Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published its listing of annual increases for 2025. Included in this list are higher penalties for OSHA workplace safety violations for employers. While these increases are in line with...more
1/27/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Training ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 ,
OSHA ,
Penalties ,
Risk Management ,
Workplace Safety
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and other products, recently filed a lawsuit in a California state court against a former vice president for allegedly taking confidential information from Meta...more
4/18/2024
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Breach of Duty ,
Compliance ,
Confidential Information ,
Documentation ,
Employee Training ,
Facebook ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Proprietary Information ,
Trade Secrets ,
Vendors
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently finalized a rule broadening the joint employer test.
The new rule replaces a 2020 policy that excused joint employers from bargaining unless workers could demonstrate...more
In the pursuit of economic fairness, Ohio finds itself at a crossroads with the One Fair Wage petition (One Fair Wage), a movement aiming to amend Article II, Section 34a of the Ohio State Constitution to increase the minimum...more
10/20/2023
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Economic Stimulus ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Poverty ,
Price Inflation ,
Productivity ,
Public Assistance ,
Resorts & Restaurants ,
Small Business ,
State Constitutions ,
Wages
In a recent and highly unusual turn of events, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Seventh Circuit) has ordered U.S. Marshals to take corporate officials of Haven Salon + Spa (Haven) into custody for...more
10/11/2023
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Attorney's Fees ,
Back Pay ,
Compliance ,
Contempt ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Fines ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Employee Rights ,
Labor Disputes ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Noncompliance ,
Reinstatement ,
Reputational Injury ,
Workplace Safety