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Article Year:  2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004

2010

• Updated Child Labor Regulations: Is Your Organization Keeping Up with the Kids?
  
  
• Hurricane Days and Snow Delays: How the FLSA Handles Weather-Related Closures and Absences.
  
  
• Independent Contractor or Employee? Answering Incorrectly can Prove Costly.
  
  
• Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act: Reasonable Break Periods Required for Nursing Mothers.
  
  
• OSHA's General Duty Clause: Don't Overlook the Little Things
  
  
• Waiting to be Engaged or Engaged to Wait? The Fair Labor Standards Act Makes a Distinction – Do You?
  
  
• Diversity Training and Investigation May Save Employer From Hostile Work Environment Claims Under Title VII
  
  

2009

• The Importance of Job Descriptions Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
  
  
• Don't Sweep the Breach Under the Rug! Notification Under the HITECH Act
  
  
• Cold & Flu Season with a Twist: Is Your Workplace Ready for the Swine Flu?
  
  
• Qualifying Exigency Leave: A New Type of FMLA Leave that Employers Need to Understand
  
  
• Never Trust Anyone Over Forty: Supreme Court Rules in ADEA Mixed-Motive Case
  
  
• To Cut or Not to Cut: Reducing Wages During Difficult Economic Times
  
  
• COBRA's New Look: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Premium Reduction Provisions
  
  
• Forty, Not Three, is the Magic Number
  
  
• Here We Go Again: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Revises Form I-9
  
  
• Congress Returns Serve: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
  
  

2008

• The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008: Equal Footing for those Suffering from Mental Health and Addiction Disorders
  
  
• The ADA Amendments Act of 2008: Another Effort to Eliminate Discrimination Against the Disabled
  
  
• The High Cost of Getting to Work: What Employers Can Do to Help
  
  
• To Test or Not to Test: The ADA and Pre-Employment Drug Tests
  
  
• Retaliation: Why Trying to Silence the Messenger Cannot be Tolerated
  
  
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008: A New Form of Unlawful Employment Discrimination
  
  
• Are You Using Employment Tests Fairly? The EEOC's Latest Ruling on Discrimination in Employment Testing and Selection Procedures
  
  

2007

• The New Form I-9: Know Who You're Hiring
  
  
• Protecting Sensitive Data: What Businesses Need to Know
  
  
• Taking Care of Caregivers: What Employers Need to Know
  
  
• You've Got Mail...and Maybe Some Big Problems!
  
  
• Winning the Fight against Workplace Violence
  
  
• Women in the Workplace
  
  
• Teacher/Student Relationships: Where to Draw the Lines
  
  
• Mean Bosses Mean Big Losses
  
  
• The Road to Health Goes Through the Workplace
  
  
• Hiring Right the First Time
  
  

2006

• 'Tis the Season-for Celebration or Litigation?
  
  
• Workplace Stress is an Everyday Occurrence, but Does it Have to Be?
  
  
• Do You Know Your Workforce? Recently Revised EEOC Reporting Requirements May Change Your Perspective
  
  
• Health Equals Wealth: How Workplace Wellness Programs Benefit Both Employers and Workers
  
  
• Infinity Screening: Why Background Checks Should Never End
  
  
• Secrets to Successfully Setting Up Your Mobile Office: Top 10 Must Haves
  
  
• Where Did I Go Wrong? Answers to Why Discrimination and Harassment Claims Abound
  
  
• The Most Pronounced HR Practices Driving Enterprise Risk
  
  
• To Tell the Truth: Ignorance of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act Virtually Guarantees Liability Exposure
  
  
• Employers Beware: Supreme Court Broadens Scope of Title VII's Anti-Retaliation Provision
  
  
• How a Prospect Receives Your Message May Determine Whether You Receive Their Business
  
  
• The ADA and Workplace Violence
  
  
• Minimizing the Risk of Identity Theft
  
  
• Zero Tolerance is Not Enough: Making Workplace Violence Prevention Really Work
  
  
• The High Cost of Employee Turnover
  
  
• Old Practices, Big Problems: What You Can Do to Avoid the Next Generation of Employment Practices Claims
  
  
• What's Your Attractiveness Factor?
  
  
• Encouraging the appropriate use of sick leave, flu pandemic or otherwise
  
  
• Internet Based Patents
  
  
• The 10 Must Have Traits Of A Salesperson
  
  
• Rank And Rate Your Employees
  
  
• Top Ten Legal Oversights That Can Shut Down Your Website
  
  
• Mastering the Art of Office Politics
  
  
• Blowing The Whistle
  
  
• The Little Black Box: What Can Your Vehicle Reveal about You?
  
  
• USERRA: A Duty To Re-Employ Our Uniformed Service Members
  
  
• Personal Integrity: A Self-Diagnostic
  
  
• Theft in the Workplace: Why Employees Bite the Hand that Feeds Them
  
  

2005

• Managing the Drama of Workplace Injuries: Workers' Compensation, the ADA, and the FMLA
  
  
• Holiday Gift-Giving At Work Doesn't Have To Be Stressful
  
  
• What You Don't Know May Hurt You: OSHA's Top 10 Violations
  
  
• Long Term Care: A Major Concern for Today's Baby Boomers
  
  
• Discrimination Under The ADA: Understanding the Little-Known "Association" Provision
  
  
• First Impressions: What Does Your Workplace Say About You?
  
  
• Two Ways To Help Your Employees Help Themselves
  
  
• Florida's Minimum Wage Scheduled To Increase, Again, January 1, 2006
  
  
• Internet Applications: Guard Yourself Against Claims of Discrimination in the Hiring Process
  
  
• Email In The Office: What Employers Must Do To Minimize Liability For Employee Computer Usage
  
  
• Litigation Mania: The Ever-Expanding Need For Directors & Officers Liability Insurance
  
  
• Disposal of Background Reports: New Rules Require Proper Disposal of Consumer Information
  
  
• Compliance Assistance Tool: The Employment Law Guide
  
  
• The Adoption of e-Learning and Its Impact on the Organization
  
  
• Removing Ninjas From The Workplace: How To Get Rid Of Negativity
  
  
• Standard Mileage Reimbursement Rate: Increased By IRS For September-December, 2005
  
  
• What every employer needs to know about FMLA leave: What is an Employers' Obligation to Designate Requested Leave as FMLA Leave, Even When the Employee Does Not Request it?
  
  
• California's New Mandatory Harassment Training Law (AB 1825): Avoiding the Most Common Legal Landmines & Best Practices for Compliance
  
  
• Reducing the Hard Cost of Turnover
  
  
• New Safety Codes: Fire sprinklers now required in nightclubs, nursing homes, and 1-2 family dwellings
  
  
• Managing Risk: Are Your Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Properly Licensed And Insured?
  
  
• Reducing Your Liability Exposure: Educating Your Executives and Managers on Employment Law is Essential in Every Business Organization
  
  
• Pre-hire Personality Tests Ruled Impermissible Under the ADA
  
  
• Beware Work-Based Emotional Traps!
  
  
• All Those Pushes and Prods: Motivating Employees
  
  
• An All Too Common Experience: Demotivating Employees
  
  
• Discrimination Claims: What to Do When The EEOC Comes Knocking
  
  
• So, This Workers Compensation Claim is Settled, Right? Workers' Compensation Benefits Settlement May Not Bar Retaliation Claim
  
  
• Important Notice! Information for Claiming Monetary Relief Under Abercrombie & Fitch Consent Decree
  
  
• Maintaining Effective Compliance and Ethics Programs
  
  
• The Kids Are Alright: Department of Labor Issues New Child Labor Regulations
  
  
• Abercrombie & Fitch - A Model of Employment Discrimination?
  
  
• Identity Theft and How It Can Affect You
  
  
• Managing Fleet Risk
  
  
• Contracting Risk: A Quick Guide To Proper Risk Allocation Through Contracts for Subcontractors
  
  

2004

• My Employee Did What?: What Florida Employers Can Do To Prevent and Defend Negligent Hire Claims
  
  
• Flirting with Disaster: Workplace Dating and Its Potential Consequences
  
  
• A Primer on Sexual Harassment Investigations
  
  
• Religion in the Workplace: Thou Shalt Not Discriminate
  
  
• A Primer on Affirmative Action
  
  
• Diversity Training
  
  
• Primary Influences on Diversity
  
  
• Florida's Constitution Amendment To Increase Minimum Wage
  
  
• Florida's Constitution Amendment To Women in the Workplace: Visible Gains, Invisible Barriers
  
  
• Domestic Violence in the Workplace
  
  
• Retail Stores and the Threat of Violence: Is Your Company at Risk?
  
  
• Change Management: Achieving Results
  
  
• Providing Health Club Memberships May Become Tax Deductible
  
  
• The Revised FLSA White Collar Exemptions: Ready Or Not, Here They Are
  
  
• Workplace Benefits: Employees' Favorites
  
  
• Your Opinion Counts
  
  
• Non-Prejudicial Language for ADA Compliant Job Descriptions
  
  
• ADA Training in the Workplace
  
  
• Human Resource Compliance is for Every Business
  
  
• Work, Don't Smoke
  
  
• DOL Official Predicts Hill Democrats Will Not Succeed in Blocking Overtime Rules
  
  
• Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance Training
  
  
• Mold: Paying for Hysteria
  
  
• Revisions to the Department of Labor FLSA Regulations
  
  
• Learning to Say What You Mean - Tips for making sure your suggestions and corrections are understood by everyone
  
  
• Avert Discipline Mistakes by Training Managers
  
  
• Firing easy for Trump, dangerous for others
  
  
• Uncle Sam Redefines 'Job Applicants' Using Online Technology
  
  
• Managing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
  
  
• Avoid Sexual Harassment Through Training
  
  
• The Future of Your Workforce
  
  
• Letting Go of Control Can Empower Your Workers
  
  
• An Overview of HIPAA Compliance
  
  
• Managing Risk Through Contracts
  
  
• Managing Favoritism in the Workplace
  
  
• Workplace Romances: Reality Check
  
  
• Coverage Limitations Under Workers' Compensation Insurance
  
  
• The Importance of Developing a Safety Culture
  
  
• Needs Assessment: How to Make the Most of Your Training Dollar
  
  
• Effectively Managing Occupational Injury and Illness
  
  
• Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Keep Growing
  
  
• Unsolicited Resumes: How They Create Employer Liability and What To Do About It
  
  
• Small Businesses: Do the Safety Regulations of OSHA Apply?
  
  
• Don't Believe the Hype: A Look at Online Training Trends for 2004
  
  
• Make Room for the New Employee! The 5 Critical Steps to a Smooth First Day on the Job