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Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits disability discrimination and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation for an employee’s disability. But what’s a disability under the ADA? And when is accommodation required? Take this short, seven-question quiz to test your knowledge about the ADA. Read more.

Final Overtime Regulations (Slideshow): What Employers Need to Know

The federal Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized major changes to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for the first time in 10 years. In this slideshow, BLR Legal Editor Susan Prince, JD, MSL, provides employers with what they need to know about the final overtime regulations.

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Final Overtime Regs: What You Need To Know (Video)

In this video, BLR Legal Editor Susan Prince, JD, MSL, provides employers with what they need to know about the final overtime regulations.   Here are a few highlights from the video: Salary Threshold for Exemption Almost Doubles [L]et’s talk about the most important change, the salary level increase. The DOL has essentially DOUBLED the […]

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HR Works Podcast: How to Avoid Discrimination in Employee Dress Code Policies

EPISODE 8 It might seem that drafting and addressing violations of dress code and appearance policies would be old hat for HR, but the challenges in this area just keep mounting, and there’s no shortage of eager lawyers waiting to bring a suit for religious or national origin discrimination or failure to accommodate. To pin […]

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HR Tech Investments Focused on Improved User Experience, Business Alignment

Human Resources organizations continue to move their management systems to the cloud as they seek improved user experience and stronger alignment with the business, according to a new survey from Information Services Group (ISG), a technology insights, market intelligence, and advisory services company.