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Employment & Labor Insider, 12.8.23
Major League Baseball loosens non-player labor market
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.5.23
What employers can learn from the OpenAI drama
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.28.23
California raises minimum wage for health care workers in 2024
11.21.23
5 things that could get you accused of sex harassment
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.17.23
You asked for it, Kathy Griffin.
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.3.23
"Quiet firing": A bad idea
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.27.23
Antitrust for HR professionals
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.24.23
Religious Accommodations, Part Deux: Is the religious belief sincere?
10.18.23
Religious accommodations, Part 1: What’s a “religion”?
10.16.23
When it comes to HR, don't quit your day job, Miss Manners.
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.13.23
Massachusetts makes changes to Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
10.12.23
Incentives to improve employee performance, attendance, commitment
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.10.23
What's in that new EEOC guidance on workplace harassment?
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.6.23
Resignation of NHL coach provides lesson for employers
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.3.23
Contractors! Do you have your UEI?
Affirmative Action Alert, 10.3.23
EEOC's "not-so-sweet six" priorities, for 2024 and beyond
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.29.23
Michigan courts adopt pronoun rule
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.29.23
Are NFL players "rationally irrational"?
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.26.23
Hair, beards, and the invigorated duty to accommodate religious practices
9.22.23
GA update: Voting leave, no sunset on Kin Care
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.22.23
Reasonable accommodation for driving to the office? Are you kidding?
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.15.23
What employers can learn from the James Harden-Daryl Morey dispute
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.12.23
End-of-summer road travel through state noncompete laws—It’s trippy!
8.29.23
Want employees back in the office?
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.25.23
Fifth Circuit eviscerates a requirement for Title VII claims. What’s next?
8.24.23
Respect your elders.
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.18.23
2.6 million reasons to keep the 303 Creative holding in perspective
8.15.23
EEOC issues proposed regs on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.11.23
Harassment accuser's raps can be used against her, court rules
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.11.23
EEOC issues proposed regs on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
8.8.23
Will your prayers be answered on religious accommodations? Probably not.
7.25.23
Want to prevent your employees in Georgia from raiding your workforce? Make sure you have a geographic limitation.
7.18.23
What does the Supreme Court’s recent LGBTQ+ opinion mean for employers? Probably not much.
7.7.23
As expected, SCOTUS makes it tougher for employers to refuse religious accommodations
7.3.23
Comparable work, more protected categories: PA legislature is keeping busy
6.27.23
Sports leagues face uncertain ADA landscape
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.20.23
Whose text is it, anyway? Maybe yours!
6.20.23
Rap your way into a sexual harassment lawsuit
6.12.23
Are your employees working more than one job?
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.30.23
DOL issues guidance on PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.26.23
EEOC reminds employers that Title VII applies to AI
Affirmative Action Alert, 5.22.23
Rule 1 in beating an age claim: Get your story straight.
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.19.23
EEOC updates COVID-19 guidance
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.19.23
New York City bans discrimination based on weight and height
5.17.23
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Quiz!
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.12.23
Not half bad: New Virginia employment laws to take effect July 1
5.10.23
SCOTUS to hear case that could upend power of federal regulatory agencies
5.9.23
Second-guessing the advice columns: Is this pregnancy discrimination?
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.5.23
Employment law and Aesop
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.28.23
Religious accommodation at the Supreme Court
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.21.23
I got fired at age 60. Must have been my age.
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.14.23
A roundup of recent employment research
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.11.23
3 strikes, and this employer is OUT!
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.7.23
QB Lamar Jackson relies on – then defies – union authority
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.4.23
Employees who self-destruct
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.31.23
The two factors critical to employee recruitment and retention
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.28.23
California employers, it’s not too late to get on track for 2023
3.21.23
When it comes to harassment complaints, GO DIRECTLY TO HR.
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.17.23
Stupid plaintiff tricks: Faking emails to win
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.10.23
That well-endowed Canadian teacher -- what would've happened here?
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.3.23
U.K. study on four-day workweek merits scrutiny
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.28.23
What will that NLRB decision do to separation agreements?
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.24.23
ChatGPT is coming for the workplace
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.15.23
How to handle wage-hour issues with remote workers
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.10.23
NJ Governor signs temp worker bill of rights
2.7.23
Request for "FMLA leave" is protected activity, court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.3.23
Get ready for paid time off for any reason, for Illinois employees in 2024!
1.30.23
Will ChatGPT make white-collar workers obsolete?
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.27.23
SCOTUS will review religious accommodation standard
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.27.23
What does Prince Harry have to do with employment law?
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.20.23
Would you have fired these hotheads?
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.13.23
Sports law may have a partial fix for FTC noncompete ban
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.11.23
Moms rule in Omnibus Spending Bill
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.6.23
BREAKING: FTC proposes to outlaw nearly all covenants not to compete in employment context
1.5.23
2 cents on Speak Out, Respect Marriage acts
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.16.22
Will New York City scrap employment at will?
12.14.22
Workplace holiday party quiz -- Version 2022!
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.9.22
Court won’t review NFL’s accommodation requirements under ADA
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.5.22
New hipness in employment law
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.2.22
Is faxing a reasonable accommodation?
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.30.22
Suit based on notice of intermittent FMLA absences will go to trial
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.18.22
NFL personal injury suit seeks to skirt CBA-mandated arbitration
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.17.22
Janet Dhillon leaving EEOC
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.14.22
Happy Veterans' Day 2022!
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.11.22
Election roundup for employers
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.11.22
EEOC's proposed Strategic Plan seems heavy on litigation, light on mediation
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.11.22
"We can't accommodate spitting"
Employment & Labor Insider, 11.4.22
New CPRA employee rights take effect January 1. Are you ready?
11.3.22
Should "sorry" be banned from the workplace?
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.28.22
Fit for duty? Be careful what you ask for.
10.21.22
Proving reverse bias: Tough, but not impossible
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.21.22
EEOC issues new poster!
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.21.22
Bostock settles LGBT bias lawsuit
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.18.22
The DOL’s proposed independent contractor regulations: What will change?
10.14.22
How not to prove "welcomeness" in a sex harassment case
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.14.22
Workplace emoji DON'Ts
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.14.22
Good policies, good results – have you checked yours lately?
10.12.22
Is Biden about to make marijuana legal?
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.7.22
Judge shuts down LGBT guidance
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.7.22
Best brief ever!*
Employment & Labor Insider, 10.7.22
Employer seeking "Kens and Barbies" must face trial on bias claims
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.30.22
The $3,000 tip: Is the employer stuck?
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.23.22
ABCs of Employment Law: Employment at will
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.16.22
Labor Day Quiz (pro version)
Employment & Labor Insider, 9.2.22
Is more EEOC litigation on the way?
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.26.22
Crown Act legislation is the “wave” of the future
8.19.22
Gender dysphoria is covered by ADA, appeals court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.19.22
Nasty language may be protected concerted activity, court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.12.22
Second-guessing the advice columns: Workplace bathrooms!
Employment & Labor Insider, 8.5.22
Employee fired for sleepwalking into co-worker’s room has no disability discrimination claim
8.3.22
EEOC pay data collection revisited
Affirmative Action Alert, 8.2.22
This 'n' that in employment law
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.29.22
Women’s professional sports leagues take different approaches to transgender inclusion
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.20.22
EEOC update to COVID guidance is ho-hum
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.15.22
An OWBPA kick in the pants
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.8.22
NFL arbitration clauses at issue -- again.
Employment & Labor Insider, 7.6.22
The NFL's problematic arbitration agreement
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.30.22
U.S. Supreme Court upholds arbitration agreements, even in PAGA actions
6.23.22
Nevada court fumbles NFL's effort to take Gruden dispute to arbitration
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.23.22
U.S. Supreme Court upholds arbitration agreements, even in PAGA actions
California Snapshot , 6.16.22
New York State joins NYC in passing salary disclosure law
6.14.22
FMLA "interference" doesn't require denial of leave
Employment & Labor Insider, 6.3.22
Remote workers outside NY can’t bring bias claims under NY state and city human rights laws, court says
5.23.22
EEOC issues guidance on use of AI in hiring
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.18.22
Delay didn't defeat employer's right to arbitrate, CA appeals court says
California Snapshot , 5.16.22
"Bald" insult is sexual harassment, UK tribunal says
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.13.22
New York City Council delays effective date of salary disclosure law, makes other changes
5.10.22
ABCs of Employment Law: Retaliation
Employment & Labor Insider, 5.6.22
Weed policy options for multi-state employers -- are there any?
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.29.22
The $450,000 workplace birthday party
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.22.22
ABCs of employment law: Religious accommodation
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.15.22
It's time to submit your EEO-1 data!
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.13.22
Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to SCOTUS
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.8.22
Employers, get ready for a "bumpy night"
Employment & Labor Insider, 4.6.22
New York City issues guidance on new salary range law
3.31.22
Spring has sprung new employment laws in New York
3.25.22
ABCs of employment law: Discrimination
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.25.22
ADA accessibility litigation: Audit yourself!
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.24.22
EEOC issues new guidance on caregiver bias
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.18.22
Peeping is harassment, even if “peep-ee” doesn't see it going on, court says
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.18.22
Nonbinary info to be added to EEO-1 reports?
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.18.22
Biden signs #MeToo arbitration limit into law
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.11.22
Second guessing the advice columns: Workplace follies
Employment & Labor Insider, 3.11.22
What employers need to know about California's new COVID-19 paid sick leave
California Snapshot , 2.28.22
Biden has a nominee for Breyer's SCOTUS seat
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.25.22
New laws, New Jersey
2.24.22
Artificial Intelligence in HR: A blessing and a curse
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.17.22
Don't miss our webinar on AI bias with EEOC's Keith Sonderling
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.17.22
#MeToo arbitration bill passes Senate
Employment & Labor Insider, 2.11.22
#MeToo arbitration bill passes Senate, Biden expected to sign
2.11.22
Supplemental paid sick leave for COVID to get an encore
California Snapshot , 2.4.22
Biden's Supreme Court nominee -- who will she be?
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.28.22
OSHA withdraws vaccine ETS, but there may be more to come
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.26.22
CMS issues guidance for health care employers in 24 states where mandate had been blocked
1.21.22
High court upholds CMS vaccine mandate for health care workers -- what now?
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.18.22
More on the SCOTUS "vax-or-test" decision
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.14.22
Yesterday’s SCOTUS “vax-or-test” decision
1.14.22
Supreme Court lets health care vaccine mandate go forward nationwide
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.13.22
BREAKING: Supreme Court puts kibosh on OSHA ETS
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.13.22
CMS issues guidance for rule mandating COVID-19 vaccines for most health care workers
1.12.22
Five must-watch areas for California employers in 2022
1.12.22
Five must-watch areas for California employers in 2022
California Snapshot , 1.11.22
Highlights from the OSHA vaccine ETS argument at the Supreme Court
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.11.22
California mandates COVID vaccine boosters for all health care workers at certain facilities
1.7.22
Today's the day!
Employment & Labor Insider, 1.7.22
New minimum wage, paid leave changes take effect in Massachusetts
1.5.22
SCOTUS to hear arguments on OSHA, health care vax mandates Jan. 7
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.22.21
SCOTUS orders government to respond to ETS challenges
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.21.21
BREAKING: OSHA vaccine ETS is upheld by court
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.18.21
Federal vaccine mandates: Where employers stand now
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.17.21
One hot mess: CMS vaccine mandate for health care employers is on hold, but not everywhere
12.17.21
Yes, Virginia, COVID-19 can be a disability
Employment & Labor Insider, 12.15.21
New York City Council passes COVID child vaccination leave law
12.15.21

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