At-Home Online Training Must Be Paid

  • August 17, 2009

Online training programs eliminate the hassle of trying to schedule a convenient time for employees to be trained. This means employees may end up taking the training...

Can we implement an anti-nepotism policy?

  • August 16, 2009

Q. To prevent productivity and morale problems, we would like to adopt a policy stating the company will not hire the spouses of current employees. Would this be lawful?

Charitable donation OK in lieu of union dues

  • August 16, 2009

Some employees’ religious beliefs forbid them to belong to labor unions. Because, like employers, unions may not discriminate on the basis of religion, they must...

Reduced hours and WARN: Are we liable?

  • August 02, 2009

Q. Due to the poor economy, we recently cut one of our manufacturing shift’s hours by 60%. This will continue indefinitely. We gave the affected employees two...