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A recent court ruling related to FMLA leave and pregnancy holds vital lessons for employers.

The ADA doesn’t set a time limit for the reasonable accommodations process, but assumes that everybody will act in good faith. So when the process takes too long, the employee can sue, alleging failure to accommodate.

Teens can ask a question and get an instant (sometimes inaccurate) answer. Couple that with government websites designed to provide teens with accurate information about their rights, and you have a recipe for a PR nightmare.

We provide company cell phones for our employees. Sometimes it can be a hassle to use two phones, the company and personal. If we decided to have our employees use their personal cell phones, could that be a jeopardy for the company?

A May 20 internal announcement ends a long-standing practice of payments in so-called “dual filing” states that have their own anti-discrimination laws when those two kinds of discrimination claims are raised.

The total number of workplace injuries may be declining, but the risks—and associated costs—are growing more complex.

With this year marked by economic uncertainty, some employers have chosen to offer smaller pay increases. That may lead to dissatisfaction among workers still contending with the effects of inflation and rising costs.

It may be tempting to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies entirely. But before you do so, consider the potential unintended consequences, especially if you lay off everyone you hired to run the programs. Those sidelined employees who were supposed to help you create a diverse workplace may sue you.

Under increasing pressure, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has entered the next phase of immigration enforcement—strict scrutiny of Forms I-9 and workplace raids.

We offer employees a pay advance of up to 60 hours or PTO if they want to use paid time off before having earned it. What happens if they quit or are terminated before earning that advance payment back? Can we simply deduct the amount from their last check without their specific consent?