In today's Part 2 of 2 of my back-from-summer-hiatus series, I am joined by L&E attorney Sarah Kelly to discuss the critical, new EEO-1, Component 2 information that many employers MUST provide by September 30, 2019.

We begin the second half of 2019 with the 1st of 2 parts on significant employment law trends and cases, including new DOL opinion letters, obesity as a disability, and natural hairstyle as a protected class.

Today's episode discusses FIVE new opinion letters and proposed rules issued by the United States Department of Labor that offer much-needed help to the employment community on issues of significance.

In today's new episode, experts from the Retail Industry Leaders Association and ManpowerGroup Solutions discuss how today's climate of employment regulations (including the new overtime rule, predictive scheduling, and gig economy initiatives) is affecting employee recruitment and retention, as well as the retail industry in particular.

This episode outlines the key components of the U.S. Department of Labor's new proposed overtime rule. Also, antitrust attorney David Reichenberg joins to discuss the antitrust issues that cannot be ignored when looking at your non-compete agreements.

This episode looks at recent employment law developments that may make you go "hmmm": a 4-day workweek, outright bans on mandatory arbitration and office gossip, hairstyle as a protected characteristic, and an update on the new overtime rules.

This special Valentine's Day episode discusses the pros and cons of employers entering into love contracts with its employees.

For our special 2nd anniversary episode, we bring back our inaugural guest, Howard Schweitzer, to talk about the current state of politics and the impact on employers. We also discuss how the EEOC has chosen to answer employers' questions about the impact of the recent government shutdown on pending cases.

This episode presents Part 2 of 2 on workplace issues when employees use marijuana, and also discusses two significant developments from the NLRB involving independent contractors and individual employee gripes.

Welcome back! In this first new episode of 2019, we talk about ghosting, the most hated and irritating workplace e-mails, our Top 5 noteworthy cases you missed at the end of the year, and our Top 10 employer trends and challenges for 2019.