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The legal traps that lurk in job descriptions


May 21, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Disability discrimination, Employment law, Exempt non-exempt, FLSA, Hiring, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Position descriptions, Records documentation

The good news about job descriptions is that they lay out exactly what the person should be doing. The bad news is that an error in a job description can turn into evidence in a courtroom.

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