In this episode, K&L Gates Miami partner April Boyer and associate Yamilet Hurtado discuss a number of key issues on “How To Keep Your Holiday Party Festive While Still Complying with Employment Laws”. The “most wonderful...more
12/6/2018
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Dress Codes ,
Drunk Driving ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Holiday Parties ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wine & Alcohol
On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appeals court in the United States to find that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual...more
On September 19, 2016, Seattle became the second local jurisdiction to enact a “predictive scheduling” or “secure scheduling” ordinance that allows the jurisdiction to restrict how retailers and restaurants schedule their...more
The spread of the Zika virus across South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean as well as locally acquired infections in parts of the United States, raises various issues for employers. On January 22, 2016, the...more
9/29/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Business Travel ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy ,
Workplace Safety ,
World Health Organization ,
Zika
Employers in the hospitality industry should act now to address recent changes to the overtime exemptions for “white collar” employees. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its highly anticipated final...more
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146, --- S. Ct. ---, 2016 WL 1092414 (U.S. Mar. 22, 2016), as to when a plaintiff may use statistical sampling in seeking to certify a...more
3/31/2016
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Daubert Standards ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour
Employers often grapple with what constitutes a reasonable accommodation under the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). This issue becomes increasingly complex when evaluating whether telecommuting is an appropriate and...more
For years, it has been widely understood that federal law prohibits employers from making decisions on the basis of certain protected characteristics, such as race, religion, or sex. Historically, the inclusion of “sex” in...more