There are times when a supervisor and a subordinate simply can’t get along. It’s important for HR to distinguish between a personality conflict and ...
The California Labor Commissioner is suing ZipRealty Inc., claiming the company owes unpaid wages to hundreds of real estate agents. The lawsuit is seeking minimum...
Managers may think it’s safe to underpay employees by having them work off the clock or shaving time off their overtime tab because no one has complained. But it...
The problem: A stellar employee seeks a promotion to a job that demands a fair amount of speaking in front of groups large and small. The trouble is, she stutters....
No federal or state law requires employers to use job applications. But if you do require applicants to fill them out, know the legal do’s and don’ts of what...
You won’t find many employers extolling the upsides of having a unionized workforce, but there is one advantage. If your union contract provides for a...
Constructive discharge occurs when employees claim that their working conditions were so intolerable that they were forced to quit. Employers must stay within federal...
Employers can regulate what employees do away from work—but only within narrow limits. There are often good reasons to. Some off-duty acts reflect poorly on...
We all anticipated that the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) would make it easier for certain medical conditions to qualify...
Former Texas Southern University women’s basketball coach Surina Dixon has won $730,000 in a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit she filed after being...
An Arab-American of Moroccan descent has charged consulting giant PwC (formerly PricewatershouseCoopers) with discrimination and retaliation after it fired him...
Some employers mistakenly believe that women who want to use FMLA leave when they become pregnant can’t demand intermittent leave. Managers may be confusing FMLA...
In private-sector workplaces, employees do not have First Amendment rights, as public employees do. But certain laws do provide employees with some...
Hesitant to fire an employee because of his race, religion or other protected characteristic? Don’t be. Employers with legitimate reasons to discharge...
Whether or not to pay employees for on-call time comes down to one question: How many restrictions are you putting on the employees’ personal time? The EEOC says...
A DOL ruling last year that clarified the definition of “son or daughter” under the FMLA opens up the potential for employees to take leave to care for...
Eclipse Advantage, Inc.—a transportation, logistics and distribution management company—has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle an EEOC racial harassment and...
