As Canada’s most populous province grapples with a second wave of the coronavirus, employers in Ontario now must issue screening questions to workers and essential visitors about COVID-19 before they come into the office.
A high school teacher who had been placed on administrative leave and required to undergo a mental examination could not establish retaliation, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled.
An estimated 18.8 million veterans live in the United States, and according to the California Legislative Analyst’s Office, more veterans live in California — about 1.8 million — than in any other state. Veterans Day 2020, Wednesday, November 11, is […]
COVID-19 has drastically upended Generation Z’s college experience. An increasing number of these young adults—the oldest are 23 this year—are rethinking how they want to spend this time, opting for a “gap experience,” a period of time away from school.
Even as a spike in COVID-19 cases propelled the U.K. government to announce a new national lockdown, employers are laying the groundwork in preparation to reopen more fully when possible.
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its eighth month, face coverings and social distancing are still required in public places, indoor dining is still prohibited in many jurisdictions and, although the school year has started, this back-to-school season looked drastically different […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a final rule codifying its procedures on resolving employment discrimination claims.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, biometric technologies that take employees’ temperature and rely on facial recognition are supporting new workplace-safety procedures. Employers should be careful when adopting these technologies and tell employees how the information that’s being collected about them […]
Four years ago, Donald Trump’s election had a significant impact on HR professionals, as it kicked off a process in which many federal regulations implemented by the Obama administration were revised and overturned. Given the election results, analysts expect the […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, not the courts, should rule on whether Amazon’s workplace policies at a warehouse adequately protected the safety of workers during the pandemic, a district court decided.
