As employers wrestle with the thorny issue of deciding the proper classification of workers, a federal judge has raised a cautionary flag to how far states … Read more
Can Employees Steal Confidential Documents to Prove Discrimination?
By Eric B. Meyer You, the naive reader, may assume that California is the state with the most employee-friendly laws. And, while that may be true, New … Read more
Will You Have the Data You’ll Need to Comply With Obamacare Reporting?
(Note: Staffing and temp agencies who are the employer of record are subject to this new reporting provision, if they have at least 50 employees. Those who … Read more
Does This Kind of Behavior Make For a Hostile Work Environment?
By Eric B. Meyer Here’s a little new math: 1 crotch grab + 1 N-word + 1 threat + 4 sex slurs = 0 hostile work environments. You won’t find this one … Read more
New Workplace Legal Issue: Discrimination by Association
By Eric B. Meyer We all know that the Americans with Disabilities Act makes its unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual on the basis … Read more
5 Ways Smart, Proactive Employers Can Prepare Now for the New OT Rules
By Eric B. Meyer Somewhere between the time that I took this selfie at the start of my FMLA/ADA session at the Society for Human Resource Management’s … Read more
Proposed Labor Department Regulations Would Greatly Expand Overtime Pay
By John E. Thompson At long last, the anxiously-awaited proposed changes in regulations defining the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s Section … Read more
Another Study Urges Restricting Employers’ Scheduling Options
By John E. Thompson Just as we expected, another report – this one from DC Jobs With Justice, the Jobs With Justice Education Fund, the DC Fiscal Policy … Read more
What the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision Means For the Workplace
OK, presumably I’m not the only employment lawyer trying to apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to the employer-employee … Read more
Who Needs HR If You Confirmed the Fee?
Editor’s note: Jeff Allen has heard every employer excuse you can imagine for not paying up — and dozens more that defy imagination. A few years ago he … Read more