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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.
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), Tampa-based Brandon Dermatology violated the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) by asking [...]
Two 2022 cases—both won by employers—demonstrate the limits of free speech at private sector employers. (Public employees have some First Amendment [...]
Gravity Diagnostics in Covington, Kentucky celebrated its employees’ birthdays by throwing them parties. Kevin Berling had worked for the company for [...]
Lori Hanson, a regional director with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, reported suspected child neglect and prostitution at the hotel [...]
Effective March 3, 2022, employers can no longer require employees to arbitrate claims of sexual harassment or sexual assault. On March [...]
After 25 years at the Chicago Park District and a number of promotions, Lydia Vega was fired in 2012 for [...]
Can an employer be liable for discrimination if an employee’s subordinate harbors the discriminatory bias? When an employee brings a [...]
In what the New York Times described as “one of the largest claw backs in the history of corporate America”, [...]
Even in 2021, racial harassment still persists in the workplace. In fiscal year 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [...]
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have announced [...]