U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams asked employers to “step up” to combat the opioid epidemic by providing coverage of evidence-based treatment programs, including alternatives such as […]

The U.S. Senate voted in March to confirm Jeff Pon, SHRM-SCP, as the director of the Office of Personnel Management. Pon was most recently SHRM’s chief […]

New Jersey lawmakers passed—and the governor is expected to sign—a statewide paid-sick-leave law that will preempt local ordinances. Here’s what employers need to know. Source: New […]

The California Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that could potentially make HR professionals and other employees personally liable for retaliating against workers who complain […]

A provision in the Massachusetts criminal justice reform law signed by Gov. Charlie Baker amends the state’s restrictions on the questions employers may ask a job […]

Although marijuana is still against federal law, 30 states have permitted the drug for medicinal purposes and nine of them also allow—or soon will allow—recreational use. […]

Start by reviewing any medical documentation to confirm that the employee has been released to return to work and determine if he or she has any […]