• Investigating Allegations of Harassment: Kathy Perkins
• Immigration Challenges and Enforcement: Chris Thomas
• What Can Save Employment and Labor Law? Philip Miscimarra

Generally, employers can require employees to treat customers with respect and consideration. But can they really require workers to fake it?

If you haven’t required supervisors to get HR involved in the approval process, you should. A supervisor’s informal accommodation can backfire otherwise, making it very hard to revoke the accommodation. That’s what happened in one recently filed lawsuit.

• Why you need to limit where remote work takes place, whether it happens regularly or occasionally.
• Learn why in most cases remote work isn’t a right, but sometimes is a required reasonable accommodation, including new rules for religious accommodations.
• Discover how to ascertain if one of your teleworkers is also working for another employer.
• Hybrid work doesn’t fix your remote-work legal problems–in fact, it could multiply them. Learn how to minimize the risk.
• Why you need harassment rules for telework NOW.
• Comply with laws that require you to pay remote and hybrid workers for the surprise expenses they incur on your behalf.
•Understand state and federal laws on timekeeping and breaks for remote staff.
• Learn how to properly classify remote workers as exempt vs. non-exempt, and employee vs. independent contractor.

Here’s what EEOC commissioner Kalpana Kotagal predicts for 2026.

We tend to think of national origin discrimination as discrimination against employees from countries other than America. The EEOC’s latest initiative, however, is aimed at national origin discrimination against American citizens.

• Laws and regulations regarding the use of AI in hiring.
• Practical tips when conducting pre-employment tests.
• Dos and don’ts when it comes to personality tests.
• Topics to avoid in interviews and applications.
• What you can ask in interviews, including noncompete agreements.
• Best practices surrounding background checks, credit checks and drug testing.

We have an employee on intermittent FMLA for a chronic health condition. They work a second (part-time job) and often call in because that job causes flare-ups in their condition. They discuss this with co-workers, causing resentment. Any suggestions you have as to how this should be handled would be greatly appreciated.

Salary history bans were once viewed as a niche reform, but new research from Boston University School of Law shows that they are materially reshaping compensation practices—and accelerating progress toward narrowing long-standing wage gaps.

Holiday shopping brings more than increased sales for retailers—it also increases the potential for workplace risks and workers’ comp claims. Melissa Burke, head of client experience and risk control for AmTrust Financial Services, offers several tips to help reduce the risks of costly injuries, illnesses and potential losses.