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In order to get the nutrition they need every day to stay healthy, employees must develop and maintain healthy eating habits. Here’s a video that takes a light-hearted approach towards providing facts about nutrition and the important employee wellness topic of having healthy eating habits. Click to view video. Trying to get your employees trained […]
Employers who turn to temporary agencies to supply workers often mistakenly assume they aren’t responsible for harassment or bias problems because the agency is the workers’ employer. But a new case underscores that both you and the temp agency can be held liable for discrimination involving a temp.
What Happened The Warrick County, Indiana, sheriff hired “Connor” as a reserve deputy sheriff in November 2003. Connor received promotions to part-time—and, later, full-time—dispatcher before becoming a full-time deputy sheriff in August 2007. All new deputies are required to complete a 1-year probationary period during which field training officers (FTOs) teach them basic law-enforcement techniques. […]
A company’s benefits package attracts job candidates, and bereavement leave is one of the benefits in that package.
There are lots of resources out there for hiring. Software, research, webinars, metrics—you name it, people offer it. But, what about good old fashioned intuition? Today we’ll hear from Lynn Robinson on the topic. by Lynn A. Robinson
by Eowynne Noble In a recent good-news decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice shed new light on how damages should be awarded if a fixed-term contract is terminated early and the termination provision is unenforceable.
Perhaps the most common type of nontraditional worker in the new workforce is the independent contractor. The recession saw many people seeking work as independent contractors and as the economy has improved, these relationships have continued, whether due to the preference of the employer, the employee, or both.
By Holly K. Jones, JD There’s going to be a new I-9 form for human resources professionals to start using by late January—if you haven’t trained them on it already, do so right away! Here to help with some entertaining (and informative) Seussian poetry is BLR Senior Legal Editor Holly K. Jones, JD.
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2 to 1 to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. This is one of the first significant actions the EEOC has taken since regaining its quorum in October 2025. What Was Rescinded The Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace […]