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
In Case You Were Wondering: No, the I-9 Form Isn’t Dead Yet
Lots of people are wondering what’s up with the I-9 form. Here’s the latest … The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) requires employers to … Read more
CareerBuilder Identifies 10 Rapidly Growing, High-Demand Jobs
We hear a lot about the sluggishness of the economy, and a lot of that talk revolves around the lack of jobs and the stubbornly high (over 8 percent … Read more
The Problem When Attorneys Become Facebook Friends With a Litigant
By Eric B. Meyer It was bound to happen sooner or later… Mary Pat Gallagher of the the New Jersey Law Journal reports here (subscription required) … Read more
SHRM Board Elections: This Week, the Battle Comes Down to the Wire
Next week — noon EDT on Sunday September 9, to be exact — wraps up one of the most contentious and talked about elections for the SHRM Board of … Read more
Feds: Health Plans Can’t Discriminate Against Transgendered Employees
In a recent letter hailed by advocates in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the Department of Health and Human Services … Read more