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Decision-maker who is in the dark about complaint may be best person to investigate misconduct Employers often struggle with how to discipline an employee who has engaged in misconduct but who has also filed a complaint, such as a harassment or...

The newest version of the Form I-9 will be made available by Nov. 22, 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced. Employers may continue using the current version of Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/2013 until Jan. 21,...

It won’t be a picnic telling a worker who has long been salaried, never had to punch a time card and often worked after hours that all that’s going to change. But when the U.S. Department of Labor publishes its final overtime rule (which happened...

The U.S Labor Department (USDOL) has finally released the anxiously awaited revised regulations affecting certain kinds of employees who may be treated as exempt from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and minimum-wage...

Every employer must face and resolve the question of whether its labor force is comprised of employees or independent contractors. Misclassifying employees in the wrong category has significant and dire consequences. Failing to properly classify...

Here’s a good problem to have: You have an amazing team of employees. You value them for their unique skills and abilities to move your company and its purpose to heights that were once not even imaginable. But just because your employees are...

The Supreme Court added another layer of constitutional protection to public employees’ political expression on April 26, ruling that the First Amendment protects a worker who was demoted over a misperception about his political leanings. The...

Date: March 1, 2016 In a first-of-its-kind decision, a federal court recently upheld the right of employees to sue their employer for allegedly cutting employee hours to less than 30 hours per week to avoid offering health insurance under the...