Just how much can an employer insist that its employees obtain the COVID-19 vaccine? One would think this would be an easy choice, right? Well, not so fast. Large segments of the U.S. population, for multiple reasons, have not and will not obtain...
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Excerpted from an HRD article by Daljeet Kaur Lal People as resources are invaluable assets of an organization. For a business to be successful, every company is obligated to enhance their workforce by aligning their human resource (HR)...
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Verifying a candidate’s education is always a good idea. It confirms the background of your potential employee, in addition to their training and knowledge. Although such verifications can sometimes take extra time to complete, there are jobs at...
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Excerpted from The Guardian feature story by Hope Corrigan When Jerrel Gantt was released from prison after three years, he was handed a pamphlet about healthcare and nothing else. He began searching for employment, a deep source of anxiety for...
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Excerpted from a JacksonLewis blog by Nadine Abrahams and Stephanie Adler-Paindiris On April 6, 2021, the total number of COVID-19-related employment complaints filed in U.S. courts passed the 2,000 mark. Although it took eight months to reach...
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Excerpted from a Harvard Business Review article by Christian Thoroughgood, Katina Sawyer and Jennica Webster For most of us, work is stressful in and of itself. Imagine carrying the added emotional weight of having to deny and suppress one of...
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, showing up to work with a temperature or cough is no longer a sign of dedication. In fact, such behavior could kill your staff and customers. American work culture has long taken pride in...
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It’s a small world! Today, international job applicants are more common than ever before. It’s important to know where your applicant has lived and what they have in their background. Today, international background checks have become more...
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Excerpted from a Forbes article by Alonzo Martinez After years of debating and advancing marijuana laws, beginning with legalizing the medical use of cannabis in 2014 to decriminalize minor marijuana-related offenses in 2019, lawmakers in New...
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Excerpted from a Shawe Rosenthal, LLP blog by Fiona W. Ong Some disabilities may indeed prevent employees from showing up regularly for work. But according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, that could also mean the employee is...
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Internet dating has come a long way – in more ways than one. Tinder announced last week it was going to provide a way for users to obtain data on potential dates. On the surface, this appears to be a good idea. Better safe than sorry, right? The...
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Excerpted from a Thompson Coburn LLP blog by Lori W. Jones The significant impact of COVID-19 on employees includes not only the many risks to physical health, but also the heavy toll on employee mental health. In October 2020, the Kaiser Family...
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