Allen Smith

The U.S. Supreme Court will review the standards that plaintiffs must satisfy in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) prohibited transactions cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing challenges of unemployment benefits denials, considering whether 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 requires exhaustion of state administrative remedies.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not review an unsuccessful challenge to a California law that classifies most workers as employees.

HR professionals should familiarize themselves with the barriers that inaccessible airline travel poses to their workers who use wheelchairs.

Toxic workplaces might not be hostile work environments as defined by the law, but neither type of workplace should be tolerated, legal experts say. Here is an overview of how toxic workplaces can differ from hostile work environments and what benefits employers can reap through harassment prevention training.

Navigating political dialogue in the workplace can be challenging, but SHRM’s Political Conversations Playbook offers guidance on how to accomplish civil discourse.

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Employers can still share facts, opinions, and examples—sometimes referred to by the acronym FOE—about unions, despite increased scrutiny about whether opinions are unlawful threats.

Despite legal challenges to the overtime rule, HR should make plans in case the salary threshold increase scheduled for Jan. 1, 2025, survives.

Fostering civil political conversations can result in employees staying with their employer for years longer and trusting their organization more, SHRM Research found.