When a manager and someone that reports to them are friends outside of work, that friendship could cause problems in the workplace.

Some companies hold all-employee meetings monthly, some quarterly, and some annually. What’s the best cadence? What’s the best format? Of...

When terminating an employee, employers will sometimes offer the employee a severance package, which should be conditioned on the...

The steps that you should take when an employee fails to show up to work without notice.

A recent federal case in Maryland reminds us that while Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for an employer to...

Employee burnout is a serious issue that can have negative impacts on both the well-being of individual employees and the overall success...

A federal court in DC recently dismissed a case (Copeland v. District of Columbia, Case No. 14-1708, United States District Court for the...

A federal court in Maryland recently outlined an critical part of any Title VII plaintiff's complaint: a satisfactory allegation that the...

This case highlights why good documentation is important and protects your company.

Note: Don't tell an employee that people who are happy but do not smile have mental problems.

On May 28, 2020, Pavan Khoobchandani spoke about huge changes to Virginia employment laws in 2020.

Comment by co-worker did not lead to liability of the employer even when comment was deplorable, crass, and racist.

Employers notoriously have a hard time documenting performance issues of their employees.

Recruiting and hiring is a difficult, time-consuming, expensive process. It involves time away from operations to develop job...

In 2017, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Diversified Maintenance Systems, LLC in federal court...

Workdays can be long and grueling. An employee that makes hilarious jokes at work and helps the mid-afternoon slump is everyone's best...

On November 3, 2019, McDonald's issued a press release announcing that it fired its CEO Steve Easterbrook for violating company policy...

A recent case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit highlights the frustration that employees that have been...

You've probably read the headlines: Millennials are the largest generation in the American work force, trailing behind Gen Xers and Baby...

If someone calls you a "stupid white bitch" at work, that's discrimination, right? Not so fast, said a Maryland Federal Court recently in...