| Volume 26 Number 13 |
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As a general rule an employer may not require an employee to take a lie detector test. The employee may be required to submit to a test, however, if the employer is investigating a theft and has a reasonable suspicion that the employee may have been involved.
Click Your Way to Lower Food Bills
The Web is a treasure-trove of information for bringing down the skyrocketing cost of groceries -- even if you can't bring yourself to spend time clipping coupons. Click here for more.
T-Mobile Announces Pro-Rating of Termination Fees
T-Mobile has just weighed in with particulars on how it will pro-rate its early termination fee, the penalty of up to $200 it charges when subscribers cancel their service before the end of a new 12- or 24-month service contract starting June 28. Click here for more.
8 Ways to Ruin Your Chances to Retire
If 50 is the new 30, then 80 must be the new 60. Good thing, because otherwise a lot of people won't be retiring before they draw their last breath. Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Supreme Court reduces $2.5B Exxon Valdez award. A divided Supreme Court cut the punitive damage award against Exxon Mobil Corp. for the 1989 Valdez oil spill to $507.5 million, reducing what would have been a $2.5 billion payment to thousands of victims. Click here for more.