I was hanging out with my friend this weekend, both catching up on emails from a coffee shop. After a while, he turned to me. “Well sh*t. Looks like my social security number might be on the dark web.”...more
9/4/2024
/ Best Practices ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Hackers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Scams ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Social Security Numbers
After much nail biting and wondering when to jump the train track, on July 1, 2024, the new overtime thresholds for non-exempt employees went into effect for everyone – outside of Texas. Now the rest of us are subject to the...more
8/1/2024
/ Chevron Deference ,
Colleges ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Salaried Employees ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
A federal judge in Texas recently held the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule increasing the annual salary threshold for the exemption provided for executive, professional and administrative employees (the “white-collar...more
7/9/2024
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Salaried Employees ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hopped on the bandwagon of employment law updates this week by updating its guidance to prevent workplace harassment. This guidance focuses on protecting covered employees...more
5/3/2024
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Electronic Communications ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
LGBTQ ,
Pregnancy ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Social Networks ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Workplace Harassment Guidance
I’m in my office, talking with Tommy about the terrible MLS schedule. He thinks FCC should not be playing in the knockout stage of CONCACAF to begin the season; “put that game mid-season, we score 3 or 4 goals in the first...more
How have the rules changed since Ohio legalized recreational marijuana? Can you still drug test? Can you test for reasonable suspicion? What if someone gets hurt at work? What if they test positive but say it’s because they...more
3/6/2024
/ Drug Testing ,
Employment Policies ,
Events ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Marijuana ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Reasonable Suspicion ,
Recreational Use ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Seems like every other day we hear about some company calling employees back to the office. Some go better than others. I am not the first person to say this, but we’re entering and setting up camp in a new era of work....more
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed an increase to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) annual salary threshold from $35,568 to $55,068. The proposed rule could require overtime pay for considerably more...more
There seems to be a lot of news these days involving non-compete agreements. Many companies are wondering whether their current non-competes are still enforceable, or if they should put a new one in place. ...more