A college professor breast-feeds her child during class and a firestorm erupts at the school and across the Web. Some are outraged that she’d dare expose … Read more
Is This The End of Men in the Workplace (and Everywhere Else)?
I don’t really consider myself a “Man’s Man.” I love to fish, go to college football games and I’ll watch back-to-back ESPN SportsCenters that are the … Read more
Is a “Casual Conversation” About a Parent’s Health Enough to Trigger FMLA?
By Eric B. Meyer Last month, in this post, I addressed a recent opinion in which the court held that the words “Emergency Room,” when uttered … Read more
Survey Finds That Hiring Remains Stable, Slowly Regaining Strength
Hiring confidence among U.S. employers continues to inch up in virtually all states, regions and industries, according to the latest Manpower Employment … Read more
Survey: Family Health Premiums Up Just 4%, Still Outpace Wage Growth
Health care costs moderated considerably in 2012, rising by a relatively modest 4 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & … Read more
Independent Contractor Challenges Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon
By Edward N. Boehm Jr. For at least three years now, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (along with a host of analogous … Read more
EEOC Wants Comments on Its Proposed Strategic Enforcement Plan
Now’s your chance: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released for public comment a draft of its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Why Performance Improvement Plans Are a Big Cop-Out
I’ve written here before about performance improvement plans (PIPs) and how I generally think they’re a fraud, used largely to provide cover to … Read more
August Employment Numbers Point to “Troubling” Slowdown in Hiring
The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that the country added 96,000 non-farm jobs in August, a disappointing number in light of predictions the … Read more
Workplace Investigations: Here’s Why Keeping Them Secret May be Unlawful
Do you tell employees to refrain from discussing internal investigations? You might be violating the law, according to both the EEOC and the NLRB. The … Read more