Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation amending state law to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on hair texture or protective hairstyles as race-based discrimination. Source: New feed […]

An employer may create a mandatory arbitration policy in response to employees who have joined a collective or class action under federal or state wage and […]

Peggy Smith, the president and CEO of Worldwide ERC, the mobility industry’s premier trade association, talked with SHRM Online about ongoing changes in the industry, practitioners’ […]

Attorneys advise HR not to make any changes to their employment screening policies after a court ruled that guidance provided by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

The Second Circuit ruled that Honeywell International’s duty to provide retiree health benefits as negotiated with its employees’ union did not end when the collective bargaining […]

Officials in Newark, N.J., are supplying residents with bottled water after discovering high levels of lead in the city’s drinking water. Employers should note that they […]

Employee assistance programs (EAPs) often go unused because employees don’t know about or understand them, or may feel there’s a stigma around using them. This missed […]

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is suggesting changes to the forms employers commonly use to administer the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The DOL […]

How should an employer handle employee requests for accommodation—whether for the short or long term? The response may involve a return-to-work plan, service animals, modified duty […]