Rhode Island has followed the recent trend of its neighboring states by enacting a law that largely prohibits employers from entering into noncompete agreements with their […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued policy guidance to address immigration officers’ discretion to grant employment authorization to immigrants who are paroled into the United […]

Effective Oct. 31, employers in Kansas City, Mo., can no longer ask job applicants about their prior salary. The city’s ordinance is part of a growing […]

While there is never a perfect time to break the bad news to an employee, picking the best time to conduct a termination in Canada can […]

Germany’s Trade Secrets Act allows company information to be legally protected trade secrets only if companies take appropriate steps to keep the information confidential. Source: New […]

A United Kingdom (U.K.) employer’s review of a departing employee’s e-mail was appropriate under the circumstances, the High Court of England and Wales ruled. The decision […]

A Spanish firm that dismissed an employee accused of spending his workdays exploring the Internet on a company computer—visiting websites featuring betting, sexual content, shopping and […]

Large U.S. employers expect that their 2020 health care costs will rise 6 percent without any cost-management adjustments and by 5 percent if they make changes […]

New IRS guidance confirms how retirement plan administrators should handle reporting and income tax withholding for plan participants who, to delay their taxes, have refused to […]