To rein in health care costs, employers can avoid plans with “backdoor rebates” on prescription drugs, contract directly with hospitals and guide employees to high quality, […]

Updates to British Columbia’s labor code are under way for the first time since 1992, when the working world was a very different place. Source: New […]

Off-duty police officers moonlighting for a traffic and security services company should have been paid overtime as employees and not treated as independent contractors, the 6th […]

A pharmacist with trypanophobia—a fear of needles—whom Walmart fired after the chain began offering immunization shots to customers can bring a wrongful discharge claim based on […]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) told a federal judge April 16 that the agency can’t collect employee pay data—sorted by race, ethnicity and sex—by the […]

California law significantly restricts employer use of noncompetition agreements, and proposed legislation in the state of Washington seeks to mirror the Golden State’s laws. Here’s what […]

There may be more at stake in choosing a background-screening provider than in any other decision a HR leader makes when partnering with an industry vendor. […]

The relationship between recruiters and hiring managers is one of the most critical factors affecting the success of an organization’s talent acquisition efforts. Source: New feed […]

An employee who voluntarily left her job couldn’t sue her former employer for race and age discrimination, the California Court of Appeal ruled. Although the employee […]