Labor & Employment

For Government Contractors, New Veteran and Disability Hiring Rules

Applicants must be asked to self-identify, and employers must come up with ratio of applicants to hires in the protected categories.

Carrying voluntary liability insurance as a protective measure would help companies avoid the difficult circumstance that Adair Grain, Inc. and […]

Two recent settlements for U.S. retailers found that the companies, in their diligence at authorizing employee working credentials, used methods […]

For employers, the most important provision in the Affordable Care Act will be the play-or-pay mandate. It requires employers with […]

Governor Rick Perry has signed a law that makes it more difficult to sue an employer for negligent hiring based […]

Two proposed OSHA rules limiting worker silica exposure could affect 2.2 million workers. Reduction in permissible exposure limit would vary […]

While offering employees unlimited vacation days is rising in popularity, some critics say that the lack of guidelines for time […]

Attention is once again focused on working conditions for interns, with the death in London…

Several consulting firms have announced they plan to create private insurance exchanges for employers, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation […]

The company will quit offering healthcare coverage to spouses who have access to coverage at their own workplace. A Towers […]