The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently won the largest sum ever awarded to victims of employer discrimination after an Iowa jury decided in favor of employees with mental disabilities who had been subject to severe abuse and discrimination at the...

The economic recovery is chugging along and with it, jobs have come back in force. The latest federal data indicates U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April – a monthly increase that built off previous totals like February’s (+268,000 jobs) that...

“Ban-the-box” legislation has appeared in rising frequency across the nation. Most recently, such a measure has been considered by lawmakers in Minnesota. This particular proposal could affect a much larger swatch of employers than other attempts to ban...

As social media use among employees continues to grow, some employers have moved to limit such activities or control them by asking workers to hand over account information. Yet that last tactic is sure to land an employer in hot water with regulators in a growing...

There’s a couple guarantees in life – like death and taxes. Employers can seemingly now add unemployment insurance defrauders to that list. Texas officials announced the state had recovered $3.7 million in fraudulent UI payouts, while a recent federal...

Businesses aren’t the only ones that utilize background checks. Recently, a high profile school said it expanded its employment screening policy to include those in contact with children. Meanwhile, proposed legislation in Texas would enable colleges to...

Unemployment insurance is an oftentimes tricky obligation for employers, and the same can be said for the federal government. Compliance is needed at every step to prevent fraud, yet it’s likely too late for the United States, after a recent report found...

It’s common for employees in safety-sensitive positions to be drug tested. But in terms of an employee’s responsibility to protect human life, what’s the difference between piloting an aircraft and having your hands intestine-deep during an...

Having a safe workplace is an employer priority, yet government worksites have increasingly become subject to rising rates of violence, a new study showed. While the research found violent incidents against government employees has dropped since the mid-90s, the...

Already, employers in a number of states are subject to higher tax rates due to outstanding debt owed to the federal government because of loans taken out to pay unemployment insurance during the recession. Now, businesses in qualifying states face another...

Employer use of credit checks and other screenings in employment decisions is once again the subject of recent legislation. Colorado became the latest in a string of states to limit how organizations can use such checks after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law...