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...
Sexual harassment can occur in any type of job. A recent case demonstrates that charges of predatory behavior can even arise in a workplace that is supposedly dedicated to ensuring justice for Georgia residents. In a disturbing case of alleged sexual harassment and...
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires group health plans to offer continuation coverage to employees, former employees, spouses, former spouses, and dependent children, known as “qualifying beneficiaries,” when group health coverage would...
When you joined a new software company based in Atlanta, Georgia, you signed a contract that guaranteed you a bonus based on meeting and exceeding your annual sales numbers. As one of the top salespeople in your company, you have a proven track record of success over...
In a federal discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in favor of a transgender woman who was immediately fired from her state job after her employer learned of her intent to transition from male to female. Vandy Beth Glenn...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires covered entities to abide by certain guidelines and rules that protect against the unauthorized use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI). Generally, covered entities may...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against employment discrimination. In particular, it protects against discrimination that unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment....
Literally dozens of federal laws protect whistleblowers from retaliation for complaining to their employers, unions, or government agencies about unsafe or unhealthful conditions in the workplace, violations of environmental-protection laws, public safety hazards, and...
As the owner or manager of small or mid-sized business, you may feel that you have protected your business from the risk of avoidable workplace discrimination lawsuits simply by regulating your behavior and that of your management colleagues. You might keep scrupulous...