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Employment at-will means employers and employees alike are free to end the employment relationship at any time for any reason, or even no reason at all. One employer recently got lost on that two-way street.

It takes careful planning to conduct a successful investigation. These six steps will help you gather facts in a way that leads to the best possible understanding of what happened and how your organization should respond.

To protect against reverse-discrimination charges, thoroughly review all your training and development opportunities to ensure they don’t violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other anti-discrimination laws. That way, if an outside party or the government says your programs are biased against any group, you will be able to refute those allegations.

As an employer, you realize that employees need time off. Employees and family members get sick or they simply need time to rest and refresh. This is true of fully remote or hybrid workers. But figuring out what benefits they may be eligible for isn’t easy. Here’s the breakdown.

While the NLRB is easing up, state legislatures are doubling down on efforts to kill noncompetes.

A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a massive class-action lawsuit against Amazon over how the online retailer handles leave so its military-connected employees can fulfill their training and deployment obligations. The case asks how far employers must go to pay for military-related absences.

A federal judge in Maryland has temporarily blocked portions of two White House executive orders aimed at abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in private-sector organizations, including federal contractors.

Since taking office, President Trump has aggressively issued orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the federal government—and now from the private sector, too. To avoid potential federal scrutiny, you may want to consider revising your DEI programs and how they are described in your handbook.

The first weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by dramatic policy reversals across dozens of Cabinet-level agencies. Expect more incremental change at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is launching a nationwide investigation of private-sector employers that conduct activities designed to foster diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in their workplaces, a process that Bondi said could result in criminal charges against companies.