Labor & Employment

Amazon To Pay Warehouse Workers To Quit

Employees at Amazon’s fulfillment center who aren’t satisfied with their jobs will be offered as much as $5,000 to quit, […]

Ex-Employees Took Trade Secrets, AlixPartners Claims In Delaware Suit

Two former managing directors resigned, joined a competing firm and, according to allegations in a lawsuit filed by AlixPartners LLP […]

France Bans After-Work Emails For One Million Managers

A million workers in France will have to put down their Blackberrys and pick up a glass of Bordeaux, as […]

Narrow Is The Gate For Workplace Gossip Policies

What some employers might consider a benign attempt to protect against hurt feelings or just harmless institutional boosterism …

Providing Disaster or Hardship Assistance to Employees

The Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 enables employers to fund relief programs through charitable organizations aimed at […]

Safety and Health Audits Can be Roadmap for Regulators

While a safety audit improves safety and reduces liability risk, it also creates evidence. In the event of an accident […]

Tech Giants Negotiating In $9 Billion Lost Wages Class-Action

Some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech firms are in settlement talks over a class-action lost wages case that could have […]

Gender Pay Gap Targeted By Executive Actions, Senate Vote

Federal contractors will be prohibited from taking action against employees who inquire about or discuss how much money they make […]

Employers Seeking to Curb Employee Mobile Phone Use at Work? Don’t Use Illegal Signal Jammer – FCC is “Listening”

As a Houston manufacturer found out when the FCC showed up, employers may adopt a policy restricting personal phone calls and texting, but installation of a signal jammer to prevent employees from accessing the network is unlawful and can subject the employer to significant penalties.

Shame On Who? Responding to Union Corporate Campaigns, Protests, and Bannering

More employers are adopting a head-on method to counter aggressive union corporate campaigns, which can prove fruitful particularly if the union’s claims are false or misleading to the public or when the company has nothing to do with the alleged “dispute.”

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