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4Q20 Revenue Expected to Decline 7% After staffing employment fell to Great Recession levels during the second quarter of 2020, third quarter data released today by the American Staffing Association show promising signs of recovery from the impact of the […]

For more than 30 years, the authors have been analyzing cases in which lapses in background checks resulted in sometimes catastrophic loss or damage to people, businesses, assets and the U.S. government. Thousands of these individuals passed background investigations either […]

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a final rule clarifying the scope of a religious exemption to workplace anti-discrimination laws that applies to federal contractors and subcontractors.

Employees covered by the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance will be allowed to bring actions starting Jan. 1, 2021 against employers for violations of the ordinance.

E-signature technologies integrated with core HR systems have helped HR teams that have been supporting a largely remote professional workforce since the emergence of the coronavirus.

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss the passage of Proposition 22, which classifies app-based drivers as independent contractors, and what that means for […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) cited the federal government’s closely watched weekly jobless claims data as being flawed, containing overestimates, underestimates, inconsistency and a high prevalence of fraud among claimants.

Confidentiality provisions in an employment agreement were so broad that they acted as a noncompete clause that violated California law, a state appellate court ruled.

Coaching is increasingly common in the global workforce, with good coaching from managers leading to more-motivated and better-performing employees. Great managers aren’t really bosses in the traditional sense. Instead, they’re coaches who focus on individual and team engagement, seeing their […]

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing has launched an information page that provides needed clarity on certain obligations under the state’s new pay-data reporting requirement.