A flurry of publications from the United States Department of Labor (DOL) provide employers with additional details regarding the recently-passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Q&A guidance issued March 24...more
3/31/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EFMLA ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
New Legislation ,
Posting Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration
Applying its new standard for determining whether employer policies violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a divided National Labor Relations Board (Board) upheld policies prohibiting employee disclosure of client...more
11/4/2019
/ Boeing ,
Burden of Proof ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Disclosure ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Labor Disputes ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
Media ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Section 7 ,
Standard of Review ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
Recent legislation in Colorado and Minnesota imposes harsh criminal penalties—including potential felony convictions—for the failure to pay wages. To limit their exposure under these strict new laws, employers with...more
6/12/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Felonies ,
Human Trafficking ,
Labor Law Violations ,
New Legislation ,
Payroll Periods ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent decision significantly revising the independent contractor standard will allow more workers to be so classified and therefore unable to unionize....more
3/5/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
As “baby boomers” come of retirement age, employers may find themselves between a rock and a hard place: they can either ask employees about their retirement plans and risk being accused of age discrimination, or they can...more
With summer internships in full swing, it’s high time to revisit the Department of Labor’s recently-revised guidance on unpaid internships. Guidelines issued in January abandoned the Department’s prior test – which required...more
7/25/2018
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Internships ,
Misclassification ,
Primary Beneficiary Test ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour
Did that FMLA certification arrive illegible? Is the information provided too vague? Are the responses to the questions internally inconsistent? Do you suspect that it wasn’t filled out by a healthcare provider at all?...more