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Thirty-one U.S. states have laws requiring employers to give workers time off to vote. The penalties for employers who don’t give workers time off to vote can be severe.

In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, Election Day is a legal holiday. This includes any day a referendum is held. General elections are legal holidays in the Virgin Islands, and employees who give prior notice must be permitted two hours off, with pay, to vote.

Internationally, in many countries, election day (more…)

There is an old saying that anyone who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.

The state of Arizona appears to be trying to change that perception. The state recently published five guides for employers – and others – who would prefer to represent themselves in workers comp hearings, appeals cases and the like.

Each separate guide focuses (more…)