Employment Laws

Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Time To Update Your Cobra Notices

The Federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, commonly known as COBRA, requires group health plans of employers with 20 or more employees to offer employees and their families continued medical coverage after the employment ...
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Tips For Handling Terminations

The most seasoned executive often turns into a white-knuckled novice when the time comes for a difficult termination. Ending an employment relationship is never easy, but some termination meetings seem certain to be particularly contentious. With ...
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Tips on Taxes

A range of benefit programs under the broad umbrella of the Social Security Act is financed largely from taxes paid by employers and employees under the provisions of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA). The Internal Revenue Code requires ...
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Title VII Damage Caps: Calculating Your Maximum Exposure

Title VII (which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, etc.) limits damage awards based on the number of employees the employer had during the "current or preceding calendar year." The maximum total amount of ...
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Title VII Rights Extend Beyond Employer-Employee Relationship

, __ F.Supp. __, 1998 WL 65404 (N.D. Iowa February 13, 1998)After being terminated by her employer, IBP, Moland brought a Title VII action for sexual harassment and retaliation against Bil-Mar Foods. Moland claimed that Bil-Mar, while not her ...
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To Fire or not To Fire: Practical Tips Related To Discharge and Disclosure of Information about Terminated Employees

"Discharged," "terminated," "adversely affected" -- or the slightly less eloquent "canned," "booted," "deep sixed," "axed" -- however labeled, getting fired is a traumatic experience for most employees. And it is a very dangerous undertaking for ...
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Top Five Myths In The Workplace

Employers often share misconceptions about laws related to the workplace. Here are the top 5 workplace myths: Not true. Even if an employee has signed an at-will agreement, an employer can not fire the employee for any reason. An employer may not ...
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Totally Disabled Worker Awarded Medical Benefits for Surgery

A totally disabled petitioner was entitled to receive full medical benefits by way of surgery which was required more than two years after the last payment by the employer under a total disability award but during the period when payments were being ...
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Train Supervisors on Preventing Workplace Violence

Workplace violence has significantly escalated to the point where management needs to include a program on preventing, recognizing and resolving workplace violence. It is no longer a potential. There are real numbers. Nearly two million American ...
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Training About Sexual Harassment Can Make All The Difference

In real estate, the saying goes, it's all about location. In the law governing workplace sexual harassment, it's turning out to be all about training. Employers often think that employees, particularly their managers and supervisors, can be trusted ...
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