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Communication that used to take place over landlines or at a press conference now takes place over a long list of social media services. What happens in the case of a lawsuit?

The IRS and ICE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which the IRS will provide information to ICE. Senators have asked the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to look into ICE’s access to taxpayers’ data and how it plans to use it.

We’ve said it many times, but it bears repeating: The best way to prevent lawsuits is to carefully document every employment decision. HR professionals and supervisors should be able to show exactly when a decision was made, who made it and what the basis for the decision was.

Thorough and accurate documentation is what wins lawsuits. Here are seven occurrences you should always write up.

The five elements every disciplinary document should include.

The Supreme Court will decide whether majority group members must overcome additional obstacles before taking their discrimination cases to trial.

In their quest for a clean slate, managers sometimes dispose of documents they shouldn’t—documents they should be submitting to HR. Here are pointers to help bosses decide which documents to retain and which to pitch.

Employees who think they’re about to be disciplined or fired often look for ways to delay or prevent the inevitable. A favorite tactic: invoking the job protections built into the FMLA and ADA. However, there’s a foolproof way to protect against these frivolous charges.

Advise your organization’s managers never to rely on memory to evaluate an employee’s performance. Instead, create a simple recording system for them to use.

Exit interviews are great tools for understanding how to reduce turnover. However, you must take care to minimize legal liability during those meetings.