Workplace safety and security

Former homicide detective helps companies avoid costly litigation.

Clients that hire these workers can actually outperform their peers, new research indicates.

Police officers and cab drivers are among the most trying careers, according to a ranking by CareerCast.

Employers that hire these workers can actually outperform their peers, new research indicates.

From the formerly incarcerated to older workers, employers should work to expand employment opportunities, says SHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor.

“Not only can you hire people with criminal histories, you should be doing it already,” says the Society for Human Resource Management.

Employers need to be mindful of the the tension between technology and privacy rights in the workplace.

Five police officers filed complaints alleging their employer violated their right to pump breast milk on the job. The suit highlights why companies need to be up to date on employment laws.

A well-written employee handbook can be an effective document to ensure compliance with applicable laws as they evolve and as new laws go into effect.

Wildfires are sending an unprecedented amount of smoke where many of the largest tech companies employ tens of thousands of workers.

The nation's biggest city passed two bills that will require employers to provide lactation rooms, as well as develop a lactation policy for employees.

The company is making arbitration optional for individual sexual harassment and sexual assault claims.

Ask employers how they’re doing on sexual harassment in the workplace and most will say pretty well. Employees have a different take.

In the past two years, Google has fired 48 people, including 13 senior managers or above, for misconduct.

Companies should divide up responsibility, develop a communications plan, contact their insurer and be supportive of employees.

The leading causes of untimely death at work include transportation accidents, falling — and surprisingly, murder, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.

Employers need to request documentation, check policies and consider other employees when they get requests for bringing support dogs into the workplace.

Employers need to request documentation, check policies and consider other employees when they get requests for bringing support dogs into the workplace.

The evolving legalization of marijuana for both medical and recreational uses continues to cause workplace issues for employers.

Digital reporting tools may help HR identify problems, but experts say tech alone isn’t going to rid workplaces of sexual harassment.