Some employees who have yet to go through the unpleasant experience of involuntary employment termination, falsely assume that every unfair employment discharge amounts to wrongful termination. [more]
Child Labor in Summer Jobs
The time for teenagers to seek summer jobs has arrived. Subsequently, hiring employers, along with job-seeking teenagers and their parents, would be wise to become familiar with the restrictions imposed by state and federal child labor laws. [more]
Tornado Cleanup Jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it had granted millions of dollars to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee to create temporary disaster recovery jobs, such as tornado cleanup jobs. [more]
Disaster Unemployment Assistance - Storm, Tornado, Wind, Flood
Disaster Unemployment Assistance might be (or soon might be) available to eligible employees and self-employed individuals who’ve recently lost their jobs or income, because of damage caused by severe storms and resulting straight-line winds, tornadoes or floods. [more]
Is a Severance Agreement Legal?
There was a time when conscientious employers provided severance pay to help employees survive layoffs. But, these days, employers who provide severance pay at all are more likely to do so as a “bribe” of sorts, to encourage departing employees to sign severance agreements that waive their rights to sue the employers. [more]
Resignation Notice and Pay
One of the most common questions to which employees want an answer after quitting their jobs, is whether or not their employers had the right to immediately terminate their employment without paying them through their resignation notice periods. [more]
E-Verify Self Check Launched
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched E-Verify Self Check, a do-it-yourself service that allows you to check your employment eligibility in the USA. [more]
