A New York company recently learned an expensive lesson about wage and benefits discrimination. More…

When fighting bias claims, nothing can doom a company quite like the employee showing the judge a discriminatory e-mail or text message from a supervisor. But as this recent case shows, there are still steps employers can take to protect themselves from those claims. More…

When employees are caught breaking the company’s computer use policy, they usually have an explanation of why they’re innocent. Does that mean bosses can’t fire them without absolute proof? More…

A recent Supreme Court case now has a new element of confusion. More…

If an employee makes racist posts to a private Web site and the company takes no action, is it guilty of allowing discrimination and harassment? More…

A recent employment law ruling by the Supreme Court has gotten a lot of attention — but what impact will it have on HR’s day-to-day job? More…

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case filed by whites who say they got pushed aside in favor of less-qualified black applicants. More…

Almost 1,200 HR managers responded to our poll about how they view the employment policies of President Barack Obama, and how those policies will affect HR. Here’s what they said, and here are 10 relevant pieces of legislation that probably will come into play in 2009. More…

Advertising jobs online has long been considered a fair and equal method of recruiting. But the data on who responds may indicate that there’s hidden bias in online recruiting. More…

The Supreme Court’s ruling that retaliation rises to the level of discrimination has employers scrambling to figure out the effects in the real world. More…