?After spending significant money on training sessions, employers may feel the investment was a waste if an employee leaves shortly thereafter. Some employers require workers to pay back the cost of training... Read more »
?Takeaway: A hospital supervisor with MS could not go forward with his failure-to-accommodate claim when the hospital approved permission for him to work from home on a case-by-case basis when his MS... Read more »
Takeaway: When a white employee failed to show any connection between his race and his failure to receive either of two jobs, his reverse discrimination claims could not proceed to trial. ?A... Read more »
?Two Black men who worked at a paper plant in McClellan, Calif., experienced racial harassment from co-workers and a supervisor. The company must now pay up. Paper manufacturers Packaging Corporation of America... Read more »
?Employers that violate federal labor law must compensate workers to make up for the direct consequences of unfair labor practices, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Dec. 13. This ruling... Read more »
?As organizations continue to evolve their hybrid workplace strategies, the plight of middle managers is starting to come into clearer focus. “Middle management has always been a challenge, even without layering in... Read more »
?Takeaway: This ruling should give employers pause before implementing a no-fault points-based attendance policy. ?AutoZone stores may have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they maintained a no-fault points-based attendance... Read more »
?A bill advancing in the New Jersey Legislature would expedite the implementation of significant changes to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) law, which requires employers to provide notice 60... Read more »
?Legislation proposed in New York City would prohibit employers from terminating employees without just cause. It would also ban the use of electronic monitoring in discharging or disciplining employees. We have rounded... Read more »
?Nearly three years into a global pandemic, people managers remain on the front lines of a tumultuous world of work. They are often the first to respond to the year’s biggest workplace... Read more »
