HR professionals' jobs are more dangerous than many realize. An HR manager and an HR intern were among five employees killed at a warehouse in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15 by a... Read more »
Using progressive discipline can help employers show they treat employees fairly, and it can help them defeat discrimination and retaliation claims. But there are cases when it is better for an employee... Read more »
Requiring job applicants to have no more than a certain number of years of experience is not age discrimination, the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided. Read more »
By broadening the standard for who is considered an independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reduced the number of individuals who may... Read more »
Fewer employees—unionized and nonunionized—will be covered by the National Labor Relations Act due to a recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision limiting the definition of what constitutes “protected, concerted activity.” Read more »
Transgender individuals continue to face barriers in employment, as the U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s restrictions on transgender persons serving in the military take effect.
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The partial government shutdown of 2018-19 has drastically curtailed operations at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Read more »
A district court judge in California temporarily blocked 2018 rules providing exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.
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It’s flu season, and if your employees haven’t started calling in sick yet—either due to their own illness or to take care of a family member—they will soon. Time for employers to... Read more »
Arbitrators, not courts, should decide whether arbitration agreements apply if the agreements give arbitrators the power to make that threshold decision, the Supreme Court decided. Read more »
