By Eric B. Meyer Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Employee gets bad performance review. Employee laments to HR about the pressures of work. … Read more
IRS Puts COBRA Under Scrutiny: Consider a Self Audit or Pay the Price
By Jeremy J. Sharp Employers beware: The Internal Revenue Service recently issued new revised audit guidelines for IRS auditors who review group health … Read more
Make Sure Your Recruiting Vendors Aren’t Getting You Into Trouble
Last week the EEOC issued an updated policy on the use of arrest and criminal records in hiring decisions. As employment attorney Ron Chapman explained in … Read more
New NLRB Quickie Union Election Rules May Get Derailed
By Eric B. Meyer Two quick updates for you today — one labor, one employment. Word has trickled in that the U.S. District Court for the District of … Read more
NLRB Quickie Election Rule Now In Effect; Here’s What It Means
By Steven Bernstein On April 28, 2012, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia cleared the way for the National Labor … Read more
New Federal Law Would Bar Employers From Demanding Online Passwords
By Eric B. Meyer A few weeks ago, as reported here, Maryland became the first state to pass legislation that would ban employers from demanding that … Read more
The NLRB’s New Blueprint For “Quickie” Union Elections
By Eric B. Meyer On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board‘s “quickie” election rules survived a challenge in the U.S. Senate. Next … Read more
What the Arrest/Conviction Guidance Means to You
On April 25, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an updated Enforcement Guidance on employer use of arrest and conviction records in … Read more
5 Takeaways from EEOC’s Guidance on Use of Criminal Background Checks
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued updated Enforcement Guidance on employer use of arrest and conviction … Read more
NLRB “Quickie” Union Election Rule Survives U.S. Senate Challenge
By Eric B. Meyer Last week was not so good for the National Labor Relations Board. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit iced a Board rule that … Read more