Query: May an employer make a race-based employment decision when it discovers that one of its employment tests or policies has the unintended effect of creating an adverse impact on another racial classification? Read more »

Every minute of teamwork in the 21st century requires adaptation to each other, to changing conditions, and sometimes to changing goals. The traditional definition of a team, a group of people working together toward... Read more »

Employers seeking to recruit and retain talented lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ("LGBT") employees     are increasingly finding that offering domestic partner benefits is a necessary part of their recruiting efforts.  ... Read more »

Last September, President George Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008, which requires courts to interpret the ADA broadly when determining whether an individual has been discriminated against because of a disability. On... Read more »

Even before Congress began laboring over the potentially biggest health care legislation in years, employers had – or should have had – plenty of health and welfare plan issues on their agendas for the second... Read more »

Loyalty is defined as commitment or allegiance to a person, a group, or a cause. Sounds clear enough but loyalty often gets skewed in the workplace. Here are some examples where loyalty... Read more »

"When you throw dirt, you lose ground." - Texas Proverb. Nothing tears down relationships, teamwork, effectiveness, and productivity like the office rumor mill and gossip. Some refer to this as water cooler... Read more »

Are you empowering others each time you speak? Have you noticed that whenever you talk to someone, the energy seems to fade away and the other person seems uninterested? Then after the... Read more »

In an era of test tube babies and cloning, GINA is an attempt to keep pace with technology and address ethical concerns surrounding our understanding of genes and chromosomes.  The Human Genome... Read more »