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Here are articles on hot employment law issues that effect managers and supervisors in everyday work situations for your ongoing learning. To search by specific workplace issues, we have also organized these articles into a list of FAQs.
When discrimination comes to mind, you may think that is always something like “I’m not hiring you because you are [...]
The firing of legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin from the New Yorker for jerking off during a meeting is only the grossest example of harassment [...]
You already know that sexual harassment hurts productivity and morale, damages reputations, ruins careers, leads to high rates of turnover, and can end up [...]
Six months ago, when COVID first hit the U.S., our eNews article was about showing respect for all those around us: essential workers onsite, [...]
Schools are back in session, with remote, in-person, and hybrid models. Parents and other caregivers are trying to juggle reduced bus schedules, alternate school [...]
Managers rarely tell employees they weren’t promoted because of their gender, race or age. Instead managers promote someone of a different gender, race or [...]
Gerald Bostock was an award-winning county employee in Georgia. After a decade of employment, he joined a gay softball league. As a result, he [...]
Rickey Moland, an African American, was hired as a production supervisor at a California manufacturer, responsible for about half of the employees at the [...]
Almost everything has changed, but one thing has not. Everyone wants to be treated with respect—now more than ever. Workers who need to work [...]
The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has caused many novel employment law problems, too. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued guidance on [...]