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Employers in Connecticut have a duty to protect employees from harassment based on sexual orientation that is just as compelling as their duty to prevent workplace harassment based on race, sex and...

Is your company planning to increase the number of temporary (agency sourced) workers in the next 3 months?

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On March 1, 2011, the United States Supreme Court held in Staub v. Proctor Hospital that if a supervisor performs an act motivated by antimilitary animus that is intended by the supervisor to cause an...

Laws regarding worker classification are rapidly changing and the penalties and fines for incorrectly classifying employees and independent contractors can be devastating. When targeted for an audit by federal and state...

While the Six Boxes approach is simple, its applications are not always easy. It’s often difficult for people to shift their focus from behavior to work outputs (accomplishments)...

Should a candidate send a written thank you note following a job interview?

The U.S. Department of Justice’s amended Final Rule, which substantially revises and expands the regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), becomes effective on March 15, 2011...

There are few reported cases that reflect the problems that can result from computer investigations being inexpertly performed. U.S. v. Koo, 2011 WL 777965 (D. Or. March 1, 2011), decided this month...

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Wal-Mart has lost its appeal of most of a $187.6 million verdict for Pennsylvania hourly workers who accused the world's largest retailer of denying them meal and rest breaks.

Corporate Social Media Discrimination brutal truth revealed by Jessica Miller-Merrell. Social Media is changing the playing field that Human Resource Professionals operate within and it can be a minefield if not...

The decision makes it more difficult for employees to file such lawsuits unless they are able to clearly identify a common injury, such as a companywide discriminatory policy.