HR Compliance for Employers: Workplace Best Practices, Legal Requirements & Litigation Lessons
Can You Tell Employees to Keep a Workplace Investigation Confidential?
A harassment complainant signed a standard confidentiality form, and later got a letter asking her to keep the outcome quiet. An NLRB judge found both unlawful. Here’s what employers, union or not, need to change in their investigation forms.
Can Employees Legally Share Pay Information With Each Other?
Can employees legally share their pay with each other? In most cases, yes, and that's true whether or not there's a union. A federal appeals court recently upheld a finding that an employer illegally fired an engineer for organizing a pay-sharing effort among coworkers. Here's what employers can and can't do when employees disclose pay information to each other, and the steps to take next.