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Employers should keep empathy front and center when responding to employee requests to take leave to care for a spouse under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). By ensuring [...]

The number of employment lawyers and HR professionals who focus on compliance has mushroomed over the past several decades as employment laws have multiplied. 'The workplace has changed tremendously over [...]

Thanks to a growing number of statewide 'clean slate laws,' which help individuals with criminal records gain employment, new job opportunities for them are multiplying across the country. As more [...]

More than 3 million additional workers may be eligible for overtime pay under a proposal announced by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in August. The Biden administration proposed increasing [...]

Employers may not see sweeping changes to voluntary and mandatory affirmative action in employment, which some observers forecast following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down affirmative action in [...]

A blind Harvard law student who couldn't get a job interview with a single firm. Vietnam veterans who had lost their legs serving their country and couldn't access buses or [...]

Remote verification of identification and work authorization documents associated with Form I-9 is now an alternative option for qualified E-Verify users in good standing. In addition, a new, more streamlined [...]

Federal agencies are coordinating their efforts to investigate employers that misclassify workers as independent contractors, among other potential violations of federal labor laws. In January, the U.S. Department of Labor's [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is stepping up efforts against employers that repeatedly put workers at risk. The federal agency is expanding its criteria for placing employers on [...]

Move over, California. It turns out that the nation's most populous state isn't the only trendsetter when it comes to employment law. Other cities and states also go well beyond [...]

Employees who have gotten used to working from home may need a refresher on professional expectations when they return to the workplace. Some companies are seeing an increase in insults, [...]

The 24 general managers who keep Toppers Pizza's corporate restaurants up and running work about 50 hours a week, sometimes more if an hourly worker calls in sick or quits [...]

Employers can legally offer health care premium discounts to workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or implement surcharges for unvaccinated health plan participants, according to recent guidance issued by the Biden administration. [...]

Employers that require proof that employees have received COVID-19 vaccinations must plan how to respond when workers lose their vaccination cards. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance last [...]

Pay equity has become a top-of-mind concern for employers nationally as a result of California's new gender pay equity law and similar legislation in New York and elsewhere. In addition, [...]

It may not be the first word that comes to mind when thinking about lawyers, but trust is what matters when choosing the right employment law attorney. 'It's a personal [...]

The president of one of the largest Dutch companies in the world thought he wasn't a successful leader while on assignment in the United States. Three company vice presidents would [...]

It's not every day that companies such as General Motors (GM)--once the largest private employer in the world--go bankrupt. Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co.'s purchase of the Hummer brand [...]

Just one event can dramatically alter the course of someone's life. It may start as a spin around the block or a stroll out to the front yard to toss [...]

Incredible as it may seem, HR professionals can sometimes reap significant benefits from attorneys who represent disgruntled employees. From persuading angry workers to be more dispassionate, to bringing about needed--though [...]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) gave employers the green light to take employees' temperatures to help ward off the spread of the coronavirus. But is it a good [...]

Everything seemed ready for her niece's wedding in Israel. The custom-made dresses for the bridesmaids were packed, and she was at the airport in time for her flight from India. [...]

As retailers filled with shoppers last holiday season, the second-oldest department store in Paris stood silent and empty for the fourth consecutive December. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Established in 1870, La Samaritaine [...]

For proponents of Maryland's so-called 'Wal-Mart bill,' enactment of the legislation may seem like the perfect end to a quintessential David and Goliath story. But the battle may have only [...]

The Office of Management and Budget has cleared an overhauled EEO-1 report with no changes from the one that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved last November, according [...]

The 'ambush' election rule, which took effect three years ago under the Obama administration, invades workers' privacy, unfairly burdens employers, and should be rescinded or modified, according to SHRM written [...]

A bill to expand paid leave and workplace flexibility opportunities, which was developed with the support of SHRM members, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in November. If [...]

It's not unusual for the federal circuit courts to disagree on fundamental issues of law. But what about splits between two federal agencies charged with protecting civil rights? That's less [...]

With the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in transition, so too are labor relations. The panel's five-seat membership is changing, and the new board is expected to reverse several relevant [...]

If the final rule on mandatory overtime resembles the initial proposal, the result would be a dramatically increased salary level for determining which employees would be exempt from overtime pay. [...]

One of the top priorities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the fight against Islamophobia, according to its strategic enforcement plan for fiscal years 2017 through 2021. As [...]

$10 million Amount an employer shelled out as the result of a missing comma In a Maine wage and hour statute. The punctuation mark's absence created ambiguity about the meaning [...]

In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been friendly to organized labor. But that's likely to change under the Trump administration, as the board is expected to [...]

If you're not already familiar with E-Verify, this may be the time to check it out, given that the Trump administration has proposed making its use mandatory (though only Congress [...]

1. Myth: Conducting an investigation when allegations are made of a hostile work environment due to one's nationality will insulate the company from liability. Fact: Claims may be brought despite [...]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) new rules governing the fees employers can assess workers who do not participate in wellness programs took effect Jan. 1. In October of last [...]

An employee who is off duty isn't necessarily off the hook when it comes to egregious conduct or certain other behaviors. Here are some areas that employers might need to [...]

Struck down: An employer policy instructing workers to 'maintain a positive work environment by communicating in a manner that is conducive to effective working relationships with internal and external customers, [...]

It's a frequent subject of workplace jokes--the aftershave that could wake the dead or the scented soap that makes staying dirty seem like a better alternative than washing up. But [...]

It is widely believed that nonexempt employees shouldn't be allowed to telecommute for fear they will work overtime. But Kelly Hughes, an attorney at Ogletree Deakins in Charlotte, N.C., encourages [...]

Contrary to popular belief, alcoholism is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and people with the disease must be offered reasonable accommodations, such as time off for rehab [...]

When does insubordination warrant termination? There is no blanket answer to that question, since so much depends on context, but in many cases workers should be given a second chance. [...]

Many HIV-positive workers want to request a disability accommodation but hesitate to do so because of the stigma that surrounds their diagnosis. New guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [...]

It is widely believed that nonexempt employees shouldn't be allowed to telecommute for fear they will work overtime. But Kelly Hughes, an attorney at Ogletree Deakins in Charlotte, N.C., encourages [...]

Proposed changes to the federal overtime regulations will have a significant negative impact on employers and employees, SHRM wrote in comments to the U.S. Department of Labor in September. The [...]

Some employers are requiring employees to take part in 'LinkedIn parties,' in which workers are asked to provide names and contact information for job prospects from among their social networks. [...]

If the Department of Labor's (DOL's) proposed overtime rule is finalized in its current form, middle-management ranks will shrink and hourly workers will face fewer opportunities for upward mobility. That's [...]

Now that same-sex couples can marry across the land, some employers are dropping benefits coverage for domestic partners. Verizon, Delta, IBM and Corning have either stopped offering or announced that [...]

Although the Department of Labor (DOL) did not modify the standard duties test for exempt status in its proposed overtime rule, the department has posed numerous questions and remains 'very [...]

When it comes to overseeing employees' retirement plans, it's not just about picking good investments--it's also about avoiding bad ones. The U.S. Supreme Court emphasized that point when it recently [...]