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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…)

A number of employees, who were not disabled in 2008, will legally be considered disabled in 2009, without any change in their condition.

A new law signed by President Bush on September 25, 2008 includes major changes in employment law related to disabled employees. These changes, which are effective January 1, 2009, affect every employer who has an impaired worker, or may have one in the future.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 changes the definition (more…)

A Florida law that went into effect in July permits employees to keep guns in their locked cars at work. Under the new law, employers can no longer prohibit guns on their property. A Florida worker who has a valid permit to own a gun and carry a concealed weapon, can have that gun in his or her car in the parking lot while at work, eating at a restaurant or shopping in a mall.

Florida employers do not have to permit the employees to bring guns into the workplace. That’s still a matter of company policy.

The Disney Company is (more…)