Articles by Richard D. Alaniz

Employee handbooks may once again become a potential source of liability for unsuspecting employers.

It appears that in the case of most employees, agreement with the concept of unions in principle does not translate into a willingness to vote a union into their workplaces.

Employers should consider conducting a thorough review of the job duties of all salaried employees to determine overtime eligibility.

Now is the time to take the necessary steps to ensure your workplace can withstand increased governmental enforcement we are likely to experience.

The coronavirus pandemic has been one of those once-in-a-lifetime events that no one, especially employers, ever wants to see again.

FLSA wage and hour violations are among the most common employer errors in the workplace.

The Families Plan version of paid leave takes several of the elements of the Family Act, which was proposed by House Democrats in 2019 but failed to reach a floor vote.

Employee relations should receive every bit as much of the focus that is directed at maintaining and growing a business.

The long-anticipated reopening of the economy has hit an unexpected roadblock: a serious lack of workers to fill the millions of available positions.

Employers have begun to more frequently struggle with the decision of whether to discharge a poor-performing employee or give the employee another chance.