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Here are articles on hot employment law issues that effect managers and supervisors in everyday work situations for your ongoing learning. To search by specific workplace issues, we have also organized these articles into a list of FAQs.
Posted 09-09-2013 One of the big issues facing employers today is: when can we discipline an employee for comments on social media sites? A very [...]
Posted 08-05-2013 Once again, we are reminded that analysis of a disability accommodation request must involve an interactive process with the employee, an individualized decision [...]
Posted 07-08-2013 The final week of June is usually busy at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices hurry to finish their opinions before July [...]
Posted 06-12-2013 Any day now, a decision is expected from the United States Supreme Court which may have wide-ranging implications for the exposure of employers [...]
Posted 05-09-2013 Some employers say that their workers are independent contractors, thereby dodging responsibility for providing benefits and paying taxes. But unless those workers are [...]
Posted 04-09-2013 When the CEOs of Yahoo and Best Buy recently announced the end of their telecommuting programs, a great debate erupted in the press, [...]
Posted 03-03-2013 Ana G. Fuentes Sanchez had worked for Swissport as a cleaning agent for about 18 months from 2007 to 2009, when she requested [...]
Posted 02-05-2013 Another football season has come to an end (joyfully, regrettably, or finally, depending upon your fan status)! So it's an ideal time for [...]
Posted 01-09-2013 NLRB On Social Media Comments By Non-Union Employees: Our Lead Trainer wrote an article last June about the National Labor Relations Board General [...]
Posted 12-12-2012 Do you think your employees would rather do anything else—even have dental surgery—instead of attend training? You may want to think again. New [...]