What organized labor was unable to get through the discredited Employee Free Choice Act, they now are getting directly from a vote by the National Labor … Read more
The Challenges in Conducting International Employment Investigations
By Celia Joseph If you are a Human Resources or other manager at a multi-national company, it is likely that at times you receive complaints from employees … Read more
When Your Employee Works OT on the QT, Must You Pay It?
By Eric B. Meyer That was the question that the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago faced in an opinion released yesterday. Here’s the … Read more
Labor Dept. Aggressively Pushing Initiative-Focused FLSA Enforcement
By John E. Thompson Recent U.S. Department of Labor news releases show something important about its current approach to enforcing the federal Fair Labor … Read more
Twitter in the Workplace: 4 Lose Their Jobs, 1 Saved From Death Row
By Eric B. Meyer Is there anything that Twitter can’t do? Twitter, make me a sandwich! Anyway, today I have the news of three congressional aides who … Read more
Can An Employer Really Discriminate Against an Obese Employee?
By Eric B. Meyer There is no federal law that specifically prohibits obesity discrimination. But is the Americans with Disabilities Act broad enough to … Read more
Not Following Your Written Policies May Be Worse Than No Policy at All
By Eric B. Meyer What’s the point of having a written handbook policy if you aren’t going to follow it? Better yet, what are the consequences … Read more
Under New Proposed Rule, Contractors Would Need to Boost Hiring of People With Disabilities
For those suffering from insomnia now around 2 a.m. Eastern, we’ve dug through a U.S. government website to find a 172-page document that may help … Read more
When Does Asking About Retirement Becomes Age Discrimination?
By Eric B. Meyer Back in August, I wrote about a case where a federal court held that an employer inquiring about an employee’s retirement plans, … Read more
Requiring a Diploma May Be Discriminatory
Requiring a high school diploma as a condition of employment for some jobs could land you in trouble with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. … Read more