Seyfarth Synopsis: In recent months, I’ve spoken to many HR professionals about all things employee relations or “ER.” What stood out was the challenging nature of the role of those in ER.
The role of ER has never been more valuable to Australian employers, whose workplaces have never been more regulated.
Yes, compliance is a must
Continue Reading Navigating Employee Relations: The Advisor’s Role (Part 5)By Benjamin D. Briggs, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: A new report from the National Safety Council (NSC), State of the Response: Employer Actions to Address the Pandemic, provides an overview of how employers have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NSC survey sought to understand which COVID-19-related safety practices were
By Rachel Bernasconi, Paul Cutrone, Ameena Y. Majid and Peter Talibart
Seyfarth Synopsis: This is the third in a series of blogs by our Global Modern Slavery Team dealing with how companies can get ahead of the curve of the changing legal landscape addressing the role of business and its connection to modern slavery.
In our experience, issues
Continue Reading Modern Slavery: The Dilemma of Internal Accountability and Resource Allocation
By Erin Dougherty Foley and Craig B. Simonsen
In an opinion last week, the Second Circuit ruled that a company’s human resources (HR) director could be held individually liable for Family and Medical Leave Act violations.
The Court said that the HR director had enough control over an employee’s job and enough input into her firing to qualify her as
Continue Reading Second Circuit Court Holds HR Director is Individually the “Employer”