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A pair of Supreme Court decisions issued June 27 and 28 dramatically reined in the authority of federal agencies to enforce the law, with potentially huge implications for HR professionals.

The Department of Labor’s new overtime rule went into effect July 1 for all employers nationwide—except the state of Texas.

Firing employees is part of every HR pro’s job. It’s never easy. But you can make it more bearable by choosing where and when to deliver the bad news.

Americans generally favors corporate DEI efforts, according to new polling by The Washington Post and Ipsos.

I saw that the new overtime rule lists a separate salary threshold for highly compensated employees. What is the criteria to be considered a highly compensated employee?

Sexual harassment, according to the EEOC, and bore out in a recent case, is more likely to happen in industries or locations where there is a sex imbalance. For example, in a male-dominated industry like construction, a female worker’s risk of co-worker sexual harassment is greater than in a more balanced industry.

Do you check your organization’s job postings for inaccurate, inappropriate or illegal language? If not, you’re opening your organization to legal battles as shown in a recent case.

Terminations are the spark to many employment lawsuits. And for each of the six kinds, there are some common steps employers can take to defend themselves if a termination is challenged in court.

Not everyone is happy with the EEOC's expansive new harassment guidance or the EEOC’s interpretation of decisions like the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which said discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status are forms of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII. In fact, a group of 18 state attorneys general have filed suit, alleging that the guidance goes too far.

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