Anniken Davenport is a noted employment law attorney and the editor of The HR Specialist state employment law newsletter series. She has authored several books, including Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook and The Employer's Practical Legal Guide. Anniken has served as a professor at Penn State University, where she taught business law and HR management, and she directed the Legal Studies Program at Wilson College. Her legal career includes representing government units in discrimination and other employment law cases and representing school districts in labor negotiations.
President-elect Joe Biden will overhaul the Department of Labor and federal agencies while pushing for legislation on the minimum wage, paid leave, healthcare, organized...
New CDC guidelines update the “close contact” definition. Employers will have to incorporate the new definition into contact tracing and return to work plans for...
COVID-19 vaccinations, if employer-mandated, will force employers to answer medical or religious accommodation requests under the ADA and Title VII. Preparing now can...
How to classify remote workers probably wasn’t on your mind when governors began shutting down in the spring. If you were a so-called non-essential business, you had...
Essential handbook revisions made in 2020 will protect employers in 2021. Handbooks must contain revised Title VII guidance on sexual orientation/identity...
Employers have a responsibility to report confirmed, work-related coronavirus cases to OSHA if they meet OSHA standards. OSHA expects employers to make a good faith...
The pandemic's 6-month stretch has made temporary telework situations more difficult to accommodate, leaving employers wondering when an employee qualifies for paid...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, employers must have an emergency plan to quickly adapt to changes. Without proper risk management, employers can be caught off-guard...
Terminating workers based solely on productivity may reinforce already existing discrimination. Employees have protections under Title VII and the FFCRA.
If you haven't set up a formal telecommuting agreement, now is the time. Here's three often forgotten, but important, topics to include in your policy.
It’s one of the hardest decisions an employer has to make. COVID-19 presents accommodation challenges for vulnerable workers. Here are some tools to prevent litigation.
Leave laws have seen a lot of change this year. There are now three distinct types of FMLA leave available, depending on the size of the employer and worker service....
