Employers are investing more of their benefits budgets in well-being programs and voluntary benefits offerings to help alleviate employees’ financial and emotional stress, and they expect […]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) gave employers more flexibility to discipline or fire employees for abusive conduct when they are engaging in otherwise protected activity […]
A human resource reference or HR recommendation letter states the characteristics, skills, achievements, and qualities of a candidate seeking employment in an HR position. An HR […]
Employers with entirely remote workforces as a result of COVID-19 have until Aug. 19 to take advantage of relaxed Form I-9 document inspection requirements when onboarding […]
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that state law ensures the enforceability of arbitration agreements with transportation workers despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court case that […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will fund a statistical study of the EEO-1 Component 2 data collected for 2017 and 2018. The agency has […]
A truck driver who brought an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit to challenge his firing after having lung biopsy surgery and a respiratory tract infection […]
A recipient of in-patient treatment in a court-ordered drug and alcohol rehabilitation program who performs work for the program during the course of treatment is not […]
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued more guidance for workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities under federal leave […]