By Eric B. Meyer When an employee sues his former employer alleging a religiously hostile work environment, he must prove, among other things, that he was … Read more
Court Invalidates Sections of NLRB’s Rule on Employee Rights Poster
By James M. Walters On Friday (March 2), Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated key provisions of the … Read more
Will States Ban Companies From Requiring Passwords From Employees?
By Eric B. Meyer About a year ago, I wondered whether employers should ever require job applicants to divulge Facebook passwords. Ultimately, I concluded … Read more
USCIS Will Start Accepting H-1B Visa Petitions on April 2
By Jessica Cook On Monday, April 2, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting FY 2013 H-1B cap-subject petitions for … Read more
The 97% Problem: You Need to Be Decisive Dealing With Improper Conduct
By Stephen M. Paskoff A federal government agency official recently told me that charges of employment discrimination were way up across his large … Read more
More Join Labor Department’s Employee “Misclassification” Pact
By John E. Thompson The U.S. Labor Department continues to expand the number of jurisdictions and agencies with which it is collaborating to end what it … Read more
Navigating the Complexities (and Changes) in China’s Labor Laws
By Alice Wang As the world embarks into the Year of the Dragon, China is making every effort to draw in more and more international business to add to its … Read more
Facebook Can Predict Job Success (But Don’t Go There Yet)
Facebook, and potentially other social media as well, can be used to assess a person’s potential for job success. That not-so-surprising conclusion … Read more
How a Manager Told an Employee to “Pray” Sexual Harassment Away
By Eric B. Meyer Worst. Advice. Ever. Two Denny’s waitresses have filed this complaint in a California Superior Court alleging that their manager … Read more
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