The Supreme Court has already ruled on a number of employment law cases this year. The next topic on its agenda: pregnancy discrimination.
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Tags: PDA, pension, pregnancy, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, retirement, Supreme Court
The law gives certain protections to employees with addictions. A recent court ruling clears up some confusion about what’s protected.
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Tags: ADA, alcoholic employee, alcoholism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family & Medical Leave Act, FMLA, substance abuse
Non-compete agreements usually cover a short timeframe. But this company asked its CEO not to compete with the firm after he dies.
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Tags: CEO, noncompete, severance, Shaw
A new bill would make it tougher to use independent contractors and ramp up penalties for violations of the tax regs.
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Tags: House of Representatives, independent contractors, IRS
Congress’s new genetic discrimination law looks like it has a narrow focus — but could any companies really find themselves in a lawsuit over it?
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Tags: genetic information, GINA, HIPAA
It’s a complicated question for HR: What happens to unused PTO when an employee is terminated?
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Tags: Maryland, PTO, use it or lose it
Many employers offer tuition assistance for work-related education. Normally, they include a rule saying employees have to pay back the money if they leave the company within a certain time frame. But collecting on that promise can bring legal headaches. Here’s how you can avoid them.
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Even though most companies offer paid sick time anyway, will HR face new problems if this becomes the law?
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Tags: paid leave, part-timers, sick days, state laws
If you let employees donate extra PTO to their co-workers, watch out for these legal pitfalls.
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Tags: Discrimination, donated PTO, leave-sharing, medical emergencies
Think FMLA is tough to handle? Here’s how one state almost passed a law giving workers paid leave to watch baseball games.
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Tags: abuse, baseball, fishing, hunting, paid leave, sick days
