Takeaway: Many employers allow employees to use their personal cellphones to conduct business, and few have policies governing that data. In this case, a Texas federal court denied an employer summary judgment... Read more »
In light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month, employers may need to examine and modify their policies on religious accommodations. The ruling makes it harder for employers to deny employees’ requests... Read more »
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering measures that would expand the state Equal Pay Law and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The following is a summary of the latest developments. Senate Bill... Read more »
?A growing number of states have banned noncompete agreements, leaving employers to grapple with a patchwork of different state-level requirements and federal actions. “We are seeing a very clear trend of increasing... Read more »
?At a tech conference last fall, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced his desire to increase the company’s productivity by 20 percent. Pichai offered an example of how he would accomplish this goal:... Read more »
?The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has postponed the deadline for employers to file their 2022 EEO-1 reports, which list workforce demographic data, including race and sex. An announcement on the... Read more »
?Few people, from the summer intern right up to the boardroom elite, like workplace meetings. Case in point: Billionaire Mark Cuban once told Inc. magazine, “The only way you’re going to get... Read more »
Martyna Jasinska, an HR specialist and recruiter with ePassportphoto.com, had a problem. She needed to dismiss an employee, and while she could usually approach these types of situations with empathy, she was... Read more »
?Citing long hours and excessive workloads, more than one-third of U.S. workers (34 percent) say their mental health is declining, according to a recent survey from The Conference Board. The survey of... Read more »
?Because women continue to bear most of the burdens of caregiving, many have benefitted from the flexibility of hybrid and remote work, which has allowed them to remain part of the full-time... Read more »