Here’s a handy guide on how you and your managers can steer clear of discrimination issues while your employees are awaiting their bundles of joy.   According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

The other employment laws have nothing on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Here’s why the FLSA is the employment law you’re most likely to violate. Look no further than the recent investigation...

Sexual harassment claims may be down overall, but these recent cases show it’s as expensive as ever to get caught on the wrong side of a harassment complaint.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

You know you need anti-sexual harassment policies — and this weird case shows you exactly why. Estrella Medina-Rivera worked as a part-time, on-call detention officer with MVM, a private firm that...

Responsible HR recordkeeping starts long before any job candidate walks through the door the first time, and doesn’t end until long after the person leaves. Myriad employment laws force you to keep...

An Arizona employer has learned just how painful it can be to get nailed for not following Family and Medical Leave Act regulations.   The case involves an employee named Peter Lyle, who was a truck driver...

A company hires an employee. Years later, HR learns he lied about being a drug and alcohol addict on his application. Can he be fired for his dishonesty? Read the dramatized version of this real-life case...

Here’s how to sink a winnable court case: Conduct a stellar complaint investigation, discipline those responsible, and then fire the complainer when she complains again. During her first months...

Some HR pros have become afraid of entering into “last chance” agreements with poor-performing staffers. But as one workplace expert notes, those agreements can be legal and helpful —...

If a doctor says an employee with a disability can’t perform the essential functions of his job, then guess what: You don’t have to accommodate him or her.   Frank Hohn was a locomotive machinist...