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New proposed regulations on heat breaks may make employers liable for overtime they didn’t see coming. Now is the time to review your policies to make sure they comply with DOL FLSA rules on paid and unpaid breaks.

Many employers haven’t yet revamped their policies in light of 2023's Supreme Court ruling—and that’s triggering a flurry of EEOC complaints and religious-discrimination lawsuits.

Too many HR files consist of fat folders, organized one per employee, with the most recent documentation at the front and everything dating back to Day One behind it.

The Department of Labor isn’t buying the AI-will-soon-replace-HR argument. In new guidance, the DOL maintains that human oversight is still necessary when it comes to complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act and the FMLA.

Employers continue to struggle with determining whether a worker can be classified as an exempt worker, and rightly so--it’s a confusing issue.

Your stressed-out, burned-out employees may pose a risk that runs deeper than poor productivity and lousy morale. They could become targets of foreign interests.

In late June, human resource executives and leaders gathered in Chicago for the Society of Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Expo. With hundreds of sessions hosted over four days, we gathered some of the top advice that speakers presented to the 25,000 attendees.

Can you explain the new overtime rule that took effect July 1? We are in the restaurant industry. Would the rule apply to chefs and restaurant general managers?

At one time or another, most employees you manage will have personal problems that hinder their job performance. There are several factors, HR and managers must keep in mind, including legal concerns.

The political landscape in the United States has rarely been so polarized. Uncivil rhetoric flows in both directions across the political spectrum, with zero tolerance for those who disagree. It’s inevitable that some of the rancor will spill into the workplace.