Racial bias: Black applicant told to remove braids to ‘look more professional’ receives $100K

Not every sign-on bonus belongs in the overtime calculation – and a recent federal case out of Virginia shows why. A fired employee fi...

A federal appeals court has ruled that an employer can violate the FMLA even without denying an employee’s request for FMLA leave. How...

Staying on top of compliance is no small feat these days. For HR pros, especially those at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with li...

Dangerous work and employees with disabilities aren’t always a bad mix. In fact, these employees often can do a stellar job, sometimes wi...

Question: Do employees have to be paid for the time spent booting up and shutting down computers? Though the question sounds quite simp...

A new DOL opinion letter addresses off-the-clock work, rounding policies, and the de minimis defense – and the conclusions should prompt ...