Louisiana employers should review their safety policies and take other appropriate precautions in light of a new state law that will significantly weaken the requirements for carrying a concealed weapon in public. While the...more
6/26/2024
/ Concealed Carry Permit ,
Concealed Weapons ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer No-Weapons Policies ,
Employment Policies ,
Firearms ,
Gun Laws ,
Louisiana ,
New Legislation ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
A new Louisiana law takes effect today to require employers to provide time off from work for medically necessary genetic testing and cancer screening. The new law also prohibits discrimination and retaliation against...more
With the rise in remote work, employers are finding themselves subject to a new set of laws based on each employee’s residence – and those finding themselves with workers in Louisiana are no exception. Our state has long held...more
8/16/2022
/ Bonuses ,
EEO ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Louisiana ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour
Despite the swirling economic volatility around the country, more than 40% of employers plan on growing their workforce in 2022 – and one in four businesses will pick up the pace this year and hire more employees than they...more
Effective October 1, Florida businesses will be obligated to report services received from independent contractor as a result of a new law signed into effect by Governor Ron DeSantis in June. Specifically, Senate Bill 1532...more
An often-overlooked free resource available to employers and practitioners, the Department of Labor’s opinion letters provide guidance to interpret federal wage and hour law. However, just as the Obama administration placed...more
After much heated negotiation in passing Stimulus 2.0, Congress reached a compromise on employee COVID-19 leave, allowing the leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to expire on December 31,...more
Employers of healthcare providers will soon be required to provide paid sick leave and partially paid family leave to a broader category of employees, and all employers subject to the law now have clarification on a number of...more
9/14/2020
/ Consent ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Intermittent Leave ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Leave ,
Required Documentation ,
Sick Leave ,
Work Availability Requirement
The U.S. Department of Labor just announced that, effective July 1, it will not seek liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations against employers as a matter of course. This is a welcome development for those...more
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a series of guidances to assist employers and employees in understanding the unemployment provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The...more
While parts of the Government continue to be shut down over concerns about people crossing the border from Mexico into the United States, the cyber borders are at risk. Many government websites are not being monitored or...more
1/23/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Encryption ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Shutdown ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Websites
Have you noticed recently that when you click on most websites a notice appears stating that the host uses cookies? Many are aware that on May 25, 2018, the GDPR (“Global Data Protection Regulation”) took effect. The law...more
7/30/2018
/ Consent ,
Cookies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Rights ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Management ,
Websites
As we are early into the new year, for many, hope springs eternal to get in shape during 2018. Many of us wear some kind of fitness activity tracker that monitors steps, heart rate, calories, sleep patterns, etc. Recent news...more
2/15/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Employees ,
Fitness ,
GPS ,
Military Service Members ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Security Breach
The past few years have seen a steep increase in litigation brought against hospitality businesses under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These suits often contend that certain aspects of a building,...more
Emails, lots and lots of emails, filling our inboxes. Even with the best security and filters, it seems that hackers are simply building better mousetraps. The bigger problem, however, is the trusting nature of individuals...more
3/4/2017
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Fraud Alerts ,
Hackers ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
IRS ,
Malware ,
Payroll Records ,
Phishing Scams ,
Tax Fraud ,
Tax Preparers ,
W-2
In the age of technology and convenience, some businesses, particularly those with multi-state operations, are turning away from issuing paychecks to employees or paying them by direct deposit. Instead, some are opting to...more
Shift differentials are common in the healthcare industry. But some employers may not realize that the differential must be calculated into the “regular rate” of pay, which is not exactly the same thing as the hourly rate. ...more