By Eric B. Meyer Here are three (3) easy ways to tackle FMLA issues, without having to call someone like me. Employee gets open-heart surgery, no FMLA I … Read more
Paying Employees For Overtime Work Is Not a By-The-Job Matter
By John E. Thompson Recent reports have described more than one scenario in which an employer violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because the … Read more
Court Finds That Employee’s Private Facebook Posts Are Relevant to Case
By Eric B. Meyer I assure you that what inspired this post had nothing to do with the facts of the case; namely: The female plaintiff claiming that her … Read more
What Employers Should Know About the Regulation of Marijuana
co-authored by Roger G. Trim, a shareholder in the Denver office of Ogletree Deakins As of January 2013, 18 states and the District of Columbia have laws … Read more
Michigan Becomes Latest State to Protect Employee Online Privacy
By Eric B. Meyer The newest right-to-work state is also the latest to ban companies from accessing password-protected social media accounts. In late … Read more
Iowa Court OKs Firing Female Employee Because of “Irresistible Attraction”
By Eric B. Meyer Late last month, a unanimous Iowa Supreme Court held that it was OK for a male boss to fire a female employee — a model employee … Read more
A Reminder Why EEOC Will Focus on Discrimination in Hiring This Year
By Eric B. Meyer Same stuff; different year. In 2010, an Ohio temp agency paid $650,000 as part of a Consent Agreement with the EEOC to settle claims that … Read more
New California Law Requires Contracts for Commission-Paid Employees
By James J. McDonald. Jr. Beginning January 1, 2013, a new California law requires that employees who are paid on commission must be provided a written … Read more
EEOC Priorities for Obama’s 2nd Term – and the Impact on Your Business
By Eric B. Meyer Thus far, you’ve managed to keep your equal-employment-opportunity nose clean. Good for you. In fact, with the economy the way it … Read more
Some Lessons For Employers From a Successful Off-the-Clock OT Case
By Ted Boehm It might sometimes seem from the parade of headline-grabbing, employee-favoring court decisions that employers are destined to lose in … Read more