Since all of you have mastered reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this post seems rather unnecessary. Oh, that’s … Read more
HR’s Role In Protecting Company Trade Secrets
On May 11th, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) into law. It is an amendment to the Economic Espionage Act and provides a … Read more
Small Employers Could Be On the Hook For Health Care, Family Leave
Every business that has contractors or temps supplied by another company needs to be alert for the likelihood the U.S. Department of Labor will find a … Read more
New OFCCP Pay Transparency Rules In Effect
The nascent trend toward pay transparency has a friend in the U.S. government, which now prohibits its contractors from discriminating against or punishing … Read more
Don’t Give Up If Your Candidate Fails a Drug Test
Having a problem collecting? Wondering about your non-compete agreements? Should you check references and do background checks? Jeffrey Allen can help. … Read more
Got a Fee Dispute? Here’s How A Judge Will Decide
There are two purposes of every contract: To protect the “reasonable expectations” of the parties. To compensate one or more parties for … Read more
Employee Payback Agreements: Legal, But Unwise
Having a problem collecting? Wondering about your non-compete agreements? Should you check references and do background checks? Jeffrey Allen can help … Read more
How Do You Deal With a Quadriplegic Welder’s ADA Discrimination Claim?
By Eric B. Meyer Yeah, I thought you’d click on this one. From the blog that brought you the Americans with Disabilities Act claims of the bridge worker … Read more
Systemic Discrimination: It’s Also When You Prefer to Hire Women Over Men
By Eric B. Meyer Preferring to hire women instead of men? Yeah, that’s called discrimination. Unless, of course, you’re filling server positions at … Read more
Your Agency Needs a Policy Manual Like This One
Okay, everyone . . . Because you need this yesterday, here’s a sample policy manual. Whether it’s payment of commissions, conduct on the job, … Read more