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After a layoff, risky to take a health test?
March 4, 2009: 6:11 PM ETAs genetic testing proliferates, a new federal law prohibits employers from asking for genetic information about you, or from using it to deny you coverage, writes Fortune's Anne Fisher in her March 5 Ask Annie column. Are you worried about losing your health insurance if you lose your job? If you've already lost group coverage because of a layoff, have you been able to find an affordable replacement? Are you more likely to get genetic testing if you know the results wouldn't hurt your insurability? Are you worried an employer wouldn't hire you based on genetic test results?
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Can you take clients when you leave a job?
"In recessionary times, companies are willing to take extra steps to protect their business," Michael Greco, a partner in labor law firm Fisher & Phillips, told Fortune's Anne Fisher in her June 20 Ask Annie column. Is it fair to take clients with you when you change jobs? Is it fair for employers to ask you not to? Have you ever been asked to sign a non-compete agreement, or any MORE
Gabrielle S. (CNNMoney) - Jun 19, 2008 1:23 PM ET -
Pay ruling ignores the real world
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling that employees who want to take legal action against a discriminatory employer must file a formal complaint with a federal agency within 180 days of an employer's explicit offense (i.e. either hiring a woman for less pay than a man or giving her a smaller raise because she's female), explains Anne Fisher in her May 31 column. What do you think MORE
Gabrielle S. (CNNMoney) - May 30, 2007 2:36 PM ET
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CEO Roger Crandall thinks that means-testing and older retirement ages are inevitable, but that its unlikely entitlements for the less affluent will be touched. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall thinks rates will remain low, but says MassMutual has diversified its portfolio to protect against any changes. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall says emerging economies like China are prime growth targets. Play -
Roger Crandall says that baby boomers will have to keep working into retirement and that young people have been scared off by the stock market. Play
