Labor and Employment

Welcome 2014: Five Employment Law Trends You Need to Know

Five hot topics that we think are worthy of watching in 2014.

Internal EEO Investigations Are Useful But Have Their Limitations

Internal investigations are essential for companies to protect themselves in court, as well as  to demonstrate to employees that policies […]

A Bad Idea That Won’t Go Way

How did it get so popular? What were they thinking? Why doesn’t it disappear?

Walmart Manager Fired For Chasing Thieves

A manager at a Florida Walmart was fired this week for  “violation of store policy,” after he followed out of […]

Stricter Worker Privacy Regulations Trending In 2014

New laws going into effect in 2014 suggest two major accelerating trends in workplace privacy: Legislators and enforcement agencies will […]

Europe’s Army Of The Unemployed

More than 26 million people are officially listed as unemployed in the Eurozone, which equates to an unemployment rate of […]

Resistance To The Anti-Disparagement Termination Deal

Many settlement agreements with fired employees contain clauses meant to prevent ex-workers from disparaging their former companies or bosses. But […]

Study: Workplace Wellness Programs Oversold

A Rand Corporation study of one company’s wellness programs found mixed results when it measured a purported benefit of such […]

Hot Stock: Attractive CEOs See Higher Assigned Share Values

A University of Wisconsin study found that a good-looking CEO has real and immediate benefits for a company: Attractive CEOs […]

NLRB Won’t Push Union Poster Rule

Businesses are claiming an important victory in a case many see as decisive in their effort to curtail burdensome workplace […]

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