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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.
Schools are back in session, with remote, in-person, and hybrid models. Parents and other caregivers are trying to juggle reduced bus schedules, alternate school [...]
Managers rarely tell employees they weren’t promoted because of their gender, race or age. Instead managers promote someone of a different gender, race or [...]
Gerald Bostock was an award-winning county employee in Georgia. After a decade of employment, he joined a gay softball league. As a result, he [...]
Rickey Moland, an African American, was hired as a production supervisor at a California manufacturer, responsible for about half of the employees at the [...]
Almost everything has changed, but one thing has not. Everyone wants to be treated with respect—now more than ever. Workers who need to work [...]
The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has caused many novel employment law problems, too. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued guidance on [...]
With more than 125,000 cases around the world, the new coronavirus, COVID-19, is a serious public health threat. While the vast majority of the [...]
One of the most difficult sexual harassment concepts for many people to grasp is implied quid pro quo. Explicit quid pro quo is where [...]
In the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp, a number of states have expanded the time limits for targets of harassment to bring legal charges. [...]
The chief doctor at a hospital recently was accused of sexual harassment. His defense: the attraction was mutual. She consented. He allegedly had sex [...]