Human Resources

“Ban-The-Box” Laws Becoming The Norm

July 18, 2013

State and local laws prohibiting or severely restricting inquiries about criminal history on an employment application, so-called ban-the-box laws…

Extreme Disproportion: E-Discovery in Employment Litigation

July 17, 2013

In most employment litigation, the employee possesses very little information potentially relevant to the case, while the employer’s potentially huge […]

OSHA Will Target Exits

July 17, 2013

One of the most frequent citations in the retail and hospitality industries is likely to get more frequent.

When The N-Word Gets Launched At Work

July 16, 2013

This post looks at a number of recent cases where the word had been used in the workplace, sometimes once, […]

OSHA’s New Priorities

July 15, 2013

OSHA has released its Semiannual Agenda of Regulations, the list of regulations the Department of Labor expects to consider in […]

Complex Benefits Questions Raised By DOMA Decision

July 10, 2013

The complexities of same-sex marriage benefits are made clear in this post, and there are many of them. Several federal […]

Confidentialty And Disparagement

July 10, 2013

The NLRB has held that confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in an employment agreement were not acceptable. The employees, who were […]

Is Stealing Company Documents Protected Activity?

July 9, 2013

After discovering that an employee has stolen or downloaded confidential information, a course of action that seems obvious  – investigation […]

Questioning An Unsustainable Relic In U.S. Healthcare

July 8, 2013

Commentator Ross Douthat writing in the New York Times makes the case that the compromise resulting in Obamacare included an […]

Avoiding Pitfalls With Staffing Agencies And Independent Contractors

July 8, 2013

Two key practices to keep in mind: Draw up a  detailed agreement that includes a list of the contracting party’s […]

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