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'Sickie': When Not-Sick Employees Are Out Sick

It's not so easy for an employer to prove a worker isn't sick, even via social media.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

NYC Bars Credit Histories During Hiring Process

The city's legislature passes the bill, which has a few exceptions for sensitive positions.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Feds, States Spar Over Restrooms for Transgender Workers

The federal government wants adequate bathroom access for transgender employees. But some states are balking at the mandate.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Obamacare Gives Workers a New Basis to Sue Over Firings

Companies should be careful about sending messages about high health plan costs. Such talk could lead to lawsuits from terminated employees.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Communicable Diseases in the Workplace

Employers are struggling to ascertain their rights and obligations toward their workforce, including those who are infected, exposed or at-risk.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tech Is Keeping Work-Life Balance Off-Balance

The high-tech workplace was supposed to make maintaining the balance easier, but it hasn't always worked out that way.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Mass. Court Says Taxi Drivers Aren't Employees

The driver-as-employee-versus-independent-contractor debate is widening from Uber and Lyft to yellow cabs.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Laboring Under China's Labor Laws

Employment law compliance is always a challenge, one that doesn't get any easier when you have employees in China.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Paying Your Employees By Commission: Hidden Traps

Many retail and service employers try to simplify their payroll obligations by labeling certain employees as "commission" or "commission only." But the rules are complicated and present many traps for the unwary.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

There's More to Equal Pay Than Just Equal Pay

Problems can arise when formalistic job descriptions, titles and experience don't align with the substance of what is happening on the job.
2 minute read

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