What Should HR Consider When Hiring a Minor? Many employers enjoy giving young people access to good jobs and opportunities. However, there are some essential employment laws...
FTC Votes to Ban Most Noncompetes Do you use a noncompete agreement at your workplace? According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), around 30 million...
DOL Releases Updates on Overtime Salary Threshold The news we’ve all been patiently (or impatiently) waiting for is finally here! The DOL has announced that it...
EEOC Guidelines for AI in the Workplace In 2023, iTutorGroup, an online learning platform based out of China, used an Artificial Intelligence (AI) recruitment software that...
EEOC Announces Final Rule on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule on The Pregnant Workers...
Organizations: Know Immediately Whenever HR and Employment Laws Change Estimated reading time: 4 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at HRdirect, a trusted...
Employer Requirements Under USERRA In 2023, LeRoy Torres, an army reservist and Texas state trooper, was awarded $2.49 million in a USERRA lawsuit....
OFCCP Announces Plan to Open Contractor Portal for Compliance Tracking The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) defines Affirmative Action as “the obligation on the part of the...
Creating an Effective EEO Statement: 16 Helpful Samples The purpose of an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) statement is to comply with EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) law...
How Does the DOL Recoup Back Pay? Imagine how difficult and frustrating it would be if you didn’t get paid for a day, a week, or...
Acceptable Documents and Receipts for Form I-9 The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, regulated by the Department of Homeland Security, aims to control illegal...
4 Things HR Is NOT (AKA, Employee Questions You Shouldn’t Answer) In your HR role, people probably ask you for help or advice about things that are, frankly, not in...
Common FMLA Mistakes Candice Gardner, a local government employee in Alabama was not reinstated after her FMLA leave had come to an...
HIPAA vs. FERPA: What’s the Difference? HIPAA and FERPA often get confused because they are both national laws that protect private information. The main difference...
DOL Proposes Rule to Enhance Regulations for Registered Apprenticeships Especially in the construction and skilled trades sectors, HR professionals at many small businesses (SMBs) rely on apprenticeships to...
EEO and OFCCP Compliance for Recruiters: What to Know and Do Like it or not, recruiters need to be experts on a raft of regulations to avoid legal troubles. A...
EEO and OFCCP Compliance for Recruiters: What to Know and What To Do Like it or not, recruiters need to be experts on a raft of regulations to avoid legal troubles. A...
What Is Reasonable Accommodation? In 2012, Vitas HealthCare in Miami paid $65,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit and agreed to amend its...
5 Signs Your Office Is Not OSHA Compliant No one should have to face injury or death to receive a paycheck. Congress created The Occupational Safety and...
How to Fill Out Form W-4 in 2024 Form W-4 is crucial to employee tax reporting and employer withholding. This form got a major overhaul from the...