‘Tis The Season To Review Company Vacation Policies – Is Your Company’s...
Being that we are in the midst of the holiday season, it seems quite appropriate to address employer vacation leave and pay policies. It may be a surprise that The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does...
View ArticleNew Fair Credit Reporting Act Form For Employers
Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the responsibility for interpreting...
View ArticleFantasy Football’s Impact on the Workplace
What do 31 million employees have in common? They all participate in at least one (in many cases more than one) Fantasy Football league! For those of you who are unfamiliar with what has become a...
View ArticleE-Cigarettes in the Workplace
Employers should be aware of the new electronic cigarette fad, and the need to address workplace policies accordingly. Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are battery-powered devices...
View ArticleEmployee Handbooks Should Be Reviewed in Light of NLRB Report
Your employee handbook may be unlawful. That’s the takeaway from a 30-page report issued by the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of the General Counsel on March 18, 2015. The report, entitled...
View ArticleExpanded Whistleblower Protections Impact Confidentiality Policies and...
All employers should review their confidentiality policies and agreements to ensure adequate protections for whistleblowers in the wake of recent actions by both the Securities and Exchange Commission...
View ArticleEven In Colorado, Employees May Be Terminated for Medical Marijuana Use In...
In Coats v. Dish Network, LLC, the Supreme Court of Colorado upheld an employer’s decision to terminate the employment of a quadriplegic employee who worked as a customer service representative and who...
View ArticleEEOC Updates Guidance on Accommodating Pregnant Workers
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued revised pregnancy discrimination guidance setting forth a framework for assessing how far employers must go in accommodating pregnant employees,...
View ArticleThe NLRB Expands Its Reach in the Non-Union Workplace
The National Labor Relations Board continues to infiltrate the workplace even where there are no unions. Standard workplace policies — including those relating to employee conduct, protecting...
View Article2015 L&E Developments
As we begin 2016, it is a good time to look back at 2015 labor and employment law developments that employers must keep in mind during the new year. 2015 was indeed a busy year. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT In...
View ArticleCalling all Employers with Remote Employees: Is Your Company Counting Them In...
Does your company have employees who work remotely in a city, or a state, where your company does not maintain a physical location? Do you count those employees for purposes of determining whether the...
View ArticleNew Notice Requirements For Employer Wellness Programs
Employers who sponsor employee wellness programs must plan now to comply with a new notice requirement that takes effect soon. Beginning with the first plan year on or after January 1, 2017, employers...
View ArticleChicago Ordinance Requires Employer to Provide Paid Sick Leave
The City of Chicago joined a growing list of cities requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave to its employees. With no federal sick pay requirement, employers in the City of Broad...
View ArticleTraps for the Unwary: Does Your Employee Handbook Comply with the Affordable...
Do you think you’ve complied with the Affordable Care Act mandates? Before you answer yes, you’d best take a close look at your Employee Handbook – a minefield for mistakes. Employers often pay close...
View ArticleZika and the Workplace: What Employers Must Know
With 413 Zika virus cases reported in 34 of Florida’s 67 counties as of August 15, it’s clear that it is spreading. Employers should take steps now to prepare for the impact. The virus can implicate...
View ArticleRequiring A Flu Shot Over Religious Objections: Risky Business
It’s flu season and many employers, particularly those in healthcare, want to require employees to be vaccinated to minimize the spread of illness. But what happens when an employee refuses on...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana and the Workplace
With the growing list of states legalizing marijuana, are workplace drug policies up in smoke? As the new year begins, Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota join the growing list of states that have...
View ArticleWill The NLRB’s Protection of Unacceptable Conduct Last?
It’s ironic, isn’t it? While the EEOC could find an employer liable for tolerating racist or sexist remarks by employees, the NLRB has repeatedly found employers liable for failing to do so under the...
View ArticleProposed Employee Wellness Legislation Might Undermine Protections of GINA
Employees who don’t want to disclose genetic information about themselves and their families to their employers may have to pay a stiff price for that privacy in the future. The Preserving Employee...
View ArticleSteps for Solving the Wage Deduction Dilemma
Figuring out what deductions from an employee’s wages are permitted and prohibited under the law is a quandary. May an employer deduct an employee’s wages for personal charges on the company’s credit...
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