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Employers Use PIs to Spy for FMLA Abuse
A growing number of employers are hiring private investigators to spy on employees suspected of taking leave dishonestly under the Family Medical Leave Act.Phone-sex company grabs up 1-800 numbers
For years, teenagers across the U.S. could call a toll-free hotline if they had embarrassing questions about AIDS and safe sex. Dial the same number now and you get a recording of giggling women offering to talk dirty to you.Consumer rebound gives economy solid boost in Q1
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.2 percent pace during the first quarter of this year as consumers boosted their spending by the most in three years.Spying employers raise legal hackles
A growing number of employers are hiring private investigators to spy on employees suspected of taking leave dishonestly under the Family Medical Leave Act. Management-side attorneys claim that FMLA abuses have gotten out of hand, and employers need a tool — in this case surveillance — to catch abusers. And it's been pretty successful, they said, noting that private investigators have caught employees bowling, doing yard work or holding second jobs when they're supposed to be out on sick leave. Employee-rights attorneys view surveillance as harassment, intimidation and an interference with a worker's right to take FMLA leave.Gould & Wilkie Will Join With Thompson Hine
MANHATTAN`S Gould & Wilkie, a 19-attorney corporate firm founded in 1892, is set to announce today that it will merge with Cleveland`s Thompson Hine LLP, a 370-attorney firm that will be adding its first New York office as a result of the merger.Guantanamo Detainees Lose Unusual Supreme Court Appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal on behalf of two Chinese Muslims being held at Guantanamo Bay while the U.S. government tries to find a country to take them. The men's plight -- they might be persecuted back in China -- has posed a dilemma for courts and a public relations problem for the Bush administration. A federal judge said the detention of the ethnic Uighurs was unlawful, but courts could do nothing. Without comment, the justices declined to consider the unusual direct appeal.Trending Stories
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