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Q Can a pregnant employee start her 14 weeks of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave before delivery, and if so, will this shorten her amount of postpartum leave? The FMLA guarantees 12 weeks of unpaid leave within...
Q If we send an employee to another country for a three-month assignment, are we required to pay overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), or can we just pay a daily rate? Must we follow the pay regulations of...
Employers have recently prevailed in several cases across the country in which employees have attacked diversity training and other workplace initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), indicating that...
Ever since COVID eased a few years ago, employers have been exploring what the post-pandemic workplace should look like—fully in office, fully remote, or hybrid. The question remains unsettled, as organizations have...
The anguish of a layoff doesn’t end when the last of the departing employees are gone. Those workers left behind present a new problem for employers to tackle: survivor guilt. A recent survey from learning and engagement...
In June 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers denied a Norwegian tourist entry into the United States. According to the traveler, CBP officers demanded access to his cell phone and expressed concern...
June was National Internet Safety Month, and if you missed it, consider this your annual reminder to train your employees on recognizing Internet scams, avoiding providing sensitive employee and company data, and taking...
As many readers are certainly aware, President Donald Trump has resumed and intensified immigration enforcement efforts. In the most recent wave of action, the president issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the...
On July 1, 2025, a U.S. District Court in New York issued a decision setting aside the early termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians. In February 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem...
Recently, the Texas Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit based on the theory of negligent hiring. Tragic highway collision Shiraz Ali was a driver in training for Werner Enterprises. He and his trainer, Jack Ackerman, were...
Q One of our hourly, nonexempt employees is attending our company’s annual conference that includes activities after 5 p.m. Are we required to pay them for the time spent traveling to the conference, as well as for the...
The failure of a Harris County employee to pay attention to the small things led to a dismissal of one of his discrimination claims against the county. But the county’s alleged failure to pay attention to some big things...
On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Stanley v. City of Sanford, addressing the scope of protections available to retired workers under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities...
Many businesses have welcomed artificial intelligence (AI) into their hiring and employee management processes. AI tools, like résumé screeners and recruiting crawlers, are now standard features in platforms like Workday...
Many employers implement wellness programs into their employee health plan offers. Wellness programs have varying designs but commonly offer premium discounts to participants who are tobacco-free or achieve certain...
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