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Chick-fil-A is widely known as the fast-food restaurant chain that honors the Sunday Sabbath by closing all locations on Sundays. But what about making reasonable accommodations for other religions with different Sabbath days?

In a stunningly large settlement, the EEOC has made clear that it will insist on employers making reasonable accommodations for the religious needs of its employees.

The U.S. Supreme Court accepted a case in which it will decide if employees can sue their employers directly for sex discrimination under Title IX of a federal law that protects students and employees from sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.

A new Department of Labor (DOL) opinion letter clarifies the conditions under which employees classified as exempt from overtime can perform work duties that commonly are performed by hourly employees

I have an employee who recently told HR he has autism. He didn’t ask for an accommodation but has been increasingly missing work. What can I do?

It’s summertime and the local high schools are out. With household budgets tight this year, chances are some of the older teens will be looking for a summer job.

Compare this approach with yours and see what improvements you can make.

We live and work in an increasingly uncivil environment. Discourse is coarser, insults fly quicker. And the predictable result has been a sharp increase in workplace harassment lawsuits and with them expensive settlements or runaway jury awards.

That decision may cost his employer hundreds of thousands of dollars – all because he wasn’t trained properly on making reasonable accommodations under the ADA.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has just published revised rules for employers who offer or want to offer their employees educational benefits like tuition reimbursement or employer provided student loan repayment assistance.