Q. Our company recently discovered some theft in our operation. We called an employee in for an investigative interview. He claimed to have consulted with an attorney...
Contained within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are provisions that modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA)...
Q. An employee with severe hearing loss refuses to use his hearing aid. He works in a loud environment with forklifts and other hazards. Can we force him to wear the...
An employee who can’t prove she actually suffered discrimination can still win a retaliation lawsuit—if she can show that her employer retaliated against her...
Good news: Employees who allege they were fired for blowing the whistle on their employers for activities that violated the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act can’t also...
In response to numerous performance-related questions from employers, the EEOC released a detailed guide to help employers apply performance and conduct standards to...
U.S. employers must begin using a revised version of the I-9 Form starting Feb. 2. Employers that use the current edition of the I-9 (dated 06/05/2007) after Feb. 2 may...
How should employers respond to a government “no-match letter” that identifies discrepancies between an employee’s name and the Social Security number...
Advances in medical research have resulted in the early detection and treatment of illnesses. One of the most significant advancements is testing that can identify...
AFSCME Local 1433, the union representing employees of the city of Benton Harbor, has filed five unfair labor-practice charges with the Michigan Employment Relations...
Q. We want current employees to sign noncompete agreements. If we do not offer an employee something of value in exchange for signing the agreement, is it against the...
"In the past we've turned a fairly blind eye when employeess have used company credit cards for personal expenses. As long as they wrote us a check right away, we let it...
Q. Our company has a union, and we recently lost a case in arbitration. The company and the union disagree on what the arbitrator held, and what is required of the...
Federal law says employers are allowed, but not required, to make copies of the drivers' licenses and other documents that their employees show for I-9 purposes. But is...
A recent federal appeals court decision shows how risky it is to ignore the interactive accommodations process spelled out in the ADA. In Talley v. Family Dollar Stores...
The massive $700 billion financial rescue bill that President Bush signed into law on Oct. 3 contained dozens of measures that have nothing to do with bailing out Wall...
