Corporate Services, Inc. News (2023)

08/09/2023

Illinois recently expanded bereavement leave rights for two groups of Illinois employees: parents who lose a child to suicide or homicide, and family members of those killed i...more

08/09/2023

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which became effective on June 27, 2023, expands protections for pregnant employees and applicants....more

08/08/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) adopted a strict new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relat...more

08/04/2023

Does an employer's The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation duty extend so far as to require it to change an employee's job schedule to help with their commute ...more

08/03/2023

As Presidents change from Democrat to Republican to Democrat, the complexion of the five-member (four now) National Labor Relations Board (Board) flips from union-friendly to ...more

08/03/2023

No one likes to do it, but for human resources (HR) personnel and managers it is part of the job: Sometimes, and despite their best efforts to make things work, they have to l...more

08/01/2023

Using arbitration agreements can provide big benefits for employers....more

07/27/2023

On July 26, 2023 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new technical assistance document called "Visual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Amer...more

07/27/2023

A new federal appeals court ruling highlights an important rule about disability-related job accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....more

07/26/2023

A mid-July letter signed by the attorneys general of 13 states warns Fortune 100 CEOs that they "will face serious legal consequences" if they take their DEI efforts too far b...more

07/24/2023

In an ever-evolving digital landscape, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has given employers a new option for verifying employment eligibility: pe...more

07/17/2023

A recent case demonstrates how an employee does not forego their freedom of speech when working for a private employer....more

07/12/2023

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination in employment decisions based on a disability. That includes refusing to hire someone based on an actual dis...more

07/10/2023

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) creates a statutory obligation for covered employers to make reasonable accommodations for workers' religious observances...more

07/07/2023

On July 6, 2023, a Texas court rejected a challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) 80/20 Rule, which applies to employers that take a tip credit toward their minimum ...more

07/06/2023

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to...more

07/05/2023

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revealed on June 29, 2023, that the 2022 EEO-1 reporting deadline is again being postponed....more

06/30/2023

On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) violate the Four...more

06/30/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the duty of employers to provide religious accommodation to employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)....more

06/29/2023

On August 7, 2018, an employee sent an email complaining the she feared retaliation and that she and her coworkers were the victims of harassment....more