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Trump's Executive Orders Seek to Roll Back Health Plan Requirements
President Donald Trump's executive orders, which direct federal agencies to issue new rules allowing businesses to buy health insurance across state lines through association health plans and to use stand-alone…
Combatting the Prescription Drug Crisis
Prescription painkiller abuse is taking an enormous toll at work. It's costing billions in missed workdays and productivity and also driving up health care and workers' compensation costs
Is ‘Taking a Knee’ a Protected Activity Under Labor Law?
Players in the National Football League (NFL) have recently drawn considerable attention for kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police violence against black Americans. Some people support the…
HR, Safety Experts Identify Lessons from Las Vegas Tragedy
The Las Vegas mass shooting has left HR and security professionals wondering what, if anything, they can do to help prevent an event like it from happening again
States Use Workforce Data to Connect Colleges to Careers
A research report from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce outlines ways that data is being translated to help job seekers and employers better understand the connections between…
Treasury's Call to Repeal Pay Ratio Reporting Won't Alter Need to Comply
The Trump administration has called for scrapping a requirement that publicly traded companies show how much their CEOs are paid compared with average workers, a disclosure scheduled to take effect…
Ethics Chief to Agency Heads: Promote Safe Culture for Reporting Misconduct
David Apol, the federal government's ethics chief, is "deeply concerned" that some government leaders have engaged in impermissible conduct, he wrote in a recent memo
Trial Court Incorrectly Ruled Cab Driver Was Independent Contractor
A California trial court applied the wrong legal standards and therefore erred in concluding that a cab driver was an independent contractor rather than an employee, the California Court of…
Justices to Hear Baker’s Religious Objection to Making Same-Sex Wedding Cake
Can a baker refuse to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because their marriage conflicts with his sincerely held religious beliefs? The