An employer was ordered to pay liquidated damages where an employee’s position was misclassified as overtime-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act without good-faith justification. Source: […]
From the rising share of compensation that’s now “variable” to the growing number of prohibitions on asking about salary history, here’s a look at some of […]
Often, we make New Year’s career resolutions: to get back to work, change employers or careers, win a promotion, become more successful, and so on. Yet […]
Employees like receiving subsidies from their employers to defray commuting and parking costs, but tax reform—if enacted—could transform this common benefit, leaving more employees without a […]
You don’t have to turn to the movies or TV for wacky, offbeat and sometimes disturbing tales about the workplace. We’ve collected some of the strangest […]
A bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that would make it illegal for businesses to enforce mandatory arbitration agreements for sexual harassment and sex […]
A Senate hearing on Dec. 6 discussed strengthening the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, which prohibits employment discrimination against people ages 40 or […]
Firings, forced resignations, independent investigations and HR-led oversight panels are some of the ways companies across the nation are dealing with revelations that their employees have […]