Editorial process

Plain language — how every guide on this site is researched, reviewed, corrected, and kept current.

Evidence first

Every guide starts with live research: recent studies, regulator guidance (EEOC, eCFR), and named outlets, read in the week the piece is written. Claims that carry a number carry their source inline, and every guide ends with a Sources section linking what we read.

We do not print statistics we cannot trace. A number whose source has moved is a defect, not an ornament.

Reviewed before publish, every piece

Research starts with tool-assisted searches, and every draft then goes through a review pass before publish: claims checked against sources, tone checked against our honesty bar, and the writing checked for the directness we hold. We state plainly that we are not clinicians: nothing here is medical advice, and anything that smells like diagnosis or treatment stays out of scope.

Checked, not assumed

Every claim in a guide is checked against the sources it cites before the guide is published:

• Numbers and quotes appear only when we can trace them
• Links are live and lead where they say
• Text contrast is measured (not eyeballed) at desktop and phone width
• Interactive tools must be used end-to-end with a real input before their page counts as finished

If a claim fails the check, the guide does not go up that day.

Kept current, on purpose

Health-adjacent guidance ages. Every guide carries a dated review block. The oldest guides get refreshed every week: new evidence folded in, stale claims corrected, review date moved — rather than waiting for a reader to trip on them.

Corrections and your rights

If something here is wrong, we want it said plainly: write to [email protected] with the page and the claim. A correction gets fixed at the claim level, the review date moves, and the fix is logged. Privacy and data handling are documented in the privacy notice; your answers to our tools never leave your browser.