The HR Specialist

12/12/2018

Holiday gift-giving at work often skids wildly into a ditch of misunderstanding and impropriety. Here are some simple ways to steer clear of gaffes.

12/12/2018

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement dramatically ramped up arrests in fiscal year 2018, compared to the year before, according to just-released statistics.

12/12/2018

An alleged sexual harasser recently tried to argue that the very fact that he was accused made him a victim of sex discrimination. It didn’t work.

12/12/2018

There’s a good reason to retain the employment records of poor performers. In fact, the argument can be made that you should keep those records indefinitely.

12/06/2018

If an employer pays overtime incorrectly, it may be liable for up to two years of unpaid overtime, doubled as a penalty. But if an employer’s overtime mistake is “willful,” that liability reaches back another year, adding to the cost.

12/04/2018

A worker can’t add additional claims to her case on appeal that go over the dollar limit for justice court cases.