?The Great Resignation of employees from the workplace during and following the COVID-19 pandemic is a historic trend that isn’t slowing down. Most organizations have offered greater compensation as a solution to... Read more »
?States reported that 251,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending July 16, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week’s level. The number of workers continuing to claim... Read more »
The 2023 benefits open enrollment period, which most U.S. companies will hold sometime between late November and early December, presents fresh demands as employers continue to adjust to a mix of onsite... Read more »
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, questions regarding abortion and the Family Medical and Leave Act (FMLA) are coming fast and furious: Can an employee take FMLA leave... Read more »
?Takeaway: Using the more employee-friendly standard recently set forth by the California Supreme Court for analyzing whistleblower retaliation claims, an appellate court nonetheless found that a terminated employee could not go forward... Read more »
?In June, San Francisco voters passed Proposition G, a new Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance. The ordinance requires private employers to provide paid leave to employees for public health emergencies. The leave... Read more »
On July 8, in Gist v. ZoAn Management, the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the trial court and court of appeals, granting the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. The court... Read more »
A scorching heat wave is rolling around the world, with record-setting temperatures in Asia, Europe and North America. Britain hit a high of 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit on July 19 and in the... Read more »
?On May 4, the German Conference of the Federal and State Data Protection Authorities (DSK) published a call for an Employee Data Protection Act. As a reminder, in Germany, data protection is... Read more »
After a decade-long stagnation, the European Parliament and member states’ negotiators agreed on a bill to increase the proportion of women on corporate boards. Germany, like many other European countries, started down... Read more »
