In recent days, manufacturers, hospitality providers, major retail chains and other employers have been reducing hours/pay or closing employment sites in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. For many employers,...more
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
1/6/2020
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Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
FEHA ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Marijuana ,
Organ Donation ,
Recreational Use ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Vacation Pay
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
10/3/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Training ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
7/2/2019
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Microchipping ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Voting Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
4/10/2019
/ Criminal Background Checks ,
Domestic Violence ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Gender Expression ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Veterans ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on March 29, 2019 will, if adopted, clarify and greatly simplify the overtime pay calculations for non-exempt employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards...more
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
1/13/2019
/ Business Expenses ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Payment and Collection Act
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
10/10/2018
/ Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
For-profit organizations have new guidelines to follow when determining whether they must pay interns. On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new test for determining whether interns must be paid or...more
Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thomas Homan announced during a speech at the Heritage Foundation that he has instructed ICE to increase immigration enforcement at workplaces by four to five...more
On June 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the withdrawal of two Obama-era Administrator’s Interpretations regarding employee/independent contractor classification and joint employment. In 2015, the DOL...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new workplace posters under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). ...more
As we predicted last week in “Release of Final DOL Exempt Employee Salary Rule Likely Imminent,” on May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule increasing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA)...more
Last September, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule increasing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum weekly salary rate for exempt employees to $970 a week, a great increase from the current $455 per week...more
Court challenges of new state right-to-work (RTW) statutes have been uniformly unsuccessful — in Indiana, Michigan and so far in Wisconsin — but it now appears the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could attempt to step...more
On March 9, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Ass’n, No. 13-1041 (Mar. 9, 2015), holding federal administrative agencies may amend or repeal interpretive rules without following...more