Vol. 51 No. 8, August 2021

Index

• As staff return, vaccine still a hot-button issue.
• Biden aims to limit (or ban) noncompete agreements.
• Big ideas in the Big Easy: Attend the Summit in October.
• HR fired for pursuing bias: Is that retaliation?
• Workplace drug tests: Marijuana positivity rates spike.
• Employee injured at work? Offer FMLA, not just workers' comp.
• Accommodate at every step, including interviews.
• Poor time records? Court will believe workers.
• The cost of denying pregnancy leave: $146k.
• Track & date all steps in discipline process.
• U.S. Supreme Court limits on-premises union organizing.
• Warn interviewers: Don't ask loaded questions.
• With rise of ransomware attacks, HR plays a key role in shoring up security.
• DOL put new limits on health plan 'balance billing'.
• Gender pay bias legislation stalls in Congress.
• Less than half of workers asked about return to work.
• Post-pandemic workplace trends: More resignations & formal remote policies.
• Prepare your policy for a proliferation of pandemic puppies.
• Requiring COVID shots? Beware fake vax cards.
• 7 important things to know about employee lawsuits.
• The HR I.Q. Test.
• Good habits to avoid bad trouble.
• How managers can avoid being held personally liability in employee lawsuits.
• Anti-harassment training in the post-COVID era: HR's new role.