Employment Law (178)
Marriage Equality Ruling Also Impacts HR Policies
- Sunday, 05 July 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
The U.S. Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage to be legal in all 50 states. While the ruling may not change most existing HR practices, some companies may need to revisit both their HR and legal policies – especially when it comes to applying benefits to married (and perhaps unmarried) same-sex couples. So reports Corporate Counsel.
Read more...Presidential Rule Change Raises Overtime Pay Threshold
- Sunday, 05 July 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
In an effort to make good on his second-term promise to narrow the nation’s widening income gap and help bolster the fortunes of the struggling middle class, President Obama raised the threshold at which millions of hourly employees are eligible for overtime pay. So reports Business Insider.
Read more...U.S. Firms, Employees Trying to Beat Visa Lottery Odds
- Sunday, 07 June 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
It’s becoming like the competition for entry to elite Ivy League colleges. This year, a record 233,000 applications were filed for the coveted HB-1 visas for skilled foreign workers – for a total of 85,000 available slots (a quota set by Congress). So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie in Discrimination Suit Centered on a Hijab
- Sunday, 07 June 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
In a case being hailed as a landmark by religious advocacy groups, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an unusual 8-1 decision against high-end retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. The case involved a prospective employee who claimed she was refused employment because she wore a hijab, or headscarf favored by some Muslim women. So reports Politico.
Read more...Foreign Worker Visa System Under Review
- Friday, 01 May 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
As the nation’s economy improves and hiring has returned to pre-recession levels, the number of work visas granted annually to foreign workers is once again under the microscope and a subject of fierce debate. So reports Workforce.com.
Read more...LGBT Employees Still Subject to Legal Discrimination in 31 States
- Friday, 01 May 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
Even as the U.S. Supreme Court debates whether to make marriage equality the law of the land, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is not expressly prohibited in civil rights statutes in more than half the country. So reports Vox.
Read more...Title VII Retaliation Case Slapped Down By Texas Court
- Thursday, 16 April 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
In a ruling that could influence what constitutes a “hostile work environment” under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas upheld a lower court’s judgment in favor of an employer (the City of Houston) that had been sued by an employee who claimed he was demoted because he’d filed a complaint about an offensive racial remark made by his supervisor. So reports JD Supra Business Advisor.
Read more...How Does Your Firm Help Employees Recovering from Addiction?
- Thursday, 16 April 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
Eighty years after the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, addiction to alcohol and other substances (both legal and illicit) remains a systemic illness.
Read more...Monitoring Employee's Personal Email May Be Fair Game
- Saturday, 04 April 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
In order to ensure a tight ship, some companies reserve the right to monitor employee web activity and email - both work and personal. So reports Main Street.
Read more...Employment Law Update: Some Good Advice to Accept... Or Ignore
- Sunday, 25 January 2015
- Employment Law
- Written by PHRM News
Speaking of “do’s and don’ts,” the beginning of the year is a good time to review some employment law precepts, which continue to evolve. So reports LexisNexis Newsroom.
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