The child is ill, an important delivery is expected “between 8:00 a.m. and 7 p.m.” or the car has to go to the garage. What could be more natural than working from home?
I just learned that one of our employees has the measles. Can I tell the other employees why he’s out so they can get tested or monitor their own health? Can I require them to receive the measles vaccine?
An employment tribunal in the United Kingdom recently held that a strong candidate was deliberately not hired because he was a white, heterosexual male.
New research into the levels of discrimination faced by ethnic minority applicants in Britain revealed some startling figures. Meanwhile, the UK government is exploring whether it should collect ethnicity pay gap reporting data.
In legislative terms, the month of March came in like a lion and went out (almost) like a lamb, as the pace of new bills introduced at the state level slowed considerably.
In an April 3, 2019 filing in the federal district court that had ordered reinstatement of EEO-1 pay data reporting requirements, the EEOC explained its inability to comply with the court’s ruling on its present timeline.
On March 29, 2019, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development released an updated version of the proposed Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave regulations.
On April 1, 2019, New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham (D) signed Senate Bill (SB) 437, which amends the New Mexico Minimum Wage Act by increasing the state minimum wage, increasing the minimum cash wage for tipped employees, and revising tip pool standards.
According to a recent decision from the German Federal Labor Court, necessary travel time spent in the employer’s interest generally has to be compensated like working time. This decision impacts business travel, especially for multinational companies.
