Many employers purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to insure against loss as a result of employment claims. However, employers who do not carefully read their policies could be surprised by what is (or is...more
9/6/2019
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Conflicts of Interest ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Cumis Counsel ,
Defamation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
NLRA ,
OSHA ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Statutory Violations ,
Wrongful Termination
The DOL recently released its Fall Regulatory Agenda, signaling its intent to act on some important issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Three items of note are on the agenda with upcoming dates: changes to the...more
Last week, we reported that the General Assembly had overridden Governor Hogan’s veto of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, and that employers in Maryland would be required to provide paid sick leave as soon as...more
Last year, we reported that Governor Hogan had vetoed legislation that would have required most employers in Maryland to provide paid sick leave. In one of its first actions in 2018, the General Assembly overrode the...more
Bill O'Reilly. Harvey Weinstein. Kevin Spacey. Charlie Rose. Matt Lauer. It seems that every day the news covers one more explosive incident of sexual harassment in the workplace, with many allegations indicating that the...more
As the number of states legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes has steadily grown, employers have been anxiously asking whether they are required to accommodate the use of medical marijuana if the use is related...more
In the past few years, there has been a significant focus by lawmakers on closing the “gender gap” in the pay earned by men and women. Although state and federal law have prohibited gender-based discrimination in pay for many...more
Both DC and Maryland may be coming closer to implementing paid leave on a statewide (or District-wide) basis in the near future. Employers should pay close attention to the proposals as they move through the legislative...more
In our February 29, 2016 blog, we warned of concerns employers should have about the EEOC’s proposal to begin collecting pay data as part of the EEO-1 form, currently filed by employers with more than 100 employees and some...more
7/26/2016
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Confidential Information ,
Data Collection ,
Disparate Treatment ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
FOIA ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
W-2 ,
Wage and Hour
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is expected today, May 18, 2016, to unveil its long-awaited changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations. Based upon preliminary DOL reports, the salary threshold will...more
As the Office of Management and Budget continues to consider the DOL’s proposed regulations – to drastically increase the minimum salary that employees must be paid in order to be exempt from payment of overtime – industry...more
5/5/2016
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Minimum Salary ,
OMB ,
Over-Time ,
Small Business ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On January 29, 2016, the EEOC publicly announced proposed revisions to the EEO-1 form that would require collecting pay data from employers required to file the EEO-1 (private employers with more than 100 employees and...more
The federal Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently filed an administrative complaint alleging hiring bias against men against AmeriQual, an Indiana company that manufactures portable meals for the...more