Walmart Adds Financial Literacy Education Benefit

In recent months, Walmart has beefed up mental health benefits, doubling the number of therapy and mental health coaching sessions it provides to all workers and their dependents. Now it’s focusing on... Read more »

The ADA Turns 33: Reflecting on Progress Made, Challenges That Remain

​Upon its passage in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) established workplace protections, boosted economic self-sufficiency and expanded employment opportunities for millions of people with disabilities. However, disability-rights advocates say employers... Read more »

Uber Loses Its Challenge to Collective PAGA Standing

​Employees can continue pursuing their collective claims over labor violations even when their individual claims go to arbitration, the California Supreme Court recently ruled. In Adolph v. Uber Technologies, the court concluded... Read more »

10 Pitfalls When Granting Costly Trainings to Employees in Germany

​Employee retention and training employees to cope with the rapidly changing work environment is becoming increasingly important for companies across the globe. Within their employment relationships, employees in Germany enjoy a broad... Read more »

South Africa: Address Workplace ‘Doping’ with ADHD Drugs

​Globally, there is a rising trend in the misuse of prescription drugs, including those used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), such as Ritalin and Adderall. While previous research largely centered... Read more »

Indonesia Issues Guidelines on Preventing Sexual Violence in the Workplace

With increasing reports of sexual violence in Indonesia over the last three years, and the enactment of Law No. 12 of 2022 (the Sexual Violence Law), which created specific offenses for sexual violence,... Read more »

Public Employee Can Contest Loyalty Oath on Religious Grounds

​Takeaway: The defendant argued that it could not accommodate the plaintiff because this would violate state law. The court found that federal law has supremacy over state law, and thus the failure... Read more »

Worker Who Didn’t Apply for Position Loses Failure-to-Promote Claim

​Takeaway: This case clarifies that an employee must apply for a position in order to claim that she was not selected for it. At the same time, another court might find it... Read more »

An ‘AI Summer’ in California?

​What’s in store for artificial intelligence (AI) in California? Will there be an “AI summer” hiatus as the state assembly recommends, or will legislation and regulatory proposals go forging ahead? Regardless of... Read more »

How to Manage Excessive Employee Social Media Use at Work

​Just in case you thought your employees—including those in the HR department—are working diligently for 40 hours each week, new data indicates that time spent on social media during work hours is... Read more »