Labor & Employment

FTD Case Offers Lessons on Immigration Discrimination

This week was no bed of roses for the FTD Group Inc, which found itself publicly scolded for immigration discrimination. Employers across the U.S. might learn a valuable lesson from FTD's missteps.

How to Avoid Sequestration Wage and Hour Problems

As the March 1 "fiscal cliff" deadline approaches, many employers are considering worker furloughs to deal with the sequester budget cuts. But companies need to beware of violating wage and hour rules in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Labor and Employment Issues in Obama's Second Term

Employers confront challenges on all fronts, from new types of unions to the health care law. What do the next four years look like?

Hard Choices for Employers in Light of Health Care Reform

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act presents employers with crucial compliance-related choices to make regarding their employer-provided health coverage. It also provides plenty of options to employers with respect to the delivery of health benefits.

Managing the Risks of Cupid's Arrows in the Workplace

For many, Valentine's Day is a harmless "Hallmark holiday," but employers have plenty of reasons to be concerned about the most romantic day of the year.

Divisions at House Hearing on NLRB Recess Appointments

On the same day that President Obama renominated two members of the National Labor Relations Board, members of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions in a hearing disagreed sharply over the validity of the board's actions and its future mandate.

Harris Already Being Invoked by Employment Counsel

It didn't take long for the California Supreme Court's big employment discrimination decision, Harris v. City of Santa Monica, to prompt a request for a new trial.

Address I-9 and DACA Questions With Aplomb

With the recent implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives work authorization to those who establish that they were in the United States without authorization, GCs are sure to face implementation questions from managers.

After NLRB Decision, a Waiting Game for Employers, Workers

More than 30 workplace disputes are now on hold in a federal appeals court in Washington as the U.S. Justice Department mulls whether to challenge a ruling that voided President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.