Robert Teachout

Robert Teachout has more than 35 years’ experience in legal publishing covering employment laws on the state and federal level. At Brightmine, he covers labor relations, employment contracts, performance management, organizational exits and promotions, succession and workforce planning and HR professional development. He often writes on the intersection of compliance with HR strategy and leading practices.

Before joining Brightmine, Robert was a senior HR editor at Thompson Information Services, covering FMLA, ADA, EEO issues and federal and state leave laws. Prior to that he was the primary editor of Bloomberg BNA’s State Labor Laws binders and was the principal writer and editor of the State Wage Assignment and Garnishment Handbook. Robert also served as a union unit leader and shop steward in the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild of the Communications Workers of America. Actively involved in the HR profession, Robert is a member of SHRM at both the national and local levels.