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WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the House Committee on Education & the Workforce: ùáEducation and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn [...]

Byline: Shayda Zaerpoor Le The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024. While this guidance is not law, it provides employers [...]

The Supreme Court clarifies... but is already overruled by recent legislative changes? Although employers have been proceeding with internal investigations for decades, nowadays they raise more and more legal questions. [...]

Key takeaways According to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, the guarantees provided by the Criminal Procedure Code ('CrimPC') do not apply to internal investigations an employer conducts. This means the [...]

Maintaining a healthy and productive workplace requires a commitment to addressing misconduct and complaints effectively. Workplace investigations play a pivotal role in fostering a positive work environment, ensuring fair treatment [...]

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, responded to a question in the Legislative Council regarding protection for occupational injuries and deaths. The Labour Department (LD) investigates occupational [...]

When employers receive a 'Power Harassment' claim in Japan that doesn't seem to be tied to a protected category, do employers still need to investigate the complaint? One of your [...]

The U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division found First Choice Interiors LLC failed to pay the overtime premium to 39 workers by only paying straight time for all [...]

A federal investigation has recovered $228,379 in back wages for 260 employees of a Rochester-based home healthcare agency that denied them overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek. U.S. [...]

In 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB') issued a decision holding that employer rules which require employee confidentiality during workplace investigations are categorically lawful. However, the current status of [...]

The operator of a Memphis Schlotzskys restaurant endangered minor-aged workers, the U.S. Department of Labor found after an investigation into a 16-year-old workers thumb injury. The departments Wage and Hour [...]

Too often, federal investigators find foreign-born workers brought to the U.S. fail to receive the rights and protections they are legally due. Employers dont pay them as the law requires, [...]

The Court of Appeal of Manitoba recently confirmed that there is no common law duty on an employer to investigate prior to terminating an employee for just cause. While failing [...]

A Westminster healthcare management company, a large employer in long-term care and rehabilitation, could have shown more care when paying 256 essential workers at four facilities in Pennsylvania and one [...]

The U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division enforces the labor provisions of the federal H-2A temporary agricultural workers program to prevent employers from exploiting temporary, nonimmigrant workers hired [...]

The U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division works hard to help employers understand that violating federal labor laws can be costly, a lesson a Boynton Beach-based residential construction [...]

Back in July CCPartners published an article on our Employers' Edge blog about the passage of Bill C-65. That Bill introduced new Regulations under the Canada Labour Code with respect [...]

THE circumstances surrounding the death of a Chinese national last week merits a closer scrutiny by labor inspectors who should assess whether the victim's employer complies with pertinent labor standards [...]

#WorkingWorld It always starts the same way. The manager strolls over and asks: 'have you got a minute? I just want to check something with you'. From this quick conversation, [...]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it opened 3,510 worksite investigations in the past seven months, more than doubling the number of investigations opened during fiscal year 2017. [...]

When conducting a disciplinary investigation into an employee's suspected misconduct, it may be open to an employer to take into account past conduct which had not attracted disciplinary sanctions at [...]

The drumbeat of press reports about sexual harassment in the workplace over the last few months has increased awareness among employees that workplace harassment is illegal and actionable, leading employers [...]

In the December issue of the LexisNexis Inhouse Counsel newsletter Employment Law partner Mike Baldwin and lawyer Claudia Lewin examine whether the duty of care that an employer owes to [...]

On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memo containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated [...]

It seems that everywhere we look these days, sexual harassment is on the radar - whether in Hollywood, the CBC or in our own workplaces. Recent changes to Ontario's Occupational [...]

Bill 132, which we have been discussing for some time now, comes into force in September, which is now less than two months away. This amendment to the Occupational Health [...]

Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC's Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace offers insight into how employers' harassment prevention policies can change for the better and, in [...]

Employers served with an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena requesting private employee information - regardless of its arguable relevance - may nevertheless be compelled to respond, according to a [...]

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office recently issued a wave of information requests to employers in the Commonwealth seeking data on how companies pay their employees. Unlike familiar requests from the [...]

In the last few years, there has been a significant spike in the number of lawsuits challenging employer use of criminal background checks, including class action lawsuits brought under the [...]

In its June 26 split decision in American Baptist Homes of the West d/b/a Piedmont Gardens and Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers- West, 362 N.L.R.B. No. 139 (Case [...]

INTRODUCTION With alarming regularity, employers find themselves in the unenviable position of having to investigate workplace complaints made by their employees. These complaints can range from informal allegations of harassment [...]

If an employee is made the prime suspect in a workplace investigation but is found to be not responsible for the harm that was the subject of the investigation, can [...]

A recent decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most important courts in the nation, reaffirmed that a company's internal investigations--if structured properly--are protected from disclosure [...]

Joining California, Illinois, and Maryland, Michigan has enacted its own social media password protection law, which went into effect with the governor's signing of the bill on December 28, 2012. [...]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency charged with enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), has increased its focus on social media and employer/employee communications, regardless [...]

With the complexity of workplace law and issues, employers are subject to an increasing number of workplace obligations. When a workplace incident arises it's often required, or at least advisable, [...]

Are you looking for a way to get sued when you investigate employee misconduct? Then prohibit employees from discussing the investigation with their co-workers. If you are scratching your head [...]

As the end of its fiscal year approaches (September 30), the NLRB pushes more decisions out than it has in the last several weeks. Not a whole lot are of [...]

Executive Summary: In a 2-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that an employer's efforts to protect the integrity of its internal investigations by instructing employees involved in [...]

Lorene Schaefer, a mediator, arbitrator and workplace investigator, has reported on the One Mediation blog that by a letter of August 3, 2012 the Buffalo, New York office of the [...]

In a ruling that affects both union and non-union employers, the National Labor Relations Board held that an employer must establish a specific legitimate business justification for requiring employees to [...]

Employers routinely conduct investigations of workplace misconduct or other incidents. When doing so, many will direct employee witnesses or complainants not to discuss the investigation with other employees. There are [...]

WASHINGTON _ The Clinton administration on Tuesday promised a wide-ranging crackdown on employers who hire illegal immigrants and promised to expand efforts to help companies verify that the workers they [...]