| Personnel File Retention Requirements--Title VII and ADA |
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| Most American employers are subject to a number of federal statutes designed to prevent different forms of discrimination in the workplace. In addition to proscribing improper workplace practices, these laws provide enforcement mechanisms and means to compensate employees and applicants who are injured by employers who refuse to follow the laws. More... |
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| The Anti-Kickback Provisions of the Copeland Act |
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| Background and ScopeMore... |
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| Arbitration -- Labor Agreements -- Substantive Arbitrability |
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| In addition to wages, hours, and benefits, one of the fundamental elements of the labor agreement between a company and a union is the procedure for filing a grievance. Grievance procedures refer to the process by which employers and employees deal with disputes over contract terms, disciplinary actions, and terminations. Based on the nature of the issue and the level of disagreement, these procedures range from simply filing a complaint to a full-blown lawsuit. Somewhere in the middle is arbitration.More... |
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| Privacy - Personnel Files - Redress for Privacy Violations |
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| There are many instances in which an employer may share information about an employee with a third party. Employers regularly, for example, disclose information about their employees to other employers, unions, and law-enforcement agencies. They may also share information with banks and creditors, insurance companies, government agencies, and even third-party private individuals. Although some of these disclosures may be at the employee's request or required by law, others may be may be considered a violation of privacy or inflict harm. More... |
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| The National Center for the Workplace |
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| In 1992, Congress sought to address "problems created by the simultaneous convergence of broad economic, social, cultural, political, and technological changes in the workplace" and established the National Center for the Workplace (NCW). More... |
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