The litigation over the Obama administration’s overtime rule should be paused while the Department of Labor develops a new rule, according to a motion that the […]

​Workplace Halloween celebrations can be more than just frightful if workers are injured during the festivities. Halloween-related injuries at work happen more than you might think. […]

The “Cadillac tax” on group health plans—a 40 percent excise tax on high-value coverage—will eventually apply to all employers and, should it take effect in 2020, […]

HR professionals should not call an employee into work for any reason during Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time off, employment law attorneys say. Source: […]

“Happy 50th birthday! It’s all downhill from here.” “We are a ‘young’ company. Would he fit in?” “You’re on Snapchat? Really?” “Isn’t she too young to […]

​Layoffs for economic circumstances exist under Japanese law, but are exceedingly difficult to achieve without constituting wrongful dismissal. One major international airline is learning this the […]

Bonuses bestowed on workers as an end-of-year holiday gift are becoming scarcer, while variable pay plans that tie payouts to meeting individual and organizational goals, usually […]

Though there are advantages to using direct methods of evaluating competencies—you may be communicating with employees and candidates, which can generate engagement—it is often valuable to […]

The Queensland Parliament passed the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, which introduced new industrial manslaughter provisions. Source: New feed 2