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Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.

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Featured Articles

Employment Rights During COVID-19

Workplace Guidelines During a Pandemic

Fisher Phillips

Anxiety and stress levels are rising high during a time of uncertainty like this. Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips answers employment questions about COVID-19.

Gender Equity in the Workplace

Equal to the Task

Joyce D. Edelman

Fighting for gender equity in the law firm can seem like the very definition of a thankless task. But you just might find yourself able to make great strides.

State Laws Regarding Marijuana Usage

Evolving Marijuana Laws and the Workplace

Tess P. Anglin

How can employers enforce statutes that differ from state to state?

An Interview With Harris & Company

Leading the Evolution in Workplace Law

Best Lawyers

Colin G.M. Gibson discusses workplace safety, issues such as raising the minimum wage, and job-protected leaves. 

Panel: LGBTQ SCOTUS Ruling

WATCH: A Landmark Win for LGBTQ Rights

Best Lawyers

Two top employment attorneys join the CEO of Best Lawyers to discuss the landmark Supreme Court ruling protecting gay and transgender employees.

What's the Standard for Workplace Harassment?

High Court Reinforces Discrimination Is About More Than Money

Brian J. MacDonough

A new case in Massachusetts clarifies something important about the standards to be met in workplace harassment cases.

Gender Equality Law Portugal

Portugal Is Legislating Its Way to a Fairer Workplace

Best Lawyers

Pedro Pardal Goulão of Morais Leitão discusses the big changes coming to Portugal in his "Law Firm of the Year" interview.

Social Change Amid #MeToo

Lecher Pays

Ann E. Evanko and Katherine L. Wood

Can social change be sped up via legislation? A key provision of the recent tax-law overhaul, clearly written with #MeToo in mind, suggests it can.

Immigration Compliance

Immigration Compliance at the Worksite

Fausta M. Albi

New laws that impact California employers.

Six Things to Know When Injured at Work

Six Things to Know When Injured at Work

Nicholas Pothitakis

Work injuries result in many questions and concerns by employees who may be facing the situation for the first time

Stop Sexual Harassment Act For Employers

New York's New Sexual Harassment Law: What Employers Need to Know

Ann E. Evanko

New York's Stop Sexual Harassment Act goes into effect in October 2019.

Attorney Brief: Workplace Allergies

Allergic to Work?

Ann Holden Kendell

Accessorial Liability

Accessorial Liability in the Fissured Workplace

Rohen Cullen and Caroline O’Connor

The wilfully blind beware.

Religious Symbols in Workplace

Religious Symbols in the Workplace: Recent Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Pascale Lagesse

Is it discrimination for a workplace to ban employees from display political, philosophical, and religious symbols in the work environment?

Generation Z Employees

FAQs on 'Generation Z' in the Workplace

Fisher Phillips

A classic managerial mistake is to focus so much on the present that you ignore what’s about to come around the corner. And what’s about to come around the corner at your workplace is the next generation of American worker.

Promoting Diversity

Look for Carrots to Promote Diversity

Heather A. Owen

In fact, the representation of women and minorities in leadership positions has decreased over recent years.

Biometric Data in Workplace

Biometric Data in the Workplace

Fisher Phillips

Potential risks and legal considerations.

Paid Leave

Paid Leave

Best Lawyers

Eight attorneys from across the country weigh in.

Civil Penalties

OSHA Officially Increases Civil Penalties by 78 Percent

John F. Martin

Under the interim rule, the maximum penalties for workplace safety violations issued by OSHA will spike by 78.16 percent, effective August 1, 2016.

Millennials

Millennials

Joanna Barsh, Lauren Brown, and Kayvan Kian

Burden, blessing, or both?

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