Labor and Employment

Texas Makes It Easier to Hire Ex-Convicts

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 […]

Employers who want to stay out of court are advised to analyze carefully the differences between practices that are acceptable, given the situation..

With 2013 shaping up to be one of the deadliest years ever for cell tower workers, federal regulators are considering […]

The majority opinion, written by Justice Alito, is more nuanced…

Unions may organize groups of employees in a single workplace, creating “micro” bargaining units, after the U.S. Court of Appeals […]