Lisa Nagele-Piazza J.D., SHRM

To comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), HR professionals must work with managers to ensure that employees are properly paid for all the hours they work and determine which employees can be classified as exempt from the FLSA's overtime rules. The FLSA requires most businesses to...

As COVID-19 vaccines become available, employers may be managing more employee requests to take time off to get vaccinated. Employers may need to pay employees for time off to receive vaccines—particularly if they mandate inoculation. State and local sick-leave laws, as well as...

Four years ago, Donald Trump's election had a significant impact on HR professionals, as it kicked off a process in which many federal regulations implemented by the Obama administration were revised and overturned. Employee handbooks and company policies had to be...

The latest coronavirus relief fund established new loans to help employers pay workers and cover other employment-related expenses during the coronavirus crisis. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act...

The U.S. Senate approved the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in a 90-8 vote on March 18, and President Donald Trump signed it into law a few hours later. The bill will provide free screening, paid leave and enhanced unemployment insurance benefits for people affected by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The U.S. House of Representatives...

Employers have less than two weeks to file their EEO-1 Component 2 data—pay information broken down by job category, race, sex and ethnicity—to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). To avoid technical issues and delays...

As Hurricane Dorian makes its way up the United States' Southeastern coast, many businesses will close and workers will be displaced. Employers should be prepared to answer important questions, including...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 15 that a trucking company can't compel arbitration in a wage and hour case brought by a truck driver who was classified as an independent contractor.

In an arbitration agreement...