program permanent
·    Revised student visa provisions respecting: (1) off campus work; (2) distance learning; (3) dual intent; and (4) graduate students in mathematics, engineering, natural sciences, or information technology, and
·    Revised H-1B visa (specialty occupation) provisions, including: (1) annual admissions cap increases; (2) employer requirements; (3) degree requirements; (4) merit-based extension of stay; and (5) government requirements.
In addition to these positive sections there were some provisions of the proposal that would have been negative, such as restrictions on obtaining “green cards” in the US and new limitations on L1A visas for new companies; however, there would likely have been an over all positive result.
LCA / PERM Restrictions
On May 17, 2007, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued new regulations on the permanent labor certification program which included a “Prohibition on Substitution”, meaning that an LCA cannot be transferred from one potential employee to another. The DOL further stipulated a “Time Limitation” on an LCA’s validity (See 20 CFR part 656; 72 Fed. Reg. 29704 (May 17, 2007), requiring that once approved, an LCA must be “used” or filed in support of an I-140 (immigrant visa petition) within 180 days.
Adjustment after EWI (Entry Without Inspection) or Overstay
Title 8CFR 245.10 allows the spouse or child (including step children) of an individual who directly qualifies under the section 245(i) law to receive their green card in the U.S., even if they entered after Dec. 21, 2000 and the “relationship” was established after April 30, 2001. This is an important provision that merits a review to determine whether you may be eligible for a green card based upon your existing relationship with a family member who is a direct/primary beneficiary of 245(i).
You may be 245 (i) eligible and not know it
If you were ever included in an immigration application filed by April 30, 2001, and the application was abandoned or uncompleted for any reason (i.e. employment change, divorce, death of petitioner, etc.), you may still be 245(i) eligible, and as a result be eligible to start another immigration application. Please call our office for a consultation if you think this benefit may apply to you.
Take Advantage of Opportunities
As so many aspects of immigration are continuing to become more difficult and immigration application fees are dramatically increasing, we encourage you to take advantage of opportunities to file immigration and citizenship petitions promptly. We have prepared a chart to assist you in identifying the earliest filing elegibility date for a personal benefit and for a benefit on behalf of another person in your family.
For example, if you are under a non-immigrant visa status you may be eligible to apply for a green card/residency. There are advantages of becoming a legal permanent resident, such as legally living, studying and working in the United States, being able to petition for residency for your spouse and unmarried children under 21, and being able to travel in and out of the U.S.
Similarly, if you have been a legal permanent resident for 5 years (3 years in the case of a residency by marriage), you may be able to apply for citizenship. Being a citizen will grant you additional benefits, such as voting in government elections, being able to sponsor all immediate relatives for residency, obtaining a U.S. passport to travel, and remaining outside the U.S. without restrictions. Finally, if you are a citizen you may want to apply for a green card/residency for eligible family members.
If you are eligible to apply for any immigration benefits, such as the ones listed on our chart, we advise you to do so as soon as possible in order to obtain or provide your family quicker access to the benefits of residency and citizenship. To find out more about these application processes and the types of documents that you need for filing these applications, please consult our website at: http://www.fitzgeraldlawcompany.com. We also have a very comprehensive frequently asked questions area which you may find very helpful.
In our experience processing time for most immigration applications have lengthened overtime, and since it is hard to predict what future changes will happen in the law, we urge you to take immediate action with regard to filing them.
You May Sue the USCIS in Certain Situations
In the past year more individuals have filed actions in the US District Court to seek a resolution for a decision to a long delayed immigration petition or to have a poor or improper decision by the USCIS reviewed. This has been an effective vehicle to have a case promptly and correctly decided, and our office has been a leader in the development of innovative strategies doing this with much success. Recent congressional proposals have sought to eliminate this possibility, but they have been unsuccessful to date.
What can you do?
·    Challenge USCIS processing delays in the US District Court, by bringing legal actions against them
·    Apply for immigration benefits for you and your family members as soon as the eligibility requirements are met (see attached chart)
·    Call and write to political representatives and candidates, and
·    Encourage others in your community and family to do the same.
If you have any questions about how any of the items discussed here may impact you or your family, please do not hesitate to call our office and we will be glad to assist you. We request that you inform us of any changes in your contact information (address, email or telephone numbers—it is a duty to report these to immigration if you are not a U.S. citizen), or any changes to your individual situation (i.e. changes in marital status, employment, the birth of children, etc.), as it may provide for different immigration opportunities.

About the Author

Our immigration law firm, located in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) comprises a team of dedicated and client-oriented multi-lingual attorneys and paralegals.

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Reporter's Notebook: Bill Conroy
A law enforcement task force in New Mexico that is supposed to target drug-trafficking criminals is instead awash in charges that it is using its nearly $600,000 taxpayer-subsidized budget to fund its own corrupt practices.
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Why french students oppose the youth employment laws?

I am writing on an essay about the The Pros and Cons of the Law set by the french government during march. The Law is that it ensures youth from 18-25 years old will have job. The employers can end their job contracts with no reason after they reached 26.

It can all be traced back to the French Revolution, where the monarchy was thrown off and people believed that they should have full power. Unfortunately, their power also consisted of chopping the heads off of people who didn't agree with them. Nonetheless, the sheer poverty of the lower classes during the monarchy led the people to this point. Basically, it involves the right to work. The problem is that it has progressed to the idea that they have the right to a job for life.
Even though the unemployment rate for youths is a staggering 25%, and for poor youths even higher, the idea of giving up on "privilege" is anathema to the French. The new law would have taken away what they saw as their right to a job for life. It would have allowed an employer to terminate employment of a person under 26 within the first two years of employment for any reason. That didn't sit well with the students, as all they could see was the negatives. The problem is that no employers want to hire anyone because they have no recourse to fire the bad ones. It is a bad situation in France, and something is going to have to change for the economy to improve.

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Law Enforcement Officers: I would like to go to the academy; What's the best way to be selected?

I do not have a degree, but I have college experience and I went to an audio engineering school and graduated. I do plan on obtaining a bachelors degree for some opportunity to move up, but I may want to start the hiring process early? When does the polygraph come into play? What were your experiences with the Academy and employment selection process?

Most academies have a college requirement these days. Usually at least 60 hrs. If you don't have the 60 hrs, they won't even look at you for starting the process early, because you aren't eligible. The polygraph is usually around the middle of the process. After you complete the HUGE employment packet and meet the initial heigh/weigh requirements, there is usually a written test, then a video based test, a physical test (push ups, running, etc. Some even have an obstacle course). Then a polygraph, and a psychological test (oral and written). You then an interview with some white shirts (lt's, capt's, majors). Finally you will have a full physical exam and drug test. In my dept when I was hired, it was a six week process, with something to do at least each week. Everything you do gives you a combined score for your eligibility. Nerve racking, but worth it!

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A California Labor Law Attorney: Just What You Need in Times of Trouble!

In a time where California labor law is constantly changing and employers are playing it “fast and loose” in order to make ends meet, a California labor law attorney may be just what the doctor ordered to explain the complex California overtime laws.

With a weakening economy, and jobs being shipped overseas, it is not uncommon to see rampant abuse of the California overtime laws. Employers routinely offer comp time instead of overtime - that is allowing an employee to stay late, pay no overtime, but come in late the following day as compensation. This practice directly violates California overtime laws unbeknownst to many employees. Another method is for employers to only pay overtime when an employee works over 40 hours in a week, but not when the employee works over 8 hours in a day. Again, a common practice, but nevertheless, illegal under California overtime laws.

Another form of abuse when it comes to violation of the California labor law is when the employer forces employees to work “off the clock”. This means that after punching out or even before punching in to start the work day, an employee works without any record of payment. Clearly, this practice violates the California labor law as well as California overtime laws. Many employers if left unchecked continue this practice until they are brought to justice either by a claim through the California Labor Board or a private action brought by a California labor law attorney.

Another area of abuse when it comes to California overtime laws is when an employer fails to permit their employees to take a 30 minute uninterrupted lunch after 5 hours of work. This violation of the California labor law has been a hot topic and a recent case has now viewed this violation as a wage violation and not a penalty. This distinction is important since wages in California can be claimed going as far back as 4 years while penalties can only be claimed for one year.

A final area of violation of California overtime laws is the misclassification of employees. This has been an area in which employees suffer the greatest abuse. Under this violation of California labor law, employees who are truly entitled to overtime pay based upon the duties they actually perform are misclassified as exempt from overtime pay. Exempt employees are typically salaried and not paid hourly. Employers traditionally "label" such employees as supervisors or managers, yet in many cases they perform many of the same or similar duties as the rank and file employees or their own subordinates. If a violation of this type of California labor law occurs it can be an expensive lesson for an employer. Employees typically will be entitled to up to four years of back overtime, interest, penalties and their attorney’s fees if they prevail. California overtime laws are meant to be upheld and some employers have learned the hard way.

Many California labor law attorneys who work to enforce the California overtime laws work on a contingency basis. In other words, there is typically no fee up front and the California labor law attorneys only get paid if and when they prevail on the case. This method of payment removes the obstacles from abused employees claiming what is due to them under the many California overtime laws.

In closing, employees should arm themselves with knowledge of California labor law both in straight forward situations that are not particularly complicated as well as complex situations. Employees should consider consulting with a California labor law attorney for legal advice when necessary.

About the Author

Lars Vheltzer is a freelance journalist who frequently contributes and comments on California labor law and more specifically California overtime laws. Lars suggests that California employees who are suffering from an employer abuse of these laws may be best served by retaining a California labor law attorney.

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Ive read that when you try to get a loan to buy a house you must show two years of W2s and employment history,

I graduated from law school in May 2006 and have only been working since August 2006. My husband just graduated from med school and just started his residency this summer. Would lack of employment history stop us from obtaining a mortgage?

Not necessarily. What I suggest is to visit with several different lenders in your area and see what programs they have and what might fit your financial situation best.

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What's The Point Of The Hse Health And Safety Law Poster?

Since the inception of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act and the creation in the same year, of the then Health and Safety Commission - education and communication have had key roles to play. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) itself was created in 1975. The HSE's remit was to take the requirements of the Health and Safety Commission and to enforce health and safety legislation in all workplaces, except those regulated by Local Authorities. Over time the responsibilities of the 2 organisation shifted to include other spheres of influence and eventually they merged to form the HSE in it's current guise in 2008. Now the HSE is responsible for both the detail of health and safety regulations in almost every type of environment except the rail industry, and their enforcement across the whole of the UK.

Back in 1999 a universal communication tool was launched in the form of a poster, legally required to be displayed in all workplaces. This Health and Safety Law poster was aimed directly at employees. The purpose being to both inform workers of their rights under the Health and Safety at work act and to make sure they're aware of their obligations under this law.

In 2009 a new version of this poster was published. Employers and those responsible for health and safety signs in workplaces have until 2014 to update the poster on display in their facilities. Despite this allowable changeover period, some disreputable companies have tried to use 'elf and safety scare tactics to encourage sales of the new version. This revised poster has been designed to be more visually appealing than the old version - in the hope that more people will actually read it.
The poster is split into 4 main sections:

The first is about what employers must do for you as an employee. This section contains information about what employers are expected or required to do to make sure any risks to health and safety at work are properly controlled. It also informs workers about the type of measures that might be taken by an employer to reduce the risks - like using safety signs.

The second covers what you must do. In this section the responsibilities of an employee are explained. This includes doing things like following any training which has been given, taking reasonable care and helping to identify risks that are not adequately controlled.

In the third section the poster explains what to do if there's a problem. This part gives information of who should be informed and how to escalate, including directly to the HSE, this if the problem is not resolved.

The last section provides specific contact information - for Health and Safety Representatives in the workplace and externally.

If you're a UK business and you don't currently display an HSE Health and Safety Law poster - you almost certainly should. If you've got the old (1999 brown) version - don't let anyone tell you it needs to be changed until 2014. If you're unsure about whether you need to display a poster - contact the HSE directly. If you do need to buy one - they're available from a choice of safety sign and safety equipment suppliers or from the HSE direct.

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Brien write articles for safety signs supplies and for various sizes of fire safety signs recommends you to visit http://www.safetysignsupplies.co.uk/

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Public Relations For Law Firms: 5 Tips For a Successful PR Strategy

Law firms that lack a sound public relations strategy are missing valuable opportunities to represent clients who are enmeshed in the most important and impactful legal issues of the day. To secure such clients effectively, smart law firms know how to engage and leverage the media effectively.


The most effective public relations strategies for law firms are founded upon a keen understanding of the issues. They entail the effective positioning of the law firm as a credible resource offering valuable insights into the issues and problems their clients face.


Here are 5 tips for conducting effective and efficient public relations for law firms:


Tip #1: Know your audience:


It is essential that law firms identify the key spheres of referrals, relationships and prospective clients in their field of specialty. Each time the firm initiates a media outreach campaign, it should be sculpted to speak directly to one of a set of clearly-defined target client segments. The most commanding strategies are those that seek to inform audiences while highlighting key issues that personally and directly affect those target clients.


Tip #2: Intersect your firm's expertise with real pain points:


Showcasing your firm's true talents and specialties entails first understanding the real pain points of your target client segment. Fostering a relationship with clients that is conducive to trust and loyalty increases the likelihood that they will approach you in a reliable, confident manner. If you are unclear as to which issues to specifically address with your target client group, ask yourself: what is an issue or cluster of related issues that are important to lives of my target client segment? How might the resolution of these issues increase their upside (e.g., income, happiness, peace of mind) or decrease their downside (e.g., expenses, stress, health problems, etc.)?


Tip #3: Understand current trends:


Trend commentary is a frequently-employed method for generating visibility and increasing exposure for your firm. To generate trend commentary, PR practitioners collaborate with executives to identify key thought leadership platforms that traverse both current business trends and the law firm principals' own expertise. The platforms are then shaped to cater to the target segment and then pitched to the media.


Tip #4: Represent yourself to the media as a resource offering substantial, well-articulated insight:


The final secret to success in media placements is approaching a topic with an insightful, well-articulated perspective. It is important to reach out to the right reporter(s) with relevant information. The main goal here is maximum reach and clarity, which can only be possible with effective and lucid channels of communication. The law firm's presentation must be eloquent, refined and precise. This is crucial in terms of the portrayal of the firm's image vis-à-vis the media.


Tip #5: Author expert articles:


Another facet of a thought-leadership campaign is the authoring of in-depth, by-lined, expert articles. These articles, often written in partnership with public relations professionals, have the power to go into specific details that highlight trends, problems and solutions. Expert articles can be developed for specific industry trade segments or for general business magazines. In some cases, they are developed to articulate detailed trends to other expert audiences. Articles and other literature often receive coverage in local publications such as newspapers, journals and newsletters, which in turn can create a potential gateway to national and possibly international exposure.


When launching a PR campaign for your law firm, the end game involves knowing your audience, identifying their pain points, and effectively positioning your firm as a thought leader who holds a substantive, insightful position on the issue or topic.

About the Author


Contact anthonyBarnum to assist you in building an expert PR strategy for your law firm that gets results at
www.anthonybarnum.com
. anthonyBarnum has conducted public relations for professional services firms for international, U.S., and Texas-based clients.

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Should the children of a black doctor get preferential treatment over the children of a white electrician?

Federal court suit was brought by the Michigan-based, pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary.
Proposition 209, a ballot measure approved by California voters in 1996, prohibits racial or gender preferences in public contracting, education and employment. Voters in Washington, Michigan and Nebraska have passed laws similar to Proposition 209. A 1996 court order in Texas and a 2000 vote by the Florida Legislature banned the use of race in school admissions in those states.

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HE MIGHT HAVE A SILVER TONGUE, BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT TALKING CRAP. IN FACT, THE CRAP TALKED BY BARACK OBAMA IS SOME OF THE MOST CRAPTASTIC CRAP TALK A CRAP TALKERS EVER TALKED... OUR TELEPROMPTER-IN-CHIEF

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NALP Conference 2010: Hiring and Training Trends Get More Practical
The programming at the 2010 NALP Annual Education Conference last week reflected the widespread effort law firms and law schools are making to reposition themselves in a recovery environment, says consultant Ari Kaplan, with a new emphasis on the practical, both in training and in hiring.
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Kilpatrick Asking For Online Support
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is reaching out to his friends and supporters, but it's not just for their good wishes it's for their money.
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employment discrimination?

With Christmas fast approaching, malls & department stores are beginning the process of hiring people to play Santa. Marjorie Nakamura, a Japanese-American woman applies, but is not hired, to be the Santa Claus at a mall in a major American city. She believes that the refusal to hire her was based on gender and race discrimination. Because of your acknowledged expertise in employment discrimination law, she consults with you about whether she has a legitimate case. Would Marjorie be successful in her case or not?

It depends on who they hired to fill the position and the reason that they gave her for not hiring her. If they hired a white male, then she has some grounds for winning her case. If her availability was limited or they hired someone with previous Santa experience she probably would not win.

Unfortunately damages in these types of situations are very difficult to determine. Did she really lose anything by not getting the job? Most attorneys don't pick up these cases unless they are class-action types or there are witnesses because they're very subjective. If I were Marjorie, I would consult the EEOC and have them investigate the company. If the EEOC finds the company at fault and the company does not offer a favorable settlement, then Marjorie could take their findings to a labor attorney who will use the findings to get her a settlement.

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Anyone know about HIPAA laws and employment?

I work in a medical office and the other day one of our doctors appearently left a message on a machine with health information. It was the wrong number in the computer one that was the patients family member they used to live with. My question here is I as the receptionist forgot to verify the phone number I guess when they registered. It was an honest mistake on my part I get very busy. The employer upset with ME. Can I lose my job over this or is it the doctor who is responsible?

There are two parts to HIPPA enforcement. One is criminal and the other civil. In criminal enforcement the DOJ is the responsible governmental enforcement agency.

According to the DOJ, only two categories of entities can be held criminally liable under HIPAA:
1. Covered entities (health plans, health care clearinghouses, certain health care providers, and prescription drug card sponsors); and
2. Certain directors, officers, and employees of covered entities, but only to the extent such liability would comport with general principles of corporate criminal liability.

The only federal criminal liability the employee might face would be under conspiracy or aiding and abetting laws. However, the DOJ has prosecuted a Seattle man (who was an employee of a HIPPA provider) that used patient information for personal gain.

However, Civil Litigation is becoming more visible as attorney's and the general public develop a understanding of patient rights under HIPPA.

As your question implies you understand that your employer has liability. That there was a procedure in place to protect patients health information (as required by HIPPA) and you chose to ignore that procedure because you got "busy."

It is unlikely that you would have personal liability from a criminal standpoint and from a civil standpoint it is doubtful your earnings as a receptionist would be sufficently "deep" to attract civil litigation. However, due to your negligence your employer is liable. You have placed him in a position where the only realistic defense is 1) he had written process and procedures, 2) which you violated and he terminated you for such violation (showing both his concern and diligence in enforcing HIPPA requirements within his office).

Finally, your office policy (assuming your policy is leaving detailed messages of someones health care on a answering machine as your question implies) should be re-examined. I believe you will find that the risk of such conduct is greater than the benefit. (As demonstrated by your recent HIPPA violation). Perhaps a better policy would be to simply leave a message to call Dr. ____.

Wonkbook: Barney Frank pushes financial reform; EPA was unprepared for oil spill
Some Congressional Democrats are opposing key spending bills that they say drive the country deeper in debt. Meanwhile, Barney Frank is pushing for the financial reform conference committee to be televised on C-SPAN; would public opinion toughen the bill even further? And all evidence suggests the EPA was unprepared for an oil spill of the scale of the BP incident.
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Employment Laws – An Overview of the Latest Trends and Rules

American workforce has increased greatly. After Second World War, labor force is diversified with the entry of women, African Americans, minorities, immigrants.

In order to meet the needs of the employees, government has revised and improved the employment policy in the 21 st century. New employment policies increased restrictions on the employers. As many of us are related to the American work force, there is a need to know about the policy.

Developments in the Employment Law

United State congress has provided many rights for the employees to advance equally. The laws provided by congress from 1967 are:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 : Employer should not discriminate in hiring, promoting, dismissal, on the basis of: race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, provided the employer has a workforce of at least fifteen persons.

Equal Pay Act of 1963 : Male and female employees should be paid equally when they perform the same or substantially similar kinds of work.

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 : Use age as a determining factor in hiring, promoting, or discharging employee age forty and over, where the employer employs more than twenty employees. Employer should not discriminate older employees. This act is to protect the aged people of 40 years and above. Age at which they can receive retirement benefits from social security is also increasing.

Americans with Disabilities Act : Discriminate against persons with disabilities who are otherwise qualified, with or without reasonable accommodation, to perform the essential functions of a job. According to this act employer should provide worksite accommodation for the disabled. This law applies to the mentally ill, AIDS patients and physically disabled. Employer and disabled person should engage in interactive process to encourage them to do their work perfectly.

Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act : Discriminate against Vietnam veterans if the employer is a contractor or sub-contractor of the federal government and its contracts equal or exceed $10,000.

Occupational Safety and Health Act : Discharge an employee for reporting health or safety violations on the employer's premises. This act is also applicable when the employee is to work in an unsafe or hazardous area without providing adequate safeguards.

Family and Medical Leave Act : Deny most employees the right to take leave to provide care for a child, spouse, or other close relative in a medical emergency or related to the birth or adoption of a child.

Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination : This act is to represent minorities while giving contracts. Certain percentage of contract is kept aside for minorities and women owned business.



Other Legal Rights of Employees

Employer will be held liable if any person is harassed sexually in the office premises and he doesn't take any action.

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) provides for mandatory notice of employer plant closing and mass layoff.

Defamation: Employer cannot make negative comments about the present or past employee.

Employment at will: Employee or employer can terminate their relationship at any time.

About the Author

Studying the developments in employment law , Peter Salazar offers an overview of the different rights and duties of the average employee. This discussion deals with the career jobs and employment of smaller entities where the number of employees is less than 50.

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Conquer Employment Law Violations

As a worker in San Fernando Valley, you should be aware of your employee rights and obligations. Otherwise, you may not know that your employer has been violating or has violated your rights in some way. A certain area of law protects employees from unlawful employment practices.

Labor and employment as crucial and significant foundations of every society is given prime importance and protection by the government. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) implements several federal laws in order to preserve the rights of workers and build a strong, dynamic relationship between employers and employees.

They aim to protect unprejudiced working environments so that workers will not have to worry about illicit and unjust practices. They attempt to provide fair opportunities to deserving workers who, although belonging to a certain classification, still have the capacity to contribute to society and endeavors to be independent.

Some of the U.S. Laws on Employment

Under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is unlawful to discriminate on the basis of color, race, sex, religion, or national origin.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) provides security for men and women who carry out considerable equal amount of work in the similar establishment from sex-based wage discrimination.

The law, that protects elderly workers, specifically those 40 years of age and older is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).

Additionally, it is the Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that forbids employment discrimination against disabled qualified individuals who work in the private sector, and in local and state governments. What prohibits discrimination against qualified workers with disabilities in the federal government are the Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

It is the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which offer financial damages in cases of deliberate employment discrimination.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) order minimum wage and overtime pay standards; and recordkeeping and child labor standards for most private and public employment sectors, including work accomplished within the home. It is the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA), which oversees this act.

Rights of the Employees

• Right against discriminative performances based on your sexual orientation, national origin, race, gender, skin color, pregnancy, religious beliefs, age or disability

• The right to leave for reasons of illness, pregnancy, among others

• Right to fair pay: right against denial of at least the minimum wage or denial of unpaid wages

• The right to a safe workplace

• Right to a work environment free of harassment

• The right to privacy especially with personal matters

In asserting your legal rights, it is important that you discuss it with your employer. Settle out your differences and clarify what it was you found improper then seek resolution. It will benefit you greatly if you know your legal rights so that you can present your problems easily and confidently to your employer.

After talking with your employer, you should be able to come to an agreement, resolution or settlement. If your employer did not take your complaints seriously and took no steps regarding your problem, then it is highly advised that you take your issues to court. File a lawsuit with the help from a San Fernando Valley employment law attorney who can represent your case effectively.

As a worker, you should not disregard defending your rights. Taking legal action immediately will help you obtain justice and compensation for the damages you have suffered.

Our San Fernando Valley lawyers professionally take charge in defending the rights of workers who have been victims of employment discrimination. For more information, log on to our website and ask the assistance of our legal staff.

About the Author

Jinky once aspired to become an hotelier. Now, she hopes of becoming a successful doctor. She intends to pursue this dream in the near future. In the meantime, she’s glad for the opportunity to enhance her writing skills while working as a content writer.

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Should political orientation be added to the list of discrimination no-nos in employment, tenancy, etc.?

From what I can understand, some liberal and conservative civilians hate each other so much because of current events, each side believes the other wants to destroy the US. Personally, I don't think it's impossible for a scuffle, an employment/service discrimination, or even a murder to arise between a liberal and a conservative who are both civilians. Therefore, it may be necessary to add political beliefs to the list of grounds businesses and law enforcement are forbidden to discriminate on for the same reason we have sexual orientation and ethnicity.

You can change or conceal your politics pretty easily if you start running into trouble. And no one can tell how you vote.

I'd think ordinary protection under the law should be sufficient. If someone beats you up for being a registered member of the Libertarian National Socialist Green party, for instance, it should be enough that he beat you up.

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The central problem haunting our nation is that of employment, one can almost reason all the issues the country is facing to that of employment and hence employability of our citizens.
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The Science of Getting Rich

By thought, the thing you want is brought to you; by action you receive it.

–Wallace D. Wattles

“The Science of Getting Rich” calls on you to form the vision of the things you want. It also has a call to action in the place and job you are in so that you more than fill your present place. You are not doing this to please your employer, although it may, you are doing it to advance yourself. You are doing it because your future is so compelling (because of your visioning) that you inject energy, purpose, and faith into the moment you are in. Those who work with you and those who come in contact with you will feel this radiance and sense of increase and will be attracted to you. Always remember: vision and action.

Do not give your creative impulse to Original Substance, and then sit down and wait for results; if you do, you will never get them. Act now. There is never any time but now, and there never will be any time but now. If you are ever to begin to make ready for the reception of what you want, you must begin now. And your action, whatever it is, must most likely be in your present business or employment, and must be upon the persons and things in your present environment.

These things that you want, the things that “The Science of Getting Rich” tells you to visualize about, these things may be things that you haven’t believed possible for you. When, after nurturing your vision you see yourself in those places with those things you want you will know they are right for you. The part you were missing is the action steps to receive them. And now that you know those things are right for you - you will also come to know that the plan will present itself. Sometimes it is a progressive realization of the goals and sometimes it comes as if by magic. Keep the vision, keep the faith. Make the decision that this future is right for you. Then the actions you take will be inspired, empowered, and the actions will be taken toward a hope and a future.

You'll find many resources for The Science of Getting Rich at www.TheRealMikeGriffin.com including tutorials, a free ebook and free audio book.  There’s your call to action, act and create the vision, act and nurture it, and act when the ideas come. In the words of Wayne Dyer, “you’ll see it when you believe it.”

About the Author

Mike Griffin is CTO of www.MTDSystems.com

a network monitoring company. Mike writes about The Science of Getting Rich at www.TheRealMikeGriffin.com and wherever he can.

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Employment Law - What Type Of Employee Am I?

Sometimes people become confused as to exactly which category of employment they fall in to. Of course there is the permanent employee or the casual or part-time or permanent part-time or even the independent subcontractor. The real difference between the various categories of employment is whether there is a contract of service or a contract for services.


Employment arises in a number of contexts particularly given the social diversity of our workforce today. Due to job sharing, permanent part-time employees are becoming more and more acceptable in the Australian workforce. Of course the predominant type of employee is the full time permanent employee on which the majority of businesses throughout Australia rely. This may have something to do with the fact that 75% of all business transacted throughout Australian is carried out by small to medium enterprises.


Essentially the type of employee that you are is normally set out in a letter of appointment, a contract of employment, an award or other industrial instrument including Certified Agreements or Australian Workplace Agreements or as otherwise agreed with the employer. Irrespective of the documents evidencing employment, employees are often issued with job descriptions or specifications covering the type of work they are required to carry out. It is becoming more prevalent for employees to be issued with letters of appointment and/or contracts of employment given the deregulation of the Australian workplace.


Often, employees other than full time employees work fewer hours, although with casuals this may not necessarily be so. Sometimes there is confusion as to whether casuals and part-time employees are one and the same. The essential difference between the two is that with part-time employees there is the pre-arranged regularity of the hours of work. In other words, part-time employees work on a regular and systematic basis whereas with casuals there is a certain informality, uncertainty and irregularity of engagement. It should be pointed out that where casual employment is becoming regular and systematic it may be deemed that the person has become a permanent part-time employee, particularly where they have the expectation of ongoing employment.


One of the most telling differences is that a part-time employee is generally entitled to exactly the same benefits and entitlements as a full time employee except on a pro-rata basis. Their pay includes sick leave and annual leave and their pay rates are not as high as casual employees. One of the best ways to distinguish a casual employee from a permanent part-time employee is to look at the appropriate award or industrial instrument to determine whether they fall within the definition of casual employee. In some cases the employer may have mistakenly described their type of employment as they may not be fully conversant with the legal distinctions between these two classes of employee.


It is always worthwhile to check the award or industrial instrument governing the type of employment and this applies equally to other categories of employee. It is extremely important to remember that normally casual employees have no guarantee of work beyond their current hiring which could be for one hour, several hours, one or more days or a week. Note that with casual employees there is usually a loading built into the rate of pay for casuals to compensate for the lack of permanent employment benefits. The services of a casual employee can be terminated at any time without notice by either party.


Under the NSW Industrial Relations Act and the Federal Workplace Relations Act there is no protection given to casual employees as they belong to one of the classes which is expressly excluded from the unfair dismissal regime set out in those acts. Casual rates of pay are normally 20% higher than standard rates. Remember with casual employees the work is normally irregular, may involve working on different days of the week, is on an on-call basis, wages are paid following each engagement, loadings are paid to compensate for not being a permanent employee and they may refuse to work for the period specified.


Where the work of a casual employee becomes regular and systematic such that they work the same numbers of hours per week prescribed for permanent employees, then, under many awards where they work for at least one month or in the case of metal industry workers, where they work for at least 6 months in this way, then they may become permanent employees. Irrespective if they have been employed by the same employer on this basis for an extended period of time they will have a right to long service leave.


Employee or Independent Contractor


Not all people who perform work are employees as some are independent contractors frequently called independent sub-contractors. The major difference between an employee and an independent contractor is that the former receives a salary or wages for services rendered whilst an independent contractor is a person who carries on trade or business themselves. The employee provides services under a contract of service and the independent contractor under a contract for services. The concept of control is essential to determining when a person falls into one category or the other. In some cases the law construes a person as being a deemed employee which has certain consequences for such individuals e.g. in the areas of workers compensation and taxation. Graphic design and advertising agencies are cases in point as much of the work that they have is subcontracted to other persons to undertake. These subcontracting or independent contracting relationships may arise because the principal contractor who is servicing the client needs to access independent expertise and thereafter manage the outcome.

About the Author


Frank Egan is the Chief Executive Officer of
LAC Employment Lawyer
and has over 27 years of experience as a lawyer.

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Are any changes coming in UK law regarding limiting working hours?

In my job I have to work 12 hour rotating shifts average working hours are around 60 per week, though some weeks can be 90 hours or more to cover other workers holidays or sickness. My wage is £7 per hour worked so the less hours I work the less I get paid,

No i understand no changes are envisaged. The current law under the Working Time Regulations states

"unless his employer has first obtained the worker's agreement in writing to perform such work, a worker's working time including overtime in any reference period which is applicable to his case shall not exceed an average of 48 hours for each seven days".

That is the exact wording of the Clause so that lumbers you because you state you have signed your agreement! That was your big mistake! So legally your employer can now work you for as long hours as he wants. There is virtually nothing you can do about it apart from resigning and finding another job. Because even if you took them to a Tribunal to complain that signature of yours on that bit of paper will mean your case would be thrown out and you would probably also get stung with employers legal costs for the Hearing!

Your only possible way out is to demand your right for "a free health assessment" which you are entitled to yearly because you work nights as well as days. If the doctor there decides your health is adversely affected by your working hours, such in that you are not getting adequate sleep, then your employer has to take you off nights and find alternative day work for you?

But apart from this, because like me you are a security worker, as I understand it we and only we are explicitly exempted from protections against fatigue that other workers benefit from under English law as "security service" is also so exclusively stated as being non applicable.

If you or I were employed in such a job as Health worker they probably could not make you work such long shifts as you are required to have 11 hours rest between your shifts and so if it takes you more than 30 minutes to get from your home to workplace then you are not getting that. But again "security work" is explicitltly exempted from such workers rights.

No I understand there is no likelihood of the New Labour UK government agreeing to come into line on working hours with the rest of the EU because they believe thatwould harm UK competitiveness and definitely not if the Conservatives win power. But even if the UK goverrnment was somehow compelled by the EU Commission to get rid of opt out clauses that apply only to UK workers within the "Working Time regulations" the explicit exemption stated for "security workers" would not be changed.

Sorry, mate, that is the way it is.

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Does anyone know what 'heuristic value' means?

I have an essay question that asks me to comment on the heuristic value of the common law tests relating to employment law) in England and Wales

Simply means the common sense evaluation of something as opposed to rigorous scientific testing.

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Thesis is a kind of research report aimed at studying unsolved problems or contradictory phenomena in the fields of Science, Humanities, Arts. Usually its author mentions what progress has already been made in the research of the problems stated in the topic of his thesis, describes his own scientific research results designed to solve or clarify these problems and outlines the directions of further progress in these researches which can be made in future. While writing a thesis one should bear in mind that it can’t be a collection of ordinary, well-known ideas. Any thesis in any field of knowledge is to discover something unknown. Besides your examiners lots of other researchers will read it in order to get familiar with your scientific achievements in future. Such prospects oblige you to write clearly and explicitly to avoid ambiguity and make your scientific results unequivocal for others to understand. In most cases thesis has a fixed structure. A person doesn’t have to adhere rigidly to it but a wide deviation from the received structure may puzzle readers and even be interpreted as a rough mistake.

The standard thesis looks something like:

Introduction

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Another important issue is references. Most of examiners pay particular attention to them looking for important works to be listed and referred to in this section. They assess both the quality of the works listed there. Try to include in the reference section works as much relevant to the topic of your thesis as possible.

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Does this prominent local union know the whereabouts of thousands of illegal immigrant workers?

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A prominent local union is organizing a march in Minneapolis in favor of immigration reform.

The SEIU is a sister organization to ACORN. They even share the same offices in many cities.

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Illegal substance use and consequence, which is worse?

I submit the following, on a per-substance basis, which of the following is the worst consequence.

If you want to determine the perception of the probability that a person can be fully-functioning member of society and socially responsible through having used drugs...

... Then find me an addict who does a great job at work instead of looking for ways-and-means to get high.

Here's a website for you to view. Click on "Mother".

You could argue that the kid functions. He can talk, walk, steal, hit and make rational decisions. By all accounts, he "functions".

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Employers face far-reaching changes in 2010 and legislative action is expected on a variety of workplace initiatives that will re-shape the legal landscape.
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question about european union law?

A (imaginary) directive was due to be implemented by 21st december 2008, it seeked to give futher rights to women in employment to claim equal pay for work of equal value of men. The former government (in uk), sought to introduce appropriate legislation by introducing before Parliament the Equal Value Bill 2007. However, the bill was defeated at second reading in the house of commons and not adopted. A new parliament is elected in early 2009 and opposes the implementation of the directive.

Yes. But think about it. To the EU it is still the same government i.e. the UK government.
It won't be the politicians who pay the price but the country.

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What is an Employment Lawyer?

Employer and labor contracts are some of the most diverse and complex arrangements made. Throughout the country's history, labor law has changed significantly to ensure that employees are treated fairly and equitably. When there is a breach of contract or failure on the part of an employer to treat you fairly, civil action to remedy the problem is your right. An experienced employment lawyer can help ensure that your case is filed and equitably settled in any number of disputes with your employer.

Protecting Against Wrongful Termination

Texas is an "at-will" state when it comes to employment law. This means that unless specifically enumerated in a contract, either party can terminate the contract for any reason, or for no reason, with or without prior notice. While this arrangement protects employers in many cases, it does not allow them to terminate you for the following reasons:

• Gender discrimination
• Age discrimination
• Acting as a whistleblower

If you were terminated because of discrimination or because you turned in your employer for illegal activity (referred to as whistleblower or qui tam suits), you need an employment lawyer to help file a claim and restore your job and reputation.

Contractual relations between an employee and employer may override an at-will condition of employment. If there is a breach of contract regarding termination, civil action is possible.

ERISA Employee Benefits

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ERISA, is a federal act to protect employees concerning their benefits and retirement plans. Employers must follow strict guidelines regarding disclosing and administering employee benefits. An employment lawyer can help you with issues pertaining to:

• Retirement plans including 401k, pensions, and lump sum buyouts
• Severance pay
• Disability benefits
• Insurance
• Stock plans
• Medical leave

An employment lawyer will help ensure that you get the benefits that were promised to you by your employer.

Workplace Injury

Regardless of the type of work that you perform, there are occupational hazards. Most employers cover workplace injuries through the Texas Workers’ Compensation program. An employment attorney can help you obtain fair and just compensation when your employer fails to cover you adequately. Common workplace injuries include:

• Transportation injury
• Repetitive motion injury
• Construction accidents
• Exposure to dangerous products or material
• Violent acts that occur at work

Employers are responsible for the safety of their employees. Failure to ensure safety may make them liable if you are injured or killed at work. Workers’ Compensation covers medical expenses related to a work-based injury.

About the Author

When seeking legal advice on any type of employment-related issues, please visit the website of Beaumont, Texas employment lawyer, Richard Coffman of The Coffman Law Firm, serving residents in Beaumont, Texas and entire United States.

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My case is scheduled for a hearing for a human rights matter but 1st I have a conference date.?

I have already met with the Human Rights Div. regarding my employment/civil rights case. Who found probable cause and sent this case on for what I thought was a trial but instead I see it is for a hearing. Prior to the hearing they have scheduled a conference with an administrative Law Judge. What can I expect? Do I have to have an attorney ? If so since I am unemployed how do I get an attorney?

You can get an attorney to take this case on a contingency fee basis, which means the lawyer gets paid from the recovery. The conference is probably a settlement or scheduling conference. Did it say what type of conference? If it's a scheduling conference, the judge will just set deadlines for various pretrial procedures. If its a settlement conference, a hearing office will try to mediate the case to see if trial can be avoided. It would be wise to have a lawyer, but you could go to the conference without one and after you discover what the conference is about, ask for a continuance to obtain an attorney. Ask everyone you know to recommend a good attorney. Even if you find an attorney that doesn't practice this area of law, he/she can give you a referral. If you've already won the probable cause hearing, it should not be difficult to find a lawyer to pick up the rest of the case. You're likely to get a higher settlement if you have counsel. The best lawyers do not advertise. You find the best attorneys from referrals.

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Employment law...?

...I know I have no rights since I am being paid under the table. My question is this: 1)What is the significance of the employer paying me today with a check as opposed to the usual weekly cash, and then telling me to take the day off, and call next week to tell her if I want to come back to work?
2)What is her reasoning from a legal standpoint, that she is cutting my hours and trying to get me to quit, as opposed to firing me?

I think I would go fill out applications. Under that table is not good, no matter what you eventually get sc&^%$#. Most bosses paying under the table like that are trying to keep from paying Uncle Sam and in NC there's state taxes too. You're building absolutely no credits for social security either.

Why the check? Is it a payroll check ? Withholding etc? Since tax time just passed I imagine your boss learned he needed to repair some business practices, before Uncle Sam thumps him real hard .

You are better than that, you can make darned good tip money as a waitress if you are a hard worker. Waitress pay is real low in NC anyway but I have several friends who are raking in the cash every day. Go where someone will give you the respect you deserve.

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Do Dems Read the Wall Street Journal to Learn About Socialism's Faults or Is that Against the Law?

"....growing discontent among youths in many European countries over outdated education systems, lack of jobs and a general apprehension about the future."

No, it's against DNC rules to be open minded like that.

But, it's funny how their replies are based upon insults and saying you made stuff up even though you have sources.

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Alimony & You in Texas

The law regarding alimony in Texas is very rigid and clear and only under very specific circumstances will alimony be awarded. Your divorce lawyer is the best person to advise you as to whether you are likely to receive alimony payments as part of your divorce, but until you meet with your lawyer, here is information that will help you get a clearer picture of whether you will be receiving alimony, or “spousal maintenance”, as it is legally referred to in Texas.

In Texas you can only apply for alimony if either of the following situations is relevant to your divorce:

• Your spouse committed and was convicted of a crime of family violence within the two years leading up to your filing for divorce or during your divorce.
• You marriage lasted 10 or more years and you don’t have the resources to meet your minimum living requirements
• You are unable to support yourself due to a physical or mental disability
• You are parent to a child or children who have physical or mental disabilities
• You lack the ability to hold a job and earn a living to support your minimum needs.

As you can see, these requirements really narrow the number of divorces that would have a spouse be eligible for spousal maintenance. But a good divorce attorney, well-versed and experienced in Texas family law will be able to inform you as to your eligibility.

It is also important to note that even if you do meet the above requirements, there are still more criteria that you will need to meet before being granted spousal maintenance in Texas.

What you will likely be told during a meeting with your divorce attorney is that the family law court will then consider all of the following points when deciding your level of alimony:

• Your financial resources (including any awarded in your divorce)
• Education and employment skills of both you and your spouse
• The feasibility of your being retrained or educated, and how long it would take
• The length of your marriage
• Your earning ability, in conjunction with your age
• Your physical and psychological health
• Your spouse’s financial needs, in relation to his/her income and costs including child support payments etc
• Any dishonesty on the part of either spouse to conceal or dispose of community property
• The financial resources of both partners, including medical, retirement, insurance and other benefits
• Both spouses separate property
• The increased level of education and earning power of your spouse that you contributed to during your marriage
• Property that was brought into your marriage by either spouse
• Homemaker contributions made by either spouse
• Misconduct by either party during the marriage
• Your willingness to seek employment counseling

The Collaborative Law Approach

If you seek out a divorce attorney who has experience in collaborative law, and proceed with spousal maintenance discussions in a collaborative law setting, you may find a greater willingness on the part of your spouse to support you after the termination of your marriage. Many lawyers are turning to a collaborative approach to divorce; where both parties to the divorce and their attorneys physically come together to work out the details of the divorce.

Collaborative divorce is gaining popularity as it does seem to result in more amicable divorce settlements.  If you have issues like spousal maintenance to factor into your divorce settlement, a collaborative approach is highly recommended.

Even though there are many attorneys who specialize in collaborative law, using a collaborative law attorney does not guarantee spousal maintenance will be awarded. And even if it is, there are limits on what you will receive. Texas family law allows for alimony payments to continue for no more than three years and your maximum monthly payment will be $2,500 or 20% of your spouse’s average monthly gross income, whichever is less. Your lawyer will tell you that if your spouse dies during the period of your alimony, your payments come to an end. Likewise, if you remarry or are living with another person in a permanent relationship, the court will decide you have forfeited your rights to alimony.

There are other nuances of spousal maintenance law in Texas that make it important to seek out a divorce lawyer who can guide you in this area. Higdon, Hardy, and Zuflacht are San Antonio family lawyers who can guide you in your divorce proceedings, and will work with you to decide whether it is in your best interest to seek an alimony settlement.

To find out more about alimony and family law, visit our website at <a href="http://www.hhzlaw.com">www.HHZLaw.com</a>

About the Author

HHZ (Higdon, Hardy, & Zuflacht) is the largest firm of board certified family lawyers in San Antonio, Texas.

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Top Ten Trends in the Pre-employment Background Screening Industry for 2009

Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading national employment screening background firm, released its "Second Annual Top Ten Trends in the Pre-Employment Background Screening Industry" for 2009 today. Although issues from 2008 remain on the list, the 2009 trends reflect increasing concerns over the use of Facebook and similar sites, lawsuits looming over inaccurate Background Screening reports, increasing government scrutiny of the screening industry and privacy and security issues.

"In the current legal environment, businesses want to make sure they are not only exercising due diligence but are also ahead of the curve on legal issues," said Lester S. Rosen, attorney at law and founder of ESR and author of two books on background screening. "The quickest way to get sued is to not understand the legal environment and latest trends surrounding background checks and employment."

Rosen believes that the federal and state governments will require more background screening in 2009, especially in sensitive jobs, and that more businesses will make Pre-Employment Background Screening a requirement for the job. The increased use of Applicant Tracking Systems will lead to "one button" clicks for background checks, he says.

"At the same time, consumers are worried about their privacy. That’s why data protection and accuracy have become so critical. The use of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are another minefield for employers," says Rosen. "We have identified 10 Trends to help alert employers on what to expect in 2009."

Hot topics for 2009 include tighter government regulation, privacy concerns, and controversy over sending sensitive data offshore for processing, increasing demand for accurate criminal record reporting, and the probability of more lawsuits against both employers and background screening firms. Not that the 2008 trends outlined in January 2008 are no longer relevant, but a shifting world has reshuffled the challenges facing employers, job applicants and screening firms.

1.  More Government Regulation: Likely to increase in 2009 are the requirements by federal and state governments for more background checks in sensitive industries – such as child care workers and certain health workers. Another area where the government requires checks is verification of the eligibility of a new hire to work by using the E-verify program. Although litigation has been filed, the announced rules require employers with certain federal government contracts to utilize the E-verily program starting in 2009. Along with the federal government, the states are becoming increasingly involved in regulating screening.

2.  Privacy and Accuracy: The subjects of privacy, accuracy, and fairness will also be major issues for 2009. Privacy Times newsletter, for example, led off its December 2008 issue with an article criticizing the screening industry. The letter noted that a coalition of legal aid groups has called on the Federal Trade Commission to take enforcement actions against background screening companies for “widespread noncompliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s requirements for accuracy and dispute investigations.”

The report was especially critical of the use of criminal databases that can falsely accuse an innocent person of being a criminal, and the failure of some screening firms “to take into account the fact that criminal identity theft is unfairly tarring thousands of job applicants.” A leading cause of inaccuracies is matching innocent job applicants to criminal records based upon the same or similar name in a database, without re-verification of the record at the courthouse. A new organization called Concerned CRA’s has taken a stance against utilizing such databases without taking proper measures to ensure accuracy of criminal records.

3.  Second chance for ex-offenders: Unless as a society, we want to build more prisons than schools or hospitals, something must be done to reduce recidivism and find employment for applicants with criminal records. At the same time, placing the wrong person in the wrong job can be a disaster and cause untold grief. As a result of Title VII and notice from the EEOC, employers are well advised to review their hiring practices to ensure that they are not discriminating against members of protected classes by automatically denying employment without considering whether there is a business justification for disqualification based upon the crime and the job. This will continue to be a developing area in 2009. One example are the new laws passed by the State of New York that become effective this year that place a greater emphasis on employers analyzing a past criminal record to determine whether there is a business justification not to hire a person. The New York law also requires that notice of various rights be provided to job applicants (See an explanation of the New York laws in the December, 2008 ESR Newsletter.

4.  Consumer Protection Litigation: As the screening industry matures, and applicants and their lawyers become much more informed about their consumer rights, it is likely that there will be an increase in litigation. The may include class action lawsuits against screening firms, particularly when it comes to various notices required under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, and accuracy requirements in the federal law. Since database searches can result in false negatives (meaning a criminal is missed) as well as false positives (meaning an innocent person is labeled a criminal), it is probable that employers and screening firms that rely upon databases may be the subject of litigation where a database search failed to locate a dangerous person.

5.  Impact of the recession: As a result of the recession and higher unemployment, it is likely that employers will need to scrutinize applications even more carefully, to be on the watch for fraudulent credentials, such as inflated or fictional employment history or educational degrees. Another recession related trend may be the increase in applicants who are willing to perform their own background checks in order to present to employers a self-certification that their credentials are for real. Since more temporary employees and Independent Contractors are hired during a recession, the issue of screening non-employees will continue to be important.

6.  Data security and data breaches and Offshoring Data: Since identity theft continues to be a national and international problem, expect even more emphasis in 2009 on data security and protection. Closely related is the continuing issue of employers and screening firms offshoring consumer data to India or other similar places for cost savings. Once data leaves the United States., it is beyond U.S. privacy protections. A new organization called Concerned CRA’s has taken a stance against offshoring such data without notification to consumers. The use of home-operator networks also presents an unnecessary risk to privacy as well. There is no justification for personal information to be spread across kitchen tables and dorm rooms across America.

7.  Accreditation by the NAPBS: The non-profit trade organization for the screening Industry, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners has announced the introduction of an accreditation program. NAPBS has gone through an exhaustive process to develop “Best Practices” for the industry, and it is anticipated that firms will start going through the process this year.

8.  Social network sites: The use of social networking sites as a pre-employment screening device will continue to be a hot topic in 2009, as more recruiters and HR professionals go online to satisfy their curiosity about candidates. The problem: contrary to popular belief, just because it is online does not mean that it’s a good idea to utilize it without developing policies and procedures. Online material can be inaccurate, discriminatory, and under certain circumstances, its use can be an invasion of privacy. Stay tuned as more courts give their opinions on this issue.

9.  Integration of services: With the advent of “Web 2.0,” it is likely that technology will play an even bigger role in the coming years. Seamless integrations with Applicant Tracking Systems allow paperless background screening systems at the click of a mouse.

10.  International background checks: In 2008, we observed that, “With mobility of workers across international borders, due diligence is no longer limited to just what an applicant has done in the United States. Although there are numerous practical and legal challenges as well as data and privacy concerns, international background checks are becoming very accessible to employers.” That will continue to be the trend in 2009 as well.

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recently got " pulled " by management at work and was given a formal warning . my union are livid because the mistake was caused by someone else before me not closing a valve behind them and it was my fault because i never saw it, seems im being punished for someone else not doing their job ???
needless to say im totally appealling this one however management never took minutes of the meeting or volunteered to do so .
I think that this may be against employment law ???
Anyone know more about this ???

I personally would appeal against this warning on the grounds that you feel you have been discriminated against. State that you feel a full investigation has not been completed and that you feel you are being punished for the failing of others. State also that you feel if the management team had done a full investigation that they would have found the root cause of the problem and therefore adjusted their policies and procedures management systems, to prevent this happening again.
Check the job description, training documents of the task you were doing at the time this happened and if neither of them mention "check the valve has been closed" then you have not failed and cannot be held accountable.
The fact that no minutes were taken could be in your favour you can always argue this at a later date if need be and again it will show as a management failing. Professional companies do take minutes. Always take a witness in with you and get them to make notes for you to keep.
Ask for the letter to be held on your personnel file which will balance any information they keep about the warning. Contact your union regional office just because your union rep is on holiday doesn't mean you can't have advice when you need it.

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Hello men I am Amber this is my internet dating classified I am posting. I want to explain a little about myself. I am very tall six one and weigh one hundred forty eight pounds. I love my self  and others around me. I'm clean and kind and love to laugh. I am using this internet dating community to post my classified in hopes of finding a great guy. My ideal partner should be tall like me blonde and handsome. I prefer him to be clean and well kept. Also education and economical background is crucial to me. I cant down size in social status. I have a lot of hobbies , but my favorite one is of coarse reading. I enjoy this pass time because it exercises the mind and helps me grow as a person. I think a romantic date should include the two of us getting to know each other over dinner and coffee. Nothing to serious first because it's just the first date and of coarse I'm a real ladie and want the respect of a ladie.

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Hello guys my name is April I wanted to say first off I love my body it's a temple. I love life and am a very honest girl. I love to cook and clean. I know I can make a good girlfriend to a good guy. I am very attractive and smart as well. I always try to be funny and get a laugh out of people. I'm looking for short term internet dating I really don't want anything to serious right at the moment. I just got out of a four year relationship. I need my ideal partner to be a real sweet and romantic gentleman. I want him to be humorous and gentle and some what warm and witty with a genuine grand heart and brave and out spoken personality. I like a guy gentle to the touch but ruff and rugged on the inside. All so I think he should be well educated and have a great career  as well as speak great in social settings. I guess my hobbies would include chess. I love a good mind exercise. I love to get the mental advantage over another person. A romantic date would include my prince charming showing up bearing gifts chocolates and of coarse what girl doesn't go nuts for those bright red roses. So the red roses is definitely  a must or you will be told to leave and find another date. Want to know anymore about me please follow thru my link titled internet dating and leave me a message I'll get back with you as soon as possible.

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Hi there guys I am Audrey. I am a short girl at five two I am around one hundred and eight pounds. I love to kid around and cut up. I was  raised in the country and I am single yet again and looking to use this great internet dating community to try to rekindle my love life. I can be a hassle or be your dream girl. To find out what I mean message me. My ideal partner should be tall vibrant and strong minded. I want a guy that isn't scared of commitment or falling in love. I want a man that will treat me like a princess. My favorite hobbies are board games I always have been a bit of a Milton bradley girl. I love t play board games with guys. I don't know why I just do. It also makes for a fun and very coy date night when you cant afford a real date. A romantic date idea would be us holding hands walking in the park. Or maybe watching the sun fade away in that big blue sky siting by the docks.

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What is up fellows? I'm Alice I try to keep my life stress free. I have two daughters ages nine and twelve. I am a single parent and expect the guy I am internet dating to be understanding of this sensitive matter. I am a police officer and love my work my job is third shift. Can you work around all of this is what's coming to my mind? If you can I'll make it worth your while. I have a lot of free time in the evening due to the fact that I sleep in the morning.

 guess my ideal partner would be witty and charming and considerate of me and my two girl's  needs. He should be professional in the work force. And a big coffee drinker is a plus. Above all I need him to except my kids for who they are they are growing up really quickly  and could use a real mature male role model. Well enough on the small talk here is a short detailed message or list whatever you want to call it about my list of hobbies. I have several hobbies but my most and favorite would be boring to some but it means something to me is watching my ducks fly over my two and a half acre pond. It replenishes my body mind and spirit. I guess a real romantic date would be going to a local theater and getting some buttered pop corn and snuggling up with you wathing a great classic sappy love story. If you want to know more please message me and we cant get aqquainted.

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Alissa  here for all your fantasys. I'm a virgin… not really you should stop sleeping with dumb girls dude its really starting to rub off on you. I'm a retired school teacher. I've been teaching eighth grade math for 40 years. I love being single and retired sometimes it has it's perks. I do often get bored and lonley sometimes though. So I seen this advertisement for this internet dating community and thought what the hell! I think I need a mature buck in my life again.  One that can satisfy a mature womens needs. And be young enough to keep up with me. I need a gent that is open minded. I want a person that can laugh at himself and that is willing to grow with me as long as our relationship is moving forward. My favorite hobby is white water rafting it makes me fell like a little girl again. I have done this every since I was a young child.  I cant seem to give it up either. Well a romantic date should be an out door picnic for two under the sweet warm blanket of the beloved Southern sun. If you want to know a little bit more please follow thru the link titled internet dating and visit my updated profile. I have several new pictures  you'll love.

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Hello men I am Allana  I just graduated college with a degree in  accounting. I am single and looking to start a new relationship. I am a true country gal at heart but I live and work in the city. I am a very traditional girl and am very vibrant and straight forward. I want to start internet dating at first and see how things go. My guy should be college educated and have a good clear head on his shoulders. And have a good set of ethics he follows faithfully.  I want him to be able to give himself in a relationship. He must aquire a genuine warmth from the soul. My favorite little hobby would most defiantly be sewing it's my life outside of work. It really relieves some tensions caused by the work day.  I also sew to add extra income for the month. I think a romantic date would be the two of us joining hands and and sharing intimate conversation over a candle lit dinner. Well boys want to know anything else of this true country gal leave me a message maybe we'll start internet dating soon.

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 I am Alicia and am a single female that has recently been divorced. I attend college classes online to try and better my pretty little self. I am a very neat and clean person. I am writing this internet dating classified to find a life partner. I am looking to start a long term relationship. My ideal partner should be very humble and very modest and most of all e a true macho male. I prefer he didn't smoke and be of the same religion that I am. He must have a strong desire to succeed in personal life as well as professional life. My favorite hobby is a bit unique and not well known, but it's one that which I personally enjoy. It's aircraft spotting. You lay around the big open blue sky and see how many airplanes you can spot during any give amount of time. I know it's a little weird but it passes the time and clears my head. And lets me be a bit different from the rest of the crowd. A romantic date in my opinion would be a smooth day at the beach sunning and being real romantic with each other. We could swim a while and wade the water and see how many sea shells we can collect. Well fellow singles if you like my internet dating classified ad message me to see if we can be compatible on a few fronts.

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Hi guys my sweet little name is Bridget. I would like to describe myself to you. I am one hundred and five pounds and only five feet tall. So I know I am a real petite girl to start with. So anyways I was interested in long term internet dating relationships. So I usually am shy right out of the gate. But once you get to know me I'm a real chatter box. I know when you hang out with me you will like me a lot. I am wanting to meet a tall man and a real big man if you catch my drift. He must be handsome as well as well kept and neat. I need you to except me for me. I often get moody and irritated and sometimes sassy but I also can be sharing and understanding and giving of my self. I think an ideal partner would be thoughtful and very warm within the soul. And be kind towards me at all times. My favorite hobby is would really have to be amateur astronomy. I love the stars and anything pertaining to outer space. The sky is really awesome at night especially when the crickets chirp away. Well in conclusion I want to make very blunt and clear to you gentlemen that I love me some water and a romantic date of coarse would be something to do with water. Maybe go touring around online together and see some real nice flowing water falls.

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What's good to my single Alabama fellows? Hi there my name is Briana I am a very happy and uplifted and sort of kindred spirited gal. I am a lawyer I've been practicing law for around twelve years now. I am open to try new things in life and in my internet dating relationships. I guess an ideal internet dating partner would have to be able to understand me number one. And be patient and kind to others and myself in everyday life. I want a guy that will start out internet dating on the week ends and then hopefully we can progress to a lot more serious. I also wasn't a real and intense love in my love a true passionate loving man. My hobby is amateur radio. I took broadcasting in school and grew a slow liking to it. And would like to invite you to enjoy my passion of this weird hobby of mine. Now that's out of the way I want you to know I think a romantic date would be going to a creek bank and fishing nude in the dark together as a couple.

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Hey there my name is holly wellin I'm looking to meet  some new and single guys. I am very nice to all people and work every day. I own my own practice I am a medical doctor. I have been self employed  for nine years. I wanted a internet dating partner that is looking for a serious relationship. I think a good partner would be a clean shaved male that is intelligent and above all faithful. And must be a honest Christian . I think being local is very important. How would the relationship work if you were from a distant state? My favorite hobby is baseball for I am a true American girl at heart even though I was born in Sweden.  It's an all American sport and once more I'm an all American gal. It's a real easy sport to play and it's widely excepted. I've been playing the game since I was a little girl. I think a nice first date would be us going to the beach and then going out in the sea and going snorkeling together. We could count the fishes under the sea and picnic on the nude beach afterwards.

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Hey boys you ever fell in love with a fitness trainer or properly titled instructor. My name is Britanny smith I work out a lot and enjoy taking people to there fitness peek. I started working out in high school but didn't follow thru intil  college.  I really want to start  internet dating  again and hope to find a serious love. I might even be interested in a long term relationship if the right guy came along.  I believe my ideal partner should be a true Christian male. I want a guy that is cleaver and sincere and cares for girls that he is internet dating. I also want a man that is a good provider no excuses. My hobby is a pretty popular one. I started playing basketball in high school. I was drafted in college but pulled out due to an ankle injury. I think a romantic date would be a night in the hot tub while drinking a few mixed drinks watching a good romantic movie with a serial killer twist. Just kidding, unless your into that sort of thing.

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Hi Beth here looking for love and wanted to post this internet dating classified to see who's eye I could catch. I am a high school gym coach. I love to stay in shape and I love to teach so it seemed like a good career choice. I am very honest and have a bubbly personality. I am interested  in a long term internet dating relationship. I want an ideal partner  that is true to me as well as true in his dealings with others. I  want a guy that can spoil me and take me to new levels in a relationship. He must be a real man and be faithful towards  me and give me a lot of time. My favorite pass time or hobby is beachcombing. That's searching the beach for lost treasure or any coins of value. Well now here comes the daisy a romantic date would be the two of us attending my garden . I love gardening and would love to show you a few of my new tricks I learned from a class I took last spring.

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Brenda is my name I want  to share with you a few facts about myself. I am very tall 5'11 and weigh around 148 pounds. I am single and open to change. I am a swim instructor. I love swimming everyday. And have had this peeve for swimming every since early childhood. I want to start internet dating again to find love and fill the deep void in my life. My ideal partner would be tall and good looking. I surely would expect him to be to be of a faithful nature and a well kept man. I want a guy that can give me a new internet dating experience . My new hobby is fun and called bead work. I generally take my bead work to the local flea market to sell I make good. I make necklaces and bracelets for the wrist and ankles. A true and totally romantic date could be renting a arena and going ice skating  together. I think this would be really different from the norm thus better.

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Hi men I am Clara tried to be single for awhile and really ain't  enjoying  the solo life. I wanted to post this internet dating classified to expose my self to potential single men that are big hearted. I work  forty hours a week as a financial advisor. I only can enjoy internet dating on weekends or after hours. I think my ideal partner should share my background and heritage. As well as my cultural beliefs. I want a guy that is mature and has a good job and straight forward approach to life. This might be a little strange to some folk but my favorite hobby is beat boxing. Was raised in the 1980's era and tried beat boxing and used it for pass time. A good date would be the two of us cuddled up on the leather sofa watching old re- runs of the super bowl. I know men would enjoy this.

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Hey folk my name is Carissa I make fairly good money and love what I do. I am a stock clerk girl at the local super market. I bag grocerys and sweep up. I am single I haven't done any real internet dating in close to four years. I got out of a long relationship and wanted to remain single for a while to see how long I could be independent on my own. I am a good girl for a relationship if you invest time in me I'll do the same. I think a well rounded and handsome educated man would be a great match for me.  I want to start internet dating a man that is strong minded and has a lot of love to give. Want to know more message me. My hobby is a bit different it is belly dancing. I love to entertain men and this gives me the opportunity to do so. A fun first date would be the two of us having a little fun playing video games. 

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Hey boys I am Carry and wanted to tell a little of my self. I am a office manager. I worked hard for ten years to get this covenant position. I am single and wanted to start internet dating . I am very kind and generous with my mate. I want a very active sex life with my man to whom I'm internet dating. I want a guy I can be friends with and be compatible with as well. My version of a ideal partner is a all around great guy. By this I mean that he should have his head on his shoulders. He should have a clear focus on life both personally and professionally. He should be a non smoker and work a good job every day. I love to stay in shape and I want really strong legs so I have adopted bicycling as a new part time hobby. My version of a romantic date probably would consist of something like kick ball it ill get the blood flowing for some more personals adult activity's later that evening.

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Hi guys I'm Dawn I am a very single very attractive  very mature store clerk. I work forty hours a week plus some over time on week ends. I am very neat and I am very open to try new things in a relationship if it helps us grow together. I would want a partner that would share my goals and beliefs. I want a guy that is serious in all of his internet dating relationships. My favorite hobby is bird watching. I love the outdoors and love birds so it seemed like the choice hobby a good first date for me would be a trip to the water park so we could go water sliding. I love the water and it may be really exciting fun and adventurous. My religious beliefs are so very important to me  I am of the Baptist faith and I cherish this and wont date a man unless he's from the same faith. No exception or any change to the rule of thumb. I am  a all American girl interested in internet dating and starting a relationship with a fellow American man only!  Single white female looking for a single white male and no changing that either. My goals would include but not be limited to uplifting myself spirit and advancing myself in the work force. Well my most beloved and cherished value is of coarse love. Others are respect and trust.

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Hi how are you singles doing tonight?  I'm . doing well in life as we speak. My name is Donna and I work as a pharmacy tech at a local drug store. I want to start  internet dating a true gentlemen. Someone with a clear head and a great big heart. My ideal partner would be a well oiled machine. Someone  that can grab life by the tail. And be full of spirit and life all of the time.  I want a guy that has a good job and can laugh at himself from time to time. My favorite hobby is of coarse Bmx that's right a girl that can ride and do some bike tricks. I rode a bike since I was a little girl. Romantic date would be a bit adventurous  I want to go moped riding I like Bmx  so much. I would like to start internet dating you so message me right now.

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Howdy boys of the internet dating world. I am a semi attractive female31 years of age from Alabama. I work everyday as a professional nanny. My name is Denise I weigh 140 pounds and stand 5 ft. 3 inches tall. I want to start a long term  relationship with a real good guy maybe settle down and have a few kids in the near future.  My ideal partner might be someone who could be smart or funny and open to change. Also what is really important is his ability to be successful in his personal life as well as in the professional realm as well. I have a few hobbies but will only list my favorite one. The drive range is my favorite hobby  I think it's really cool that women are playing golf these days. My religion is important. I wish to start internet dating someone with the same religious faith as I have.

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Eric's internet dating idea wrestling around. A fun idea that could often lead to a lot more if your gentle. She make think its silly at first but she'll come around if she cares for you.

Rob's internet dating idea play tag. Go outside and have a little fun  this afternoon play tag together or even hide and seek. Just enjoy each other and be yourself.

Randall's internet dating idea you could visit fountains. You could go around city to city visiting fountains. You also could thro in coins and make a romantic wish to win her love. That would be a great time together.

Mike's internet dating idea most local amusement parks have bumper cars. Why don't you too love birds go there for the day and enjoy banging into each other with out the threat of being sued.

Lisa's internet dating idea. You guys always could go for a little adventure. Why not try a bit of cross country skiing? Rent a cabin and go skiing for the weekend. Afterwards you could share some warm cocoa and share some good conversation or a good laugh together.

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Sarah's internet dating idea. If your into the outdoors and love the cold weather, why not try some snow skiing?  You can ski together and get to know one another a little bit. Or if your new to skiing try signing up for lessons and train to ski together. I bet you would have fun either way.

Beth's internet dating idea. Let the wild side hangout. Go to your local park and get a couple of remote control cars and race them. You can feel young again if you're a mature couple. Also you can gloat if you're the winner. Or if you like you could even go as far as putting a small friendly bet on the race.

Belinda's internet dating idea. Play pool on your first date. We all love the game and you will have tons of fun. Who knows while at the pup you may run into a couple of old friend's.

Sharon's internet dating idea. Canoeing is always fun and very adventurous. I just would bet anything if you took your girl to the river she would not only love it but she would remember it for a long time to come. She might even tell all of her friends. Then she might even start bragging on you. Don't be shy ask your ladie to go canoeing this upcoming weekend.

Leza's internet dating idea. Dart's is and was always a cool way for me to relieve a little stress. I think if you wanted a fun date idea that wasn't to expensive you always could throw some darts at his or her place. You might have a few drinks together afterwards  Who knows after that?   

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Gene's internet dating idea. Just  take off work this Friday a little early and head out to the local lake and rent a boat. You can pack a small picnic and once you arrive you could share dinner while watching the sun go down . Afterwards you could take a evening stroll out on the lake and   count the stars together.

Tim's internet dating idea. Have you  ever went row boat riding? It's really easy and romantic sitting across from one another and she can watch your muscles flex as you row the boat down the stream. Who knows you might make her heart float with this one.

Gina's internet dating idea. Paintball guns, you two always could shoot paint balls at each other and once you are finished playing paint ball guns you can go shower off together and that could lead to something more. 

Leeann's internet dating idea. Bowling sound interesting to anyone? I know a lot of my friends are on a league bowling these days so I thought  that a good idea for a date would be for you guys to take a evening off and go bowling together. It's relatively inexpensive and will be so much fun.

Rita's internet dating idea. Go get bundled up really warm and get packed. Go to the ski resort and rent a snow mobile and the two of you could go out one brisk morning and enjoy a little snowmobiling. It will definitely get your adrenaline flowing. That would be great for love making time afterwards.

Rachael's internet dating idea. Play Frisbee at the town's park. We all loved this game as kids. Who's to say you couldn't turn this fun recreational game into a great time you'll both cherish and remember for sometime off. It doesn't cost anything and it will keep you in shape. Go for it you'll be glad you did.

 Jill's internet dating idea. Dessert date this is good for the soul. If you love to cook you could always invite him over and cook him a nice dessert and watch a couple of sappy movies together while eating the freshly prepared dessert.

Tara's  internet dating idea dance the night away in each others arms. Get the romance fired up and hit the dance floor running. What new couple wouldn't love to go dancing? Let your romantic side show. Go ballroom dancing this very weekend coming up babe.

Joan's internet dating idea Tag your it. Act like some silly kids again run around the back yard or park and play a very old fashion game of tag your it. Up the any a little bit the first one of you that gets tagged has to tell a dirty little secret about yourself to the other one.

Katie 1983s internet dating idea. Go a head and hit the greens. Head right out to the golf course and knock some balls together. Go try your luck at the golf coarse. You will enjoy it and you could snuggle up after you knock the ball down the field while ridding on the golf cart.

Kim's internet dating idea. Knock yourself right out why don't you love sicken birds go all out and after watching a movie you could go to the bedroom and have a pillow fight. Let your inner child out to play for the evening. What gal wouldn't love a good knock down drag out with a feather pillow? Whop her over the head nicely over and over again! Afterwards you can ask her if she wants to kiss and make up. She should be willing to at least do that.

Betty's Smiths internet dating idea, lets go cardio lets go exercise. All right ladies and gentlemen my idea for a romantic first date would be bicycling for two. Bike riding is super fun and affordable and healthy to boot. You can see all the towns sights while riding while you practice compromising and cooperating together since your on a bike for two.

Erica's internet dating idea rub a dub in a car wash  tub. Get nice and clean with a little twist. You two love birds can play together in the water and get a chore done together at the same time. Get the car clean and clean each other up a little bit. We know this particular date is rare but it might be fun to try something different from what everyone else doe's right.

Lisax13  internet dating idea is to go snowboarding because it's a ton of winter fun. It's adventurous and always a good idea for a date. Get bundled up nice and snug and get the snow board ready and jump right into the sloped wet snowy hill and slide right on down and climb right back up and do it again you'll have a blast I swear it to you.

Laura's internet dating idea is wet and wild and fun. Have you ever went snorkeling? This is the fastest and most fun  and cost efficient water sport known to man. Both of you guys should try this for a first date. You will not regret it. It could be very romantic if you turn up a little creativeness. 

Tonya's internet dating idea, is surfing will get you full of spunk. If your near a coast like I am you should try a surfing class together for a internet dating idea. A afternoon riding the waves  together with a lunch afterwards would be nice. This would be a great story to tell friends family and co workers. Think of the time you guys can have smearing tanning lotion all over one another so you to love birds can tan instead of burning in the beach sun.

Lynn Rodgers internet dating idea is : Would you like to boggy board? Grab your boards  and get your boggy on. Pack your little lunch and grab a few towels and make a romantic day of it for the both of you. Ride the waves all day into the night on your boggy boards. Once it's dark you can enjoy a candle lit picnic on the beach listening to the waves roar in. This is a internet dating romance she is sure to remember and probably reward you intensely for.

Shannon's internet dating idea is a widely excepted event in the rural country area. It is tubing down a river. Grab an over sized tire or tractor inner tube and inflate the thing to proper proportion and load it in the truck and head on down to the local creek or river and get the party started by jumping of the bottom limbs of the bank tree and landing on the inflated tube and sail on down where ever the tube and river desires to take you and or your friends.

Leeona bridges internet dating idea is horseback riding it will steal her heart away. What little girl hasn't dreamed of riding a pony? You can plan a evening of horseback riding and make her childhood dream become a reality. Man will she sure be willing to reward you for this one later after you get back from your romantic dinner at the towns most expensive restaurant.

Lakeesha's internet dating idea: Do you men an women love the out doors? If you answered yes you could go out to the camp ground and camp together. You could snuggle up by the fire together and roast a few marshmallows together. Afterwards jump in a tent and share some stories.

Kelly peacock's internet dating idea is to grab some pizza and a couple of pepsi's and head to the coarse for some miniature golf. How ever loses gets one wish granted by the unfortunate loser. Everyone plays miniature golf. This is truly a classic for a first date. Hell she may give you some booty afterwards if you get her a meal.

Elizabeth's internet dating idea : The water is always dangerous but if you practice safety it can be a true internet dating blast. Why not give white water rafting a try? An incentive is you could see how your date handles his self or her self under pressure. That could be worth it's weight in gold.

Courtney farmer's internet dating idea is yard work we know yard work stinks but rake-n-play could be a creative way to start a little romance in the front yard. For your first date you could rake up the front or back yard put the leafs in a large pile and roll around in them and laugh and share yourself with each other.

Kirsten's internet dating idea is well I know this is really dumb but you could try something that probably  never been done before. Get some chalk out and play a friendly game of hop scotch. Winner gets to choose the way the rest of  evening unfolds. Wow amagine that.

She will have the power over you to control the evening, what girl wouldn't want this romantic date?

Kim319  internet dating idea is efuct figuratively speaking. It's climbing trees for a good time. Spend the whole afternoon climbing trees together. Afterwards you can lay out on a blanket and be lazy together or pack a great and quick snack share it together. She will love sharing a good tasting snack with the man she truly loves and will be inclined to be nice and respectful towards him for setting up this little endeavor. 

Tony danza's internet dating idea is called broomball. It is very similar to the game of hokey. For fun you could play against each other. Or you could invite another couple over for a little play and get some team action going on. This should be a fun first date. If not it's not my fault it's just a idea or suggestion for you guys to go on.

Lori's internet dating idea is that you two should have a great time playing kick the can. Grab an empty can and play a game of kick the can either against each other or with some friends and make it a double date.

Stella rodrigus's internet dating idea is for a fun and adventurous day in the sun. You can take a risk and play a good game of kickball. This would work best for a group date but you could have just as much fun with a little one on one. Head to a local park for your game and take a snack or two along.

Frankys  internet dating idea is if you have a water park in your area head to the water park for a fun day in the local sun. you could slip and slide and splash your way right into his heart. Also you would want to eat a snack right before the swimming begins to insure some energy.

Francis gate's internet dating idea is get some exercise for those lungs. A great healthy first date could be the two of you going to the gym together and taking a few laps. That's right you guys might have a lot of fun going swimming. It doesn't matter where you do it either. A river or in a lake or in your neighbors backyard pool. As long as your together right?  

Fran kieth's internet dating idea is to get the wild side out of you and out in the open. Lets go out on a date moped riding. Get closer on a moped as you take a drive thru a long windy country road. You could get a birds eye view of the land. And afterwards you can stop by the local dinner for some fine country food. Plus you can feel her close to you as you increase the speed of the moped to an amazing 25 mile per hour as she'll hang on for dear life. Go ahead you will only live once.

Darleen's internet dating idea is knock balls and show your skills off guys. You can take your girl out to the towns local range and shoot some golf for a while. It will help improve your swing and you can show her your love for outdoor sports and maybe she can show you some love. Exercise your mental talent. Also show her you can stress some man hood.

Dianne realms internet dating idea is to show her a little strength when you knock the ball over the fence. Take her to the park and play a nice game of softball. Girls want to see your macho side so why not show her how hard you can knock a ball? Unless you're a little bitch. Join a softball league together.

Brendax1  internet dating  idea. Another good idea for a first date is touch football. This really works best for a group date. Call a couple of your married friends over and it can be guys against the gals. What a way to legally gloat with out hearing the bitching when you get back home because you  won fair and square.

Denise33 internet dating idea. Show your boyfriend or show your girlfriend your creative and intelligent side. You guys can meet up at a local coffee shop and bring a lap top along and blog online together. This could range from posting good internet dating ideas to posting romantic blogs. This could be a fun and intelligent way to grow close to one another.

Donna3185 internet dating idea. Wait until the winter and take her out in a hill side put her on a sled and jump on behind her and go sledding. This should bring back old memories of when you went sledding as kids. This should start some good conversation as you two could share stories of when you both were younger. This may even bring a little intimacy your way as you share stories you should be bonding emotionally.

Dawn49 internet dating idea is to stretch those pectorals. Lift that heavy weight. You might think its fun to try going to the gym together for a first date. You can meet up and workout together. This will get your blood flowing and you can sweat together. This should get her hot and bothered by watching your muscles flare up. She can slim down the thighs and tone her butt.

Carryx34 internet dating idea is for this coming winter you two can bundle up and get your gloves on and go out in the front yard and build a snowman. You can even name him frosty this could open the door to some good conversation while you gather snow for your abominable snowman. Afterwards you can share some hot coffee and snuggle up close together.

Carissa99  internet dating idea is when the snow gets deep enough you could lay out in the back yard and make a couple of snow angels. After a nice homemade dinner rap up and make your snow angels under the moon light. She will think you just so romantic for suggesting this and asking her to do this with you.

Cara bank's internet dating idea is singing in the rain. Take a walk hand and hand in the cool summer rain. And sing love songs to each other. After the shower stops you could look for rainbows and once you find one make a wish on it that you could fall fast in love and stay in love for all the days to come. Thanks for browsing my internet dating idea. If you wish you could try this if you like it message me and let me know. 

Brenda32  sturgeon's internet dating idea. Start your date out really fun. Go to the local free recreation center and grab a couple rackets and play a few games of racquet ball. Work up a sweat together playing a fast paced game of racquet ball. You can have fun and get a work out at the same time!

Bethxf3 internet dating idea I know you men and women will love my date idea. It's for all folks that have a athletic side and sportsmanship and competitive side. It's playing badminton in your backyard or at the local park. Ladies invite your girlfriends to watch you beat your boyfriend. Or gentlemen invite your guys over to watch you beat a girl. This date will get you in shape and not cost you much and could be really fun.

Brittanyann's internet dating idea. Try your self some go carting for love. We all love to ride go carts. Find your local amusement park or recreation center and rent two go carts and race each other around and the loser has to pay the rental fee. Afterwards take a long walk and share some good conversation.

Breeana312 internet dating idea is to get a nice tan and break a sweat at the same time. All while you can listen to the waves roll in while you two or you two and a couple of good friends play a nice game of beach volley ball. Go right ahead and spend the whole day in the sun. After volley ball you could go for a romantic swim together. Then lay out a blanket  on the beach and eat a nice dinner while watching the sun fade away into the darken night.

Brandy Andersons internet dating idea live where it's really cold all year? Well I have a great date idea for you love stricken people. Have a childish snowball fight. What's more fun and adventurous than a snow ball fight? The loser gives the other some nice hot cocoa and smooth warm kisses. Sounds lame but it could turn into more if you played your card right.  

Bridget8 internet dating idea. Get in the jeep and head to the country and find a river and rent a kayak and shove it into the water and go kayaking for the whole day. Afterwards park the kayak next to the riverbank and you and your date could have a nice cookout. And catch up on world events or share some private moments together. Great idea huh?

Alicia9999 internet dating idea. For a  good date and a good ole source of natural exercise. Take your date with you while you walking your dog. Let fido join along on your walk. It's a good idea for any season or any time of day. You can really engage in some fun and energetic conversation. You can enjoy each others company. This is truly a free date if there ever was one! You no it doesn't cost shit to walk the dog oh bring the pooper scooper so your girl can clean the sidewalk it's a new city ordinance.

Alanna sanders internet dating idea is walking the neighbors dog. Makes for a free date and your neighbor will give you brownie points. And it will be ideal if you and him have some catching up to do. Dogs make great companions and your date will have the chance to become a pet lover if he or she already isn't. Just try it before you knock it. You might enjoy some conversation while getting some fresh air.

Allisa4  internet dating idea is. Bet you can't find me. Why don't you try a friendly game of hede and seek? You could try to put a twist on the game since your both adults. These are the new rules. When you tell her to hide and you'll go seek you get a sensual kiss from her every time she hides and you find her. This could rekindle the spark in your love life. Anyways it's a great and affordable way to try something totally different from the norm.

Alice12 meeks internet dating idea. Strap on a scarf and grab that thick warm coat. Were going ice skating. After you are done you could go see a afternoon movie together. Then go back to here place for some one on one booty call action. This would be a nice way to top off the evening wouldn't?     

Audrey7 smith's internet dating idea. Every since I was just a little girl I use to always look forward to going down to our towns local skating rink. I always had fun and the people around me had a blast as well. So my romantic date idea is for you to go roller blading. This is a fun way for you to express your love and commitment towards each other. Just think you could skate next to each other while holding hands. How romantic would this be? I think if your open minded enough you can try this and thank me later. So that's the plan fran! Enjoy it and I'll have true satisfaction for posting the internet dating idea that was widely excepted.

April5 internet dating idea is well it may not be the best , but I think it's a good idea  for some one to try that's new too internet dating. You could go on a date and play disc golf. It's a new and up coming sport. You will find your self in competition with one another. The winner will get some fancy bragging rights. The loser could do all the chores for a week long. Imagine ladies if you were fortunate enough  to land the big win. What would your guy look like doing dishes and sweeping the floors? You could get a good laugh from this one for years to come.

Amber3 winter's internet dating idea states that this idea for a date will exercise the mind. You can show him your not another dumb bimbo. You could build models together. Get a model (car, airplane ect.) and the both of you can figure out how the machine goes together. You can have some fun and spend some time together while doing something constructive together. It requires strategy and patience and both of these are necessary in a relationship. Imagine ladies if you could reconstruct a 55 chevy and make it look t