Employers often hesitate to conduct workplace investigations or take disciplinary action against an employee taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). A recent court decision is an endorsement to carry on with your internal investigations and disciplinary measures so long as you can show that you would have done the same absent any request for FMLA leave.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may change the way people work, alter the global economy and reshape business, but it’s not the job-killer most people think it is.
Or at least it won’t be if workers learn new skills.

As artificial intelligence and automation continue to replace jobs, a new study found that three-quarters of U.S. employees say they’re ready to learn new skills to remain employable. Some 10,000 people from China, Germany, India, the U.S. and the U.K. were surveyed in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report Workforce of the Future: The Competing Forces Shaping 2030. PwC said it surveyed over 1,500 members of the general U.S. population to obtain data specific to the U.S.

​If you’re trying for a promotion, you still have to win over the new job’s supervisors—even if they already know you. Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR.

As businesses collect more biometric data from workers—such as fingerprints that are used for timekeeping systems—Illinois employers must ensure that they are complying with the state’s biometric privacy law or potentially face expensive class-action lawsuits.

Premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2018 cap has now resumed, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

A bill that would put California employers in a difficult position in the conflict between federal and state immigration policies has been sent to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. Employment attorneys told SHRM Online that Brown will probably sign the bill, but there’s no guarantee.