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'The rock and the hard place.' How often do employers find themselves here? If employers have LGBTQ employees in certain states, they are now bumping up against the 'rock' of [...]

Byline: John M. Lord, Jr. As reported earlier this year in The Campus, the lawsuit contesting the removal of the Mead name from our chapel has now moved to the [...]

Compassion can be a wonderful tool in many of the things we do in Human Resources and the labor and employment legal world. It's also a great starting point when [...]

Human resources and other professionals who review job positions for possible exemptions under the federal wage and hour law (the Fair Labor Standards Act or FLSA) are familiar with the [...]

Block FMLA leave has its own challenges. But intermittent FMLA leave can be downright painful - including the fact that intermittent leave claims are the most common type of lawsuit [...]

Some pretty horrifying facts about workplace conduct at the Providence, R.I., Fire Department involving co-workers: calling a female lieutenant firefighter 'bitch' 'c-t,' 'lesbian lover,' and 'lesbo'; telling her, 'I don't [...]

Some of our attorneys attended an update meeting with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Miami leadership on June 16, 2017. Mike Farrell is the EEOC Miami District Director, and [...]

You are an HR generalist at a 300-bed community hospital. Your boss has instructed you to make sure that all personnel files document that the employee received the hospital's annual [...]

As if employers already did not have enough reasons to have to think through termination decisions carefully, here is yet another 'trigger' word that should make employers think twice about [...]

For many years, unions representing public employees in a variety of states have continued to require employees to pay union dues even if they have an objection to certain political, [...]

Hospitals and other health care facilities often do not know exactly how many hours each week they may need nurses and other allied health staff to work. Other employees may [...]

Though most Americans do not seem to realize it, anti-discrimination legal protections in employment for transgender, gay, bisexual, and lesbian (LGBT) employees are not uniform across the U.S. In fact, [...]

Depression. Anxiety. Bipolar Disorder. These and similar mental health diagnoses may affect your boss, the CEO of your company, the head of HR, your assistant, two of your peer workers, [...]

Nurses and other health care workers are usually allowed to wear pro union buttons, stickers and other insignia at work absent special circumstances. However, one area of health care facilities, [...]

Don't Work, Text, and Drive By John S. Lord, Jr. None of us should be texting and driving. None of our employees should ever be working, texting, and driving. We [...]