This episode flashes back to 1980's 9 to 5 workplace, and then goes back to the future to compare today's workplace of emoji harassment, a new game-changing overtime exemption rule, the 1st ever employer antitrust complaint...more
4/17/2018
/ Attorney General ,
Burden of Proof ,
Car Dealerships ,
Competition ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emoji ,
Emotional Distress Damages ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Memorandum of Guidance ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
Payroll Audit Independent Determination program (PAID) ,
SCOTUS ,
Service Advisors ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Construction Test ,
Voluntary Self-Audit ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Communication ,
Workplace Harassment Guidance
From federal agency changes to anticipated developments in sexual harassment, paid leave, overtime, and marijuana use, this episode of Employment Law Now provides ten issues that employers should resolve to understand in the...more
1/8/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FMLA Abuse ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
IRS ,
Marijuana ,
Maternity Leave ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Paternity Leave ,
Primary Beneficiary Test ,
Protected Class ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Tax Reform ,
Transgender
From tax and health care reform to employee wellness programs to even handheld electronic devices, why should your company be interested in today's hot benefits issues? In today's episode of Employment Law Now, a roundtable...more
12/12/2017
/ 401k ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Elder Care ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employee Tracking ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fees ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Pensions ,
Retirement Plan ,
Wellness Programs
As in, “Way Too Frequently” we are hearing and reading about cyber and data breaches. The ironic hack du jour: LastPass. Wait for it: A company that lets a customer store all of his or her passwords online in a single storage...more
In This Issue:
- Message from the Chair
- On the Horizon: Is Obama Remaking the Workplace While Leaving Congress Behind?
- The 2014 Supreme Court Decisions Every Employer Should Know
- What to Expect from the...more
1/2/2015
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Barack Obama ,
Big Data ,
Cybersecurity ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Legislative Agendas ,
LGBTQ ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
NLRB ,
PDA ,
Pregnancy ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Whistleblowers
This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2015. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2014. Rather than simply give you links to all of my stimulating...more
12/19/2014
/ Advertising ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Facebook ,
Harassment ,
Holiday Parties ,
NLRB ,
RLUIPA ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
Text Messages ,
Wage and Hour
Retail. Financial services. Health care. Energy. Not an industry has been spared when it comes to recent data and cyber breaches, and the colossal damage that occurs to the interests of the company, its employees, and third...more
6/10/2014
/ Audits ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hackers ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Networks
Ryan Seacrest paid homage again to Dick Clark. The latest musical crazes performed live from hot spots around the globe. Miley Cyrus thinks we’re still interested (for those who were at some point). They all helped us and our...more
This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2014. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2013. Rather than simply give you links to all of the stimulating...more
12/23/2013
/ Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Facebook ,
Free Speech ,
Hackers ,
Harassment ,
Holidays ,
Logos ,
NLRB ,
Passwords ,
Social Media ,
Wage and Hour
Pro-actively drafting cybersecurity policies and protocols is like doing a will for yourself, or an employee manual for your company. The thought process is that there is nothing imminently pressing that requires me to think...more