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Employer Monitoring of Employee's Electronic Communications

Several decades ago, employers' rights to monitor employees' communications were generally well-defined. While employers could monitor business calls, they could not, with a few limited exceptions, eavesdrop on employees' personal phone calls....

Workers' Compensation Overview

Workers' compensation (originally called workman's compensation) systems began emerging at the turn of the 20th Century. States enacted workers' compensation laws to assist employees in recovering compensation for work-related injuries. Today,...

Disability Discrimination in the Federal Workplace

Before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against private sector employees and applicants on the basis of disability, Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Rehabilitation...

Labor & Employment Law

The United States Department of Labor-Women's Bureau

The Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor was created by an act of Congress on June 5, 1920. The federal statute establishing the Women's Bureau...

Employee Benefit Plans

For a group health plan, the administrator must provide a summary of material reductions in covered services or benefits within 60 days of the adoption of the change in coverage. When group health coverage commences, participants must be given...