A recent Colorado federal court decision serves as a good reminder to employers on how not to obtain a release of claims from a terminated employee. For starters, don’t tell the employee her job is being eliminated and then...more
11/4/2015
/ Age Discrimination ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fraudulent Inducement ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Popular ,
Release Agreements ,
Severance Agreements ,
Termination
A U.S. Department of Labor final regulation prohibiting third-party home care agencies and other third-party employers from taking advantage of the Companionship and Live-In Domestic Worker minimum wage and overtime...more
10/6/2015
/ Companionship Exemptions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Domestic Workers ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Home Health Agencies ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Over-Time ,
Third-Party ,
Wage and Hour
Can an employer escape a treble damage award under the Massachusetts Wage Act where it makes a late payment of final wages to a fired employee after the employee filed a wage complaint with the state Attorney General but...more
As a major national company learned recently, employers cannot shirk their obligations to investigate employee complaints of a hostile work environment simply because the identity of the harasser is unknown. Failure to...more
7/14/2015
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Appeals ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Due Diligence ,
Duty to Investigate ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Good Faith ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Race Discrimination ,
Remand ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Vacated
Employers and their HR departments are faced with a host of new issues and challenges. When you’re not navigating new state, federal, and local laws and making sure systems are in place to comply with them, you’re busy...more
The National Labor Relations Board is attempting to expand the reach of the National Labor Relations Act once again – this time the NLRB’s Office of the General Counsel authorized formal complaints against McDonald’s USA,...more