The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlights many of the concerns that employers might face should they find themselves in the midst of a liquidity crisis. Making payroll, arriving at decisions related to wage...more
3/14/2023
/ Business Operations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Furloughs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Labor Relations ,
Layoffs ,
Liquidity ,
Notice Requirements ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour
A federal appeals court just announced a sweeping change for agricultural employers that will make it easier for workers to bring discrimination claims against them under a joint employment theory. In last week’s EEOC v....more
2/12/2019
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Agricultural Workers ,
Appeals ,
Corrective Actions ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Housing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
H-2A ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Contractor ,
Labor Shortage ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Seasonal Employment ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Temporary Employees ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Title VII ,
Traveling Employee ,
Working Conditions
With the rise of “Uber-ization” of the workforce in the gig economy, many companies, including Fortune 500 firms and IT companies, are adopting a freelance model for its workforce. It’s understandable why businesses would be...more
With the rise of the gig economy, IT companies are taking the approach many employers in the gig economy have taken in structuring their workforce. In an industry where full-time and part-time employees cohabit in the same...more
8/8/2017
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Consultants ,
Freelance Workers ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Technology Sector ,
Uber ,
Unemployment Benefits