PER Human Resources – Feb 2026

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When a Third Party Claims Your Employee was Sexually Assaulted at Work

 

How would you handle a situation where a third party informs you that your employee was sexually assaulted at work? One client dealt with this very issue when an employee’s boyfriend claimed a co-worker forced himself on the girlfriend while at work. After talking with the woman, it was clear the male employee should be terminated. Or was it?*

 

*Based on a true story. Names and other details have been changed.


per myth or fact dec 2025

Is this statement a myth or fact?

 

  • Discrimination laws are for women and minorities.

 

Read on for the Employment Attorneys and HR Experts’ explanation.

PER hr new laws and regulations

FEDERAL UPDATES
EEOC Consolidates Power, Signaling Aggressive, ‘America First’ Agenda Enforcement 

Reasonable Accommodation Lessons From the EEOC’s New Telework Guidance

 

Remote Control: When Employers Can Reject Work-From-Home Accommodation Requests

 

So, You Hired a Fraudulent Employee-Now What?

 

Untangling the Varying Requirements of State and Local Fair Workweek Laws

 

STATE UPDATES
Colorado

Colorado Implements Changes to Wage and Hour Rules for 2026

 

Maine
Maine Enacts Law Requiring Employers to Notify Employees About Surveillance Tools

 

New Jersey
New Jersey Dramatically Expands Job-Protected Family Leave and Benefits

 

NJ’s New Disparate Impact Rules Reinforce Employers’ Need for Antidiscrimination Vigilance

 

Pay Attention or Pay Up: A Costly Lesson in New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Noncompliance

 

New York
New York “Trapped at Work Act” Amended to Change Effective Date and Resolve Ambiguities


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