No-Fault Points-Based Attendance Policy May Violate ADA

?Takeaway: This ruling should give employers pause before implementing a no-fault points-based attendance policy. ?AutoZone stores may have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they maintained a no-fault points-based attendance... Read more »

New Jersey Edges Closer to Implementing Landmark WARN Law

?A bill advancing in the New Jersey Legislature would expedite the implementation of significant changes to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) law, which requires employers to provide notice 60... Read more »

New York City Bill Would Abolish At-Will Employment

?Legislation proposed in New York City would prohibit employers from terminating employees without just cause. It would also ban the use of electronic monitoring in discharging or disciplining employees. We have rounded... Read more »

How People Managers Managed Their Way Through 2022

?Nearly three years into a global pandemic, people managers remain on the front lines of a tumultuous world of work. They are often the first to respond to the year’s biggest workplace... Read more »

‘Tis the Season for Employers to Address Skyrocketing Stress

?Levels of burnout and anxiety are already high this year as an ongoing pandemic, social unrest and other stressors continue to take their toll on employees’ emotional well-being. Now comes the latest... Read more »

Justices Appear Split on Case Involving LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedoms

?The U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided during oral arguments Dec. 5 in a case that centered on anti-discrimination policies when they conflict with religious freedoms in public accommodations. It’s unclear when the... Read more »

Circle K to Pay 8 Million for Disability, Pregnancy and Retaliation Charges

?Circle K Stores Inc. agreed to pay $8 million after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accused the company of failing to provide reasonable accommodations to and retaliating against workers with... Read more »

TV Co-Hosts’ Involvement Raises Workplace Romance Questions

?The rumored romantic involvement of Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, co-hosts of ABC’s midday news hour, “GMA3: What You Need to Know,” is thrusting workplace romance back into the spotlight. Robach and... Read more »

46% of Workers Wouldn’t Recommend Their Job or Field to Youngsters

?Would you recommend your job or career field to your children or other young people you care about? No, said nearly half of 3,400 employees—including managers—around the globe. And more than one-third... Read more »

Federal Law Prohibiting Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims Not Retroactive

?A new federal law invalidating pre-dispute arbitration agreements for sexual harassment and sexual assault claims does not apply retroactively, a New Jersey appeals court recently confirmed. In Zuluaga v. Altice USA, the... Read more »