By Rich Glass
The opening line to the animated classic movie The Lion King—"Life's not fair!"—doesn't apply to health and welfare benefits. Long-standing nondiscrimination rules are designed to ensure that life is fair—that there is no favoritism of highly paid employees.

By Barbara J. Koenig
Employees or trainees? Students at for-profit massage therapy schools realized that while performing their required clinical hours by giving massages to the schools' clients, they were helping the facilities make money. The students thought of themselves as unpaid employees and sued the schools for back wages. Did they have a claim?

By Karen A. Whitley
This morning, Valerie came in to work with a cast on her wrist and heavy makeup on her face. She told Susie, her supervisor, that she had an accident, but she's fine now and able to work. Later, Susie overhears Valerie telling a coworker that she took out a restraining order against her boyfriend. Susie calls HR for advice. What should HR do?