Quote – Michael Layman of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Inc.Com.

The new law would pretty clearly restart the time clock for filing the claim when an employee receives a retirement benefit, a pension benefit, even an (employee stock ownership plan payment). In doing so, the Ledbetter Act exposes employers to endless liability…[it is an] unprecedented expansion [of employment law].

Michael Layman of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), “which represents a quarter million HR professionals around the world”. From “Ledbetter Law Will Increase Suits”, by Eliot Caroom of Inc.Com.

Monday, February 23, 2009
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