unemployment benefits

Weekend Roundup: Mandatory Vaccines, Retroactive Unemployment, and Retaliation Complaints

Mar 1, 2021 | Blog, Weekend Roundup

As we celebrate the start of another week, today’s Weekend Roundup explores whether or not employers can require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, how unsafe working conditions can make some employees eligible for retroactive unemployment benefits, and why...

Weekend Roundup: Slowing Labor Market, H-2B Lottery and More

Mar 4, 2019 | Weekend Roundup

An increase in jobless benefits claims leads some experts to believe the U.S. labor market is finally beginning to slow. That could be good news for many employers, especially since companies who want to hire seasonal guest workers on H-2B visas will now have to go...

Weekend Roundup: E-Verify, Walmart’s FCRA Lawsuit, and Unemployment Benefits

Jan 21, 2019 | Weekend Roundup

This week, employers across the nation continued dealing with the unavailability of E-Verify amid the government shutdown, even as jobless claims fell to a five-week low. In other news, Walmart faces a class-action suit on behalf of five million job seekers following...