03/02/2021

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just reported its Fiscal Year 2020 stats, and the numbers are way down.more

03/01/2021

On February 25, 2021, Wisconsin enacted a new law designed to help reduce ambiguity regarding liability relating to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).more

03/01/2021

On February 16, 2021, the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).more

03/01/2021

Employers have long used noncompete agreements as a way to protect confidential information, guard against losing customers and limit competition.more

02/23/2021

When hiring managers set out to fill a vacancy, they are often thinking of all the characteristics they would like to identify in a new hire: hard-working, intelligent, capable of productive collaboration with other employees and so on.more

02/22/2021

Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and are constantly evolving. To that end, this chart provides links to state agency websites, vaccine allocation plans, and other guidance related to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as basic vaccination plan phases.more

02/22/2021

It has been just one month since the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States, and he has been moving quickly to change the wage and hour landscape.more

02/22/2021

Kentucky's highest court held that the state's Civil Rights Act does not prohibit employers from discharging employees based on their association with an individual who has a disability.more

02/17/2021

In a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Ind., et al), the court said comments made by an Indianapolis hospital were not sufficient to support a neonatologist's claim that she was illegally terminated based on her age.more

02/16/2021

Recently, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Ohio, et al) issued an opinion in a case involving a bank employee who claimed that her former employer fired her because of her age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).more

02/03/2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Indiana, et al) delivered a very employer-friendly ruling in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case involving an injured employee.more

02/02/2021

How much control do employers have over their employees' use of social media?more

02/02/2021

Employment handbooks are a valuable tool for employers and can be used to set some employer-friendly terms. But there are lines that cannot be crossed.more

02/01/2021

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the immediate termination of its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program.more

01/28/2021

Since at least 2015, when grassroots efforts began in Seattle and San Francisco, the increase of the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 has been a top priority for labor and employee advocates. In numerous ways, the Biden administration has made likewise clear that increasing the minimum wage to $15 is a top priority of the new administration.more

01/27/2021

Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and are constantly evolving. To that end, this chart provides links to state agency websites, vaccine allocation plans, and other guidance related to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as basic vaccination plan phases.more

01/25/2021

President Biden signed a flurry of executive orders on January 20, 2021, his first day in office, a number of which rescinded or revised the prior administration's executive orders and policies with regard to equity in the workplace.more

01/25/2021

When an employee leaves and is sitting on a big number of unused vacation hours, the question of whether that employee is entitled to be paid for the unused time can implicate a significant figure. So must the employee be paid for that time or not?more

01/23/2021

Former President Trump's administration made countless policy changes that have transformed the U.S. immigration landscape over the past four years. With President Biden now in office after running a presidential campaign that emphasized the benefits of lawful and employment-based immigration, the new administration has issued a number of executive orders to reverse the Trump administration's positions and eliminate restrictions.more

01/22/2021

On January 21, 2021, President Biden designated Commissioner Charlotte Burrows (D) as the new chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).more