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Employers Beware: There Are Rising Legal Risks Of Rigid RTO Policies

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The insistence of employers on a full return to the office, without considering individual circumstances, could lead to a surge in legal issues — particularly discrimination claims. Are employers walking into a legal storm by enforcing rigid return-to-office (RTO) mandates?

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What Every Business Needs To Know About The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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By successfully updating your company’s policies to help accommodate pregnant employees, present or future, you’re not only following the law — you are helping to develop a more friendly and open work environment that benefits the future of work for mothers.

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Brookings 2019 Trends to Watch

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The Brookings Institute is a large and influential DC public policy think tank. The report is targeted at government policy makers and lists the issues Brookings experts "expect will shape the world this year and the solutions to address them." They recently released a report with their 2019 Trends to Watch.

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The Perils Of Ignoring Sexual Harassment Training

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It also found that more men than women reported taking legal action when they experienced harassment (but were less likely to do so when the perpetrator was someone more senior). According to HR consultants ERC , a harassment claim settled out of court can cost a company between $75,000 and $125,000 — and that’s just the legal fees. .

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The Empire Strikes Back at the Sharing Economy

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As the Chicago Tribune's When online upstarts rattle the playing field covers, many of the leading sharing economy companies are facing some sort of legal and/or regulatory challenges.   That sharing economy companies are facing increased regulatory and legal scrutiny is not a surprise.   Government Policy trends'

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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It’s important to pay attention to the business matters at hand along with their legal aspects and personalities, he adds. Create policy for the event that a new innovation stems from the partnership. An example of a relationship that succeeded after a tweak was our agreement with the mini-storage company PODS. Win-win-win.

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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

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Redesigning policies around parental leave could address gender imbalances in the workplace and positively influence societal attitudes towards unpaid childcare. If far-reaching policy changes are not implemented, working women with children will continue to be penalized. Plus, the childcare situation is becoming even more of a crisis.

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