Marijuana or cannabis use remains illegal under federal law. Marijuana is a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. Drugs on Schedule I have no...
Human resource departments have extensive record-keeping obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the...
Maybe you’ve encountered employees who won’t tell you their covid vaccination status because they say you’re infringing on their medical privacy. Nothing could be...
While most organizations with 15 or more workers know they are subject to the terms of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), confusion sometimes exists...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) helps people with disabilities receive the same rights and equal opportunity as everyone else. At the heart of the ADA, as it...
Employee DUI in a company car? They face legal trouble and likely job consequences. The company could be sued for damages if they knew about prior DUIs or lacked clear...
Now that a particle or two of dust has settled from last Thursday’s announcement that OSHA will write an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring all employers...
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration took an important step when it gave permanent approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine. This will hopefully be...
As an administrative convenience during the pandemic, lots of state tax agencies just allowed you to continue to withhold for employees’ work states when employees...
The compensability of travel time when teleworking is one of many issues the DOL clarified its stance on recently. It may be time to update your policy.
HR professionals don't need to be business law experts, but with the fields increasingly overlapping, knowing the basics might keep you out of hot water.
HR is finally getting a seat at the table with the addition of the Chief Human Resources Officer, and just in time as this role is more important than ever.
