Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Takes Effect Today

?The obligation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to provide reasonable accommodations for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions kicks in today. We’ve gathered articles on the... Read more »

Lasting Impressions: Upgrade Your Offboarding

?HR professionals focus a lot of time and effort on first impressions for new hires. And while it’s important to create a positive day-one employee experience, an employee’s last impression—how you make... Read more »

Time to Display Revised Workplace Posters

?Due to new rights granted under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), employers must display a new version of workplace... Read more »

Vague Allegations of Discrimination Doom Claim

?An employee’s vague claims of discriminatory conduct toward himself and others are insufficient to prove either discrimination or retaliation, a federal district court ruled. The court granted the employer’s motion for summary... Read more »

How to Improve Remote Employees’ Well-Being

?Before the pandemic, about 20 percent of HubSpot’s 7,000 employees worked remotely. At the end of 2021, the cloud-based software developer, which is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., decided to go all-in on... Read more »

Awareness Helps Counteract Implicit Biases

?Knowing their own implicit biases can help HR and managers avoid making mistakes in hiring and promotion decisions. Implicit biases are unconscious assumptions that underlie your attitudes toward certain people, groups or... Read more »

Case Study: Feedback Tech Tools Can Spur Employee, Company Success

?Connecting managers with employees has always been an important component of employee and, ultimately, company success. Tools that deliver two-way feedback with speed and ease of use are critical in today’s fast-paced... Read more »

When Your Workplace Is a Hostile Work Environment, and When It’s Not

?Employees frequently complain about a “hostile work environment,” leaving it to HR to distinguish whether a situation involves potentially unlawful conduct, bad behavior or just the ordinary stresses of the workday. “A... Read more »

Colorado Enacts Law Stopping Employers from Requesting Age-Related Information

?On June 2, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA), prohibiting employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s age during the hiring process. JAFA’s enactment adds... Read more »

Attorneys Resign After Leak of Offensive Emails

?Two founding partners resigned from a Los Angeles law firm after their former law firm released a slew of emails showing their use of racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ slurs. John Barber and... Read more »