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Retaliation: Can We Discipline Someone Who Is under an “Umbrella of Protection”?

By jessica Mar 1, 2006 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Occasionally we have an employee we would like to discipline (or fire outright), but the employee has recently done something that leaves us open to a retaliation charge if we take action against them-like making a discrimination complaint, requesting FMLA leave, or talking to OSHA about safety issues. Right now, we have a manager who […]

Day Laborer Wage Concerns Highlighted In New Study

By jessica Mar 1, 2006 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Forty-nine percent of day laborers polled for a new study said that an employer denied wages for work they completed in the previous two months. In the study, “On the Corner: Day Labor in the United States,” 48 percent of day laborers said that an employer underpaid them during the same time period; 44 percent […]