A flurry of lawsuits over botched severance agreements has prompted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to issue a guide that can help keep employers out of trouble. More…
A New York company recently learned an expensive lesson about wage and benefits discrimination. More…
The federal government just released the interim final regulations covering the Mental Health Parity Act. That means you have about 60 days before the regs become official. More…
The feds may soon require you to give employees the ability to enroll in individual direct-deposit retirement savings accounts. More…
Now here’s a guy who’s really against paying workers overtime. More…
We occasionally report workplace behavior that’s so odd that it sounds made up. Except it’s not. Today’s story: A company fires a single mother after she stays home a day to care for a child with a contagious disease. And it’s even worse than it sounds. More…
It can be tricky for companies to understand exactly what is — and isn’t — OK under the FLSA. To test your knowledge of what employers can do when issuing furloughs, respond True or False to the following: More…
It pays to double check that you’ve classified employees properly so nobody’s short OT wages. Here are 500,000 reasons why: More…
Finally! Several weeks after the DOL extended the COBRA subsidy, it’s released model notices for employers. More…
An employee on workers’ comp said his duties were limited because of a back injury. However, a video showed otherwise. More…
