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Risk Management Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Epstein Becker & Green

Time is Money: A Quick Wage and Hour Tip . . . Contractual Indemnification May Not Guard Against FLSA Claims

The complex web of federal and state wage and hour laws create potentially devastating risk of exposure for employers....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New Virginia Law Prohibits Noncompete Agreements With Non-Exempt Employees

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin recently signed legislation expanding the state’s limitations on the use of noncompetition agreements in employment. Currently, Virginia prohibits employers from entering into noncompetes with...more

Rumberger | Kirk

5 Tips for HR Directors to Avoid Expensive Company Lawsuits

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As the first point of contact for employee claims, HR directors often find themselves with the challenging task of assessing sensitive situations. This, coupled with ensuring both the company’s policies are followed, and...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

March 2025: Reducing the Negative Impacts of a Government Shutdown for Federal Contractors

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On top of the uncertainty introduced through the Trump administration’s shifting priorities and rapid-fire executive orders, government contractors are now confronted with an impending shutdown as the federal government is...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Navigating Use of Generative AI at Work: Best Practices and Legal Considerations

In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool that employees increasingly rely on for a variety of tasks. From drafting emails and producing reports to...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Top Twelve Trends to Monitor in the Hospitality Industry in 2025

The hospitality industry will need to focus on several key areas to ensure compliance and minimize risk in the year ahead, including data privacy and cybersecurity protections, employment and labor law compliance, and even...more

Littler

A Littler Report: Operating Through Emergencies & Natural Disasters

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No matter how much advance warning is provided or experience garnered, employers and employees are often caught off guard by the devastation and uncertainty natural disasters create. Whether wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes,...more

ArentFox Schiff

AI in 2024: What Every GC Needs to Know

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As we enter into this second full year of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, a clear understanding of the technology and its legal implications becomes crucial for every General Counsel (GC). From understanding...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

What to Do When Your Timekeeping System Crashes

A number of companies suffered collateral damage last winter as a result of a cyber attack on a major provider of time and attendance software.  With your timekeeping systems compromised, how do you determine what to pay your...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Employers Advised to Use Communication, Flexibility to Mitigate COVID-19 Litigation Risks

When weighing liability risks arising from employees contracting COVID-19 at the workplace, many employers instinctively turn to the liability waiver, a document that — in theory — will protect the employer against lawsuits...more

Burr & Forman

Coronavirus Pandemic – Now What? Can Employees Work From Home?

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Now that the World Health Organization (“WHO”) has designated coronavirus (“COVID-19”) a pandemic, employers may wonder what, if anything has changed and how they can help prevent workplace exposure for their employees....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Coronavirus FAQs for Employers No. 2

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There is still a lot about the COVID-19 virus that is unknown especially about how it spreads. However, based upon government information available as of March 9, 2020, it would appear there is a very low risk that the virus...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Charting a Course in Uncharted Waters with Coronavirus

The global health crisis created by the explosion of Coronavirus cases is requiring employers to navigate uncharted waters. Circumstances are changing daily, and employers must be agile in responding....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Mitigating Employment Law Risks as COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Spreads

COVID-19 raises potential employment law compliance issues under several areas of U.S. federal, state and local statutes. A host of federal, state, and local laws place limits on how employers may implement infection...more

Goodwin

Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak: Ten Questions and Answers for Employers

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The disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has been rapidly spreading around the world, including recently in the United States. The most recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and...more

Franczek P.C.

Coronavirus: How to properly pay employees in the event of a pandemic

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The anticipated spread of coronavirus in the U.S. has many employers revisiting their emergency response plans. Depending on guidance from public health officials, some employees may be directed to work from home, temporarily...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.13.2020 | Top Story: Labor Dept. Issues Stricter Joint Employer Test in New Rules

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Sunday’s release of a long-awaited Labor Department final rule on joint employment spells trouble for workers hoping to “sue large companies for wrongdoing by contractors or franchisees.” The rule reverses Obama-era policies...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

But I'm in HR - What Do You Mean I Can Go to Jail?

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Wage and hour laws. Child labor laws. OSHA laws. Immigration laws. When employers do not comply with these types of employment laws, civil charges and lawsuits are not the only thing that can happen. In what may come as...more

Cozen O'Connor

HR Guide For Hurricane And Disaster Preparation - Preparing For The Worst: 2019

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It’s hurricane season, and companies all along the Gulf should have a plan in place not only to address business continuity issues, but also the human resources and staffing questions that arise in the event of a natural...more

Snell & Wilmer

Dynamex Impact on California Businesses – Revisiting Dynamex One Year Later

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It has been more than a year since the California Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, setting forth a new test for determining whether a worker is...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employers Consider Switching Exempt Employees to Non-Exempt to Avoid Legal Risks

Over the past decade, EmployNews has chronicled waves of class and collective action litigation based on claims that employees have been misclassified as exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter - Recent Developments in Risk Management - April 2019

Engagement Agreements – Description of Scope of Representation – No Liability for Failing to Act Outside the Scope of the Agreement - Attallah v. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, 2019 NY Sup. Ct. Slip Op 00583 (January 31, 2019) - ...more

The Volkov Law Group

Are Unpaid Interns Worth the Cost (and the Risk)?

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It is estimated about half of the United States’ 1.5 million internships a year are unpaid, a number that may go up due to changes in the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rules governing unpaid internships. ...more

FordHarrison

What Issues May Employers Be Required to Address as Hurricane Florence Threatens?

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As the East Coast of the U.S. braces for Hurricane Florence, the approaching storm serves as a reminder that employers should be prepared to address storm-related issues if they are required to close their businesses and as...more

Williams Mullen

Treating the Cause, Not the Symptom: How to Avoid 10 Employment-Related Liabilities in the Health Care Industry

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Companies of all shapes and sizes continually grapple with how to foster and maintain a productive, respectful work environment. Part and parcel of this objective is ensuring that the workplace complies with the various...more

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