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Is Prohibiting Employee Wage Discussions Legal?
Prohibiting employee wage discussions is not legal, and employers may not even discourage employees from discussing their wages with one another. Likewise, employers may not in any way discipline or retaliate against an employee for discussing their wages or other...
Federal Regulations for Having 15 Employees or More
Certain labor laws apply to businesses based on how many employees they have. For example, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to companies with 50 or more employees. But there are some federal regulations for having 15 employees. Once you have 15...
Organizational Spring Cleaning for Your Office
With year-end and first-of-the-year goals out of the way and a lull between holidays, there’s no better time to do some organizational spring cleaning. As many experts in tidying up and clearing clutter will tell you, a clean space with room for movement (both...
Court Ruling: Sexual Orientation is Protected by Title VII
This week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals became the second federal appellate court to rule that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the word sex includes sexual orientation. The first was the Seventh Circuit, which ruled that sexual orientation is...
