A new Georgia law eliminates the longstanding practice that allowed certain employers to pay individuals with disabilities less than the minimum wage. As of July 1, 2025, with few exceptions, workers must be paid at least the federal minimum wage regardless of...
A recent survey of managers of U.S. businesses points to a rapidly shifting environment in which key employment decisions — including hiring, promotion and termination — are increasingly influenced and in some cases driven by artificial intelligence (AI). According to...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently issued guidelines that label Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the workplace as discriminatory if they adversely impact employees based on factors such as race, sex, age, or other...
The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a pivotal decision that may have a pronounced effect on workplace discrimination litigation under federal law. The court, in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, ruled that individuals from majority groups suing for...
Federal employment laws are designed not only to prohibit unfair treatment in the workplace but also to protect employees from retaliation when they stand up for their rights. Retaliation occurs when an employer takes adverse action against an employee for engaging in...
One of the stickiest issues in the enforcement of federal wage and hour law concerns employers’ classification of workers as independent contractors. This distinction affects broad sectors of the American workforce, particularly in the modern gig economy. Under the...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage and overtime pay eligibility for employees in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. One of the common ways employers violate the FLSA is through the misclassification of employees...
Employers in Georgia are under no obligation to pay an employee separation pay upon termination, but there can be good reasons for doing so — among them the employee’s acceptance of restrictive covenants such as non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality...
Nearly five years after the COVID-19 lockdown shifted millions of American employees into remote work, controversy still exists as to whether people in certain positions should be allowed work from home. In many cases, the arguments involve questions of productivity...