While HR professionals are well aware that handbooks and policies need regular updating, we often overlook other important documents. For example, when is the last time that your company updated its employment application?
On February 26, the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) rescinded its "Voluntary Guidelines" and "Compensation Standards" and issued a new Compensation Directive detailing fundamental changes to compensation investigation procedures.
On February 26, the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an interim final rule and requested comments on regulations providing procedures for employees to report claims of employer retaliation under the Affordable Care Act.
United States District Judge Leslie Kobayashi recently granted summary judgment on an employee's claim of sexual harassment based on inappropriate conduct by a dialysis patient.
An employee should have a trial on claims that she was terminated due to her age and sex in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII).
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania recently granted an employer's summary judgment motion in a case the EEOC filed challenging the company's practice of conducting random drug and alcohol testing on probationary employees.
Counsel for 862 individuals in a decertified collective action against 24 Hour Fitness have filed a motion seeking court approval of a settlement agreement related to the plaintiffs' Fair Labor Standards Act claims.
Seventy-five percent of job candidates who submitted applications for employment over the past year failed to hear anything from prospective employers, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive.