Today, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases that are widely expected to overturn long-standing precedent and reject diversity as a rationale for considering race in university admissions.
Archives for October 2022
Ford to Offer Some Underperforming Workers Choice of Severance or Performance Improvement
Internal email reflects changes in auto makerβs policy around employees with declining performance
Forget the $22,500 limit, some workers can supersize their tax-deferred retirement savings up to $265,000 in 2023
If you have self-employment income, your limits are much higher than regular 401(k)s.
The New Workplace Gender Imbalance: Social Capital and Job Satisfaction
The U.S. labor market has been dramatically transformed over the past few decades.
Workplace Bullies May Help Produce Conspiracy Theorists: Study
Conspiracy theories have abounded during the COVID-19 pandemic and in American politics in recent years.
3 million Americans areΒ still avoiding the workforce. They might be βlong social distancingβ
Amid all the talk about theΒ cost of desk lunches, theΒ hours of lost sleep, and theΒ slog of commuting, many have forgotten the original reason to avoid returning to the office: fear of catching COVID.
Flexibility is key to finding, keeping workers even as companies want people back
Despite a growing number of companies wanting workers back in the office, some employers recognize the value of flexibility in attracting and retaining talent.
U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why.
Bosses and economists are troubled by the worst drop in U.S. worker output since 1947
Littler Welcomes Back Kyllan Kershaw as a Shareholder in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA (October 31, 2022) β Littler, the worldβs largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Kyllan B. Kershaw as a shareholder in its Atlanta office. Kershaw, who was an associate at Littler from 2012 to 2016, returns to the firm from Seyfarth Shaw, where she
EEOC Issues Revised Version of New Rights Poster
One day after releasing a new required poster for covered employers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), on October 20, 2022, published an updated version that it is instructing employers to use instead.
OCR Reminds Healthcare Providers and Their Business Associates β You Need an Incident Response Plan!
We have been quite busy this October, which happens to be National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. But, we did not want to let the month go by without some recognition; and we are grateful to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for this always timely reminder for HIPAA covered entities
Save the Dates for my Annual FMLA Webinar and Three-Day FMLA Master Class!
This ainβt no trick, FMLA friends!
Save the date for not just one, but two FMLA events on the horizon.
My Annual FMLA webinar will be held Wednesday, December 14
For 10+ years, I have held an annual webinar covering current FMLA and ADA issues impacting employers. Time for another
New Laws Force Honesty About Pay. Companies Are Catching Up.
New York City joins a handful of states in requiring employers to disclose salary ranges for openings. The goal is to narrow disparities.
In Clash Over Affirmative Action, Both Sides Invoke Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday about admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina β and the meaning of a civil rights landmark.
Affirmative Action Has Become a Strange Monster
When the Supreme Court first ruled that universities could consider race in their admissions process, in 1978βs Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the nine justices wrote six opinions between them.Β