In 2022, the city of Chicago added bystander intervention training to its workplace training requirement. Chicago companies must provide one hour of bystander...
As Brenda heads out the door at the end of the workday, she notices rain. She decides to go back to grab her umbrella from her desk. While rummaging through the drawers,...
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, usually referred to as ADHD, is an all too common condition in the modern workspace — as 10.5 million adults in the US have...
Data brokers are already in your workplace, surveilling your employees and selling what they gather, whether you know it or not. And we’re not the only one who thinks...
Mental health can qualify as a serious health condition under the FMLA, but it's important to understand the unique nuances of how these two things relate.
Clothes do not make the man or woman, and job titles do not turn a nonexempt employee into an exempt employee. The Fair Labor Standards Act has been consistent over its...
Everyone, including us, had to take a crash course in HIPAA’s privacy provisions after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...
Under HIPAA and ADA, employee medical records are confidential and should be kept separate from general personnel files. Only authorized personnel should have access to...
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees to take job-protected unpaid leave when they or an immediate family member need to seek care for a...
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is one of the most commonly requested forms of employee leave. It provides job-protected leave for employees who need time off...
The PUMP Act, enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, extends FLSA-protected unpaid lactation breaks to nursing mothers who are exempt employees....
The Federal Trade Commission in January published a proposed rule that would make it illegal for employers to require employees to sign noncompete agreements as a...
The rules for reimbursing employees’ travel expenses seem straightforward enough—employees account to you for their expenses, submit receipts for those expenses, and...
In response to a dramatic spike in child-labor violations, the Biden administration has launched a wide-ranging push to compel employers to obey the law. Among the...
We’ve been reading conflicting analyses about the PUMP Act, which was included as Division KK in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA). The PUMP Act requires...
As an HR professional, Form I-9 may have been your first introduction to the world of immigration and work authorizations. There’s a reason for that. The nation’s...
November’s 2022 midterms will leave us with a Democrat-controlled Senate and Republican-controlled House in 2023. That means a split Congress will make it more...
Independent contractor rules are about to change – again. It may seem like just yesterday that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) tried to update its classification...
The big bosses—a/k/a federal agencies—have noticed the proliferation of bossware, and they are not amused. The National Labor Relations Board has announced its...
