The on-demand economy. The on-line gig workforce. Employees vs. independent contractors. These expressions are more and more frequently part of the business vernacular.

Similar to a law passed in Indiana last year that allowed companies to refuse services to individuals or groups that they feel are in violation of their religious beliefs, the Georgia Senate recently passed a bill that allows religiously affiliated groups to refuse to allow their property to be used by individuals whose behavior they find objectionable. So reports The Huffington Post.

With much of the East Coast and Middle Atlantic states blanketed in snow recently, questions invariably arise as to how employees should be compensated when offices are closed.

In an effort to get to some of the root causes of the persistent disparities in compensation for men and women in the U.S., the Obama administration announced a plan to require large corporations (100 or more employees) to start submitting pay data according to gender. So reports The Wall Street Journal.