New legislation out of New York includes protection from gender identity or expression discrimination, as well as rising minimum wage and exempt salary levels.
As new gig economy options to hire employees emerge, employers may want to closely assess and proactively manage these methods to engage temporary workers.
Here’s an important and surprisingly easy way to avoid potentially catastrophic class-action pay discrimination litigation: Decentralize pay and promotion...
The Trump administration is using no-match letters to help enforce the president’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order. The program will continue in the spring...
If you’re determining whether an employee’s position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, take a page from these courts to start your analysis.
In a big win for employers, the National Labor Relations Board has adopted a broad definition to distinguish independent contractors from employees, making it difficult...
These recent court cases are a good reminder that under the Whistleblower Protection Act, employees have a legal right to blow the whistle without retaliation or...
Our employment law expert tackles intermittent FMLA, employee request to reduce hours and FMLA threshold compliance in this roundup of Ask the Attorney.
Recent DOL Opinion Letters bring back up the importance of the reasonable relationship test for exempt employees and how to use it to figure compensation.
Never discount the possibility that some of your supervisors may be completely clueless about the legal trouble they might cause while managing pregnant staff.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a pretty straightforward law. But are your organization's policies violating it? Answer the following six questions to see.
