As employers, you must always be mindful of the ever-present possibility of employee-driven litigation. It’s unfortunate, but it’s simply an inescapable aspect of modern [...]

Another essential tool in your employer toolkit is the tried-and-true employee handbook. The handbook serves as the central hub of expectations and documentation for [...]

When you’re ready to begin rehiring employees, it’s important to make sure that you’ve developed a comprehensive employment agreement that you can utilize to [...]

Union relationships can be one of the most difficult things employers a unionized workforce are forced to navigate. They’re fraught with adversarial interactions and [...]

COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is a federal law that requires employers with 20 or more employees and who offer health [...]

Understanding Internal Revenue Code Section 409a can be a challenge, to say the least. It’s a relatively complicated yet widespread aspect of our tax [...]

Some employees, depending on the department they work in, can be more difficult to furlough or lay off than others. Sales professionals, for example, [...]

One often-overlooked aspect of managing a reduction in force is maintaining compliance with state and federal employee privacy laws. The layoff process is taxing [...]

Understanding Wage and Hour Claims One particularly challenging issue that employers may face when conducting reductions in force is wage and hour claims. These [...]

In business, there are always things that you’d prefer your former employees don’t share or disclose to the public. That’s why it’s common for [...]