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Social Media As A Tool For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones, Josh Jones
Social Media As A Tool For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones, Josh Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This publication will provide your city with information relative to social media for purposes of communicating with employees, interacting with your community, and using social media as a hiring tool. Includes sample social media policy.
Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Effective January 1, 2011, Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Effective January 1, 2011, Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The optional standard mileage rate increased to 51 cents per mile for all business miles driven after December 31, 2010.
Ua3/4/3 President's Office-Downing Personnel File, Wku Archives
Ua3/4/3 President's Office-Downing Personnel File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Correspondence between Dero Downing and faculty and staff members.
Hot Topic: Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act (2010), Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Up-to-date information on employee military leave for employees who are National Guardsmen, in the Reserve, are planning to enlist, or are drafted.
Interviewing And The Law (2010), Richard Stokes
Interviewing And The Law (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
Congress provided federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972. Unlawful discrimination in the employment process also is enforced through the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2010), Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The 2002 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping rules require employers, subject to the rules, to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
National Security: A Propositional Study To Develop Resilience Indicators As An Aid To Personnel Vetting, David Brooks, Jeff Corkill, Julie-Ann Pooley, Lynne Cohen, Cath Ferguson, Craig Harmes
National Security: A Propositional Study To Develop Resilience Indicators As An Aid To Personnel Vetting, David Brooks, Jeff Corkill, Julie-Ann Pooley, Lynne Cohen, Cath Ferguson, Craig Harmes
Australian Security and Intelligence Conference
Within the National Security domain there is a convergence of security responsibility across the national security agencies, law enforcement and private security sectors. The sensitivity of this environment requires individuals operating in the domain to be honest, trustworthy and loyal. Personnel vetting is a formal process used to determine an individual’s suitability for access to this domain. Notwithstanding this process, significant breaches of trust, security, and corruption still occur. In psychology, resilience is a well researched phenomenon that is considered a multidimensional construct where individual attributes, family aspects and social environment interact in aiding individuals to deal with vulnerability. There …
Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy (2010), Melissa Ashburn
Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy (2010), Melissa Ashburn
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
State law requires all municipalities with populations less than 100,000 to adopt and file with the state comptroller a travel policy that covers expense reimbursement for elected and appointed officials.
Hot Topic: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2010), Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
President Bush signed a spending bill that amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps.
Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update (2010), Margaret Norris
Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update (2010), Margaret Norris
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Municipal clerks and recorders are required to become certified by completing 100 hours of education and maintain the certification by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.
Hot Topic: E-Verify And Local Governments (2010), Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: E-Verify And Local Governments (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
E-Verify is the electronic employment eligibility verification system that all federal contractors must use to verify the employment authorization of employees performing work under a federal contract.
Technical Bulletins: Revision To Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (2010), Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Revision To Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The revision to I-9 removed several documents from the “List of Acceptable Documents” and added a new form.
Irs Regulations On Personal Use Of City-Owned Vehicles: Employer's Guide To Fringe Benefits (2010), Ron Darden
Irs Regulations On Personal Use Of City-Owned Vehicles: Employer's Guide To Fringe Benefits (2010), Ron Darden
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The personal use of a city-owned vehicle is taxable to the employee.
Technical Bulletins: Physical Fitness In Public Safety (2010), Don Darden
Technical Bulletins: Physical Fitness In Public Safety (2010), Don Darden
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Cities can develop criteria or standards for medical examinations and physical testing that are job related, and if the testing is task related, the probability of successful defense in the event of a court challenge should be considerably improved.
Open Records: A Guide For Municipal Officials (2010), Josh Jones
Open Records: A Guide For Municipal Officials (2010), Josh Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This guide summarizes Tennessee’s open records laws as of the end of the 2009 legislative session and includes practical applications for municipal officials and employees.
Technical Bulletins: Health Insurance Premiums As Salary For Municipal Elected Officials And Employees, Don Darden
Technical Bulletins: Health Insurance Premiums As Salary For Municipal Elected Officials And Employees, Don Darden
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
In some Tennessee cities, compensation is awarded to mayors and board members in lieu of health insurance coverage.
Family Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones
Family Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The FMLA was passed in 1993, amended in 2008 to provide leave entitlements for military families, and updated in 2009 by the Department of Labor.
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 7, Issue 16, Wku Provost
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 7, Issue 16, Wku Provost
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.
Technical Bulletins: President Signs Law Amending The Family And Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones
Technical Bulletins: President Signs Law Amending The Family And Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The expansion of FMLA as provided by the NDAA more than doubles the amount of protected leave some veteran families are entitled to under the act.
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 7, Issue 15, Wku Provost
Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 7, Issue 15, Wku Provost
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.
An Updated Guide To Cobra (2010), Bonnie Jones
An Updated Guide To Cobra (2010), Bonnie Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
An overview of COBRA, which mandates that most group health plans offer a continuation of health insurance when employees and beneficiaries would otherwise lose group health coverage.
Humoral Immunity In Tuberculin Skin Test Anergy And Its Role In High-Risk Persons Exposed To Active Tuberculosis, Liliana Encinales, Joaquin Zuñiga, Julio Granados-Montiel, Maria Yunis, Julio Granados, Ingrid Almeciga, Olga Clavijo, Carlos Awad, Vilma Collazos, María Inés Vargas-Rojas, José Luis Bañales-Mendez, Lilia Vazquez-Castañeda, Joel N Stern, Viviana Romero, Masha Fridkis-Hareli, Masha Frindkis-Hareli, Daniel Terreros, Marcelo Fernandez-Viña, Edmond J Yunis
Humoral Immunity In Tuberculin Skin Test Anergy And Its Role In High-Risk Persons Exposed To Active Tuberculosis, Liliana Encinales, Joaquin Zuñiga, Julio Granados-Montiel, Maria Yunis, Julio Granados, Ingrid Almeciga, Olga Clavijo, Carlos Awad, Vilma Collazos, María Inés Vargas-Rojas, José Luis Bañales-Mendez, Lilia Vazquez-Castañeda, Joel N Stern, Viviana Romero, Masha Fridkis-Hareli, Masha Frindkis-Hareli, Daniel Terreros, Marcelo Fernandez-Viña, Edmond J Yunis
Journal Articles
The most common test to identify latent tuberculosis is the tuberculin skin test that detects T cell responses of delayed type hypersensitivity type IV. Since it produces false negative reactions in active tuberculosis or in high-risk persons exposed to tuberculosis patients as shown in this report, we studied antibody profiles to explain the anergy of such responses in high-risk individuals without active infection. Our results showed that humoral immunity against tuberculin, regardless of the result of the tuberculin skin test is important for protection from active tuberculosis and that the presence of high antibody titers is a more reliable indicator …
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials (2010), Mtas
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials (2010), Mtas
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date.
Fair Credit Reporting Act (2010), Richard Stokes
Fair Credit Reporting Act (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The provisions of FCRA, CRECA and FACTA directly affect those cities that use outside agencies to secure information about applicants and employees.
Women On The Frontline Across Irish Defence Forces, Tom Clonan
Women On The Frontline Across Irish Defence Forces, Tom Clonan
Articles
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the enlistment of women to the Irish Defence Forces. Whilst Irish women fought in the 1916 Rising and were combatants in the War of Independence and Civil War, they were largely excluded from the newly formed Free State Army of the 1920s. Dr. Bridget Lyons Thornton was an exception to this rule and was commissioned as an officer at the rank of Lieutenant in 1923. She was demobilised in 1924, and aside from the Army’s Nursing Service, the Defence Forces were to remain an all-male preserve for almost sixty years. The ‘men-only’ status …