Insurance and cyber security experts say a computer-savvy employee who thinks his or her job may be in jeopardy may be more inclined to tap the organization's database for information that may be useful in a new job with a competitor.

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Supplementing 2007 guidance concerning discrimination against employees with caregiver responsibilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a best practices guidance entitled, “Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities.”  Caregiver responsibilities include child care, elder care and care for immediate family members with disabilities, among others.  Many employees juggle work and caregiver responsibilities.

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A patient who was sexually assaulted by a nurse may pursue her negligent hiring lawsuit against the hospital [2] where the assailant worked. The plaintiff argued that if the hospital had conducted a background check, it would have found that the nurse had been fired from previous jobs for assaulting female patients. A lower court held that the plaintiff could not sue the hospital because the nurse was officially employed by a third party. The California appellate court ruled that the hospital had sufficient supervisory authority over those working at the facility to be held...

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With recent elections came new laws and/or proposed changes to existing laws that affect human resources practices. The following describes some recent proposed and enacted legislation and case law of which you should be aware in terms of keeping your employee handbook up to date both now and in upcoming months.

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Kate Harding has spent most of her life on one diet or another, losing weight but always gaining it back. Determined to improve her quality of life, she joined a fast-growing group of anti-dieting activists promoting overweight people's civil rights.

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Half a dozen investigators conducting security-clearance checks for the federal government have been accused of lying in the reports they submitted to the Office of Personnel Management, which handles about 90 percent...

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The recent outbreak of Swine Influenza (“virus” or “disease”) has health agencies around the world on alert, and, given high-density areas such as mass transportation systems, schools, hospitals and the workplace...

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Orlando partner Rex Stephens authored an article, "Why You Need a Policy If Your Employees Are Twittering," which was published on April 17, 2009, on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website.

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