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Sometimes, things can get uncomfortable or awkward at work. But to cross the line into illegal harassment, there needs to be something more: what the law calls “severe or pervasive” negative conduct or behavior. In a recent case from eastern Pennsylvania, a federal district court ruled that a supervisor’s whisper into a subordinate’s ear, though…

Sometimes, the payment of bonuses is at the discretion of the employer. But at other times, bonus payments are required under the terms of an applicable employment agreement. When that is the case – and the bonuses aren’t paid – employers can find themselves in some pretty serious trouble. A case from South Carolina shows…

When managers see an employee do something wrong, their instinct is often to call out the behavior and correct it immediately. Unless the employee has done something egregiously offensive, pointing out the mistake can turn into a good coaching opportunity. Correct an Employee with Clarity But if you correct an employee with the wrong approach,…

Trump’s DOL seeks to roll back a rule granting FLSA protections to domestic care workers; the Second Circuit allows a claim of hostile work environment created by DEI trainings to proceed; and a GAO report finds alarming levels of sexual abuse in high school Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs.

The Salvation Army runs “180-day residential work-therapy programs” that allegedly “provide[] spiritual, social, and emotional assistance to people who have lost the ability to cope with their problems and provide for themselves.” What these centers don’t provide is minimum wages for the 40+ hours per week that participants must work. Individuals performing spurious and historically fraught “work therapy” should…

Smart Office Resource Management Your employees are frustrated. They can’t find an available meeting room when they need one. Half your office sits empty while people fight over the few desks near windows. You’re paying rent on spaces nobody uses, while your team struggles with outdated booking systems and equipment that breaks down at the…

Engineering Meets HR and DisruptHR Birmingham What happens when engineering principles meet people strategy? According to Sara Andrews, Chief People Officer at Ecovyst, the result is a powerful framework that positions HR not as a support function, but as a strategic driver of enterprise value. In episode 846 of the HRchat Podcast, Sara shared how…

The world often isn’t a kind place. The workplace should be. Generally, people want to work at a nice place. But being a nice place to work has critical business attributes. “Within our jobs, more than ever, people are feeling like they don’t know their place,” says Tessa West, Professor of Psychology at New York…

Missouri lawmakers attack pro-worker ballot initiatives, shortcomings in California rideshare deal, some sexual misconduct claimants prefer arbitration.

EEOC plans to close pending worker charges based solely on unintentional discrimination claims; NLRB holds that Starbucks violated federal labor law by firing baristas at a Madison, Wisconsin café.