In Part 1 of this article we looked at some of the important points to keep in mind when writing an employee handbook. This concluding section covers 10 of the…
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U.S. Supreme Court rulings in two recent cases further advance the rights of employees in disputes with employers, continuing a long-term trend in federal law on employment discrimination. Both cases—Staub…
Not complying with current law can be expensive in today's legal climate. Employers should review their employee handbooks and employment-related policies to make sure they are up to date. More…
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (AGC) Lafe Solomon is continuing his focus on remedies in unfair labor practice (ULP) cases involving union organizing campaigns. On September 30,…
Outsourcing—hiring contractors to do work traditionally performed by regular employees—has long been in vogue in corporate America and, increasingly, in government. Indeed, the bad old days of KP (kitchen police)…
Lately, I have been fielding a lot of questions relating to employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions. Whether they be asset deals, stock deals, or straight mergers, due diligence…
Words matter. Words can come back and bite you. Think before you speak. These are all self-evident truths that no one is likely to dispute. Yet, we continue to see…
Imagine a small car manufacturing plant that employed 100 people to produce 1,000 new cars in a given period. Then management formulates a strategy to expand that plant up to…
One of the most daunting and difficult chores facing human resource professionals at all companies is handling whistleblower claims, where the law seems increasingly stacked against the employer. This summer,…
Most original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have had decades to come to terms with the intricacies of the wind industry. As they slowly ramped up from small sub-100-kW machines to the…