LEGAL: Expensive lessons learned in Form I-9 and discrimination violations
When an employer violates I-9 paperwork or discrimination requirements, either USCIS (for paperwork violations) or the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment...
⊕LEGAL: Broad company policies can create big problems, whether in handbooks or not
Several recent cases dramatically illustrate the need for careful company drafting of its employment policies, even though some are not related to employee handbooks....
Legal Perspective: Using comparator analysis to a company’s advantage
It is relatively rare for an employee to show workplace discrimination by direct proof
Cookeville – Employment discrimination...
⊕ LEGAL: Health reform update: U.S. Supreme Court considers a second opportunity to limit...
On March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in King v. Burwell, the second major case testing the future of the Affordable Care...
LEGAL: Should you fire employees who present new Social Security number?
There is a provision in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services "Handbook for Employers, Guidance for Completing Form I-9," which deals with a situation...
LEGAL: OSHA takes controversial positions on transgender restroom issues at work
Many employers may not realize that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates in some ways the use of toilet facilities at work....