(Podcast) California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
The Evolution of Equal Pay: Lessons From 9 to 5 — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Insider Strategies for Wage and Hour Compliance Success: One-on-One with Paul DeCamp
(Podcast) California Employment News: Breaking Down Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance
California Employment News: Breaking Down Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance
Keeping Up with Exemption Threshold Regulations
Are Overtime Wages and Tips Exempt From Income Tax? What Employers Need to Know to Prepare
Excessive Compensation: What to do when the co-owners of your business pay themselves excessively
California Employment News: Document Checklist for Departing Employees (Podcast)
California Employment News: Document Checklist for Departing Employees
OK at Work: Navigating Snow Days, Office Closures, and Remote Work Planning
Employment Law Now VIII-157 - Top 5 L&E Issues to Watch in 2025
Updated Leave Laws Employers Need to be Aware of for 2025
Constangy Clips Ep. 6 - Federal Court Blocks DOL Rule: What Employers Need to Know
Employment Law Update: Staying Compliant in 2025
Holiday Headaches: Avoiding Legal Risks with PTO, Overtime, and Workplace Festivities
(Podcast) California Employment News – Key Employment Law Updates: What’s Changing in 2025
California Employment News – Key Employment Law Updates: What’s Changing in 2025
What's the Tea in L&E? DOL Drama: Court Vacates Overtime Expansion Rule
The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more
Wildfires continue to sweep through Southern California, leaving thousands of people displaced as well as burning businesses to the ground. Beyond the personal and community impacts, wildfires present unique challenges for...more
That's one way to get employers to allow remote work. We all know that employers with 15 or more employees are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act and may have to provide reasonable accommodations to allow...more
The federal government recently announced the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, and the three-year pandemic finally appears to be in our rearview mirror. Originally published in Law360 - June 1, 2023....more
Introduction - COVID-19 completely changed the way we grocery shop, the way we attend doctor’s appointments, and the way we work. Specifically, COVID-19 created a new era of remote work for both employers and employees....more
As part of our Spotlight series, we welcome David McManus, a partner in our New York office and the deputy leader of Morgan Lewis’s labor and employment practice, and Emily DeSmedt, a partner in our Princeton office, who...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, several states and localities implemented shelter-in-place orders to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Consequently, many workforces were thrust into remote work models without adequate time...more
Introduction - Prior Workplace Policy Institute (WPI) Labor Day Reports focused on key employment developments and trends to provide employers with insight on the state of work and what to expect in the coming year....more
Employers continue to grapple with an ongoing, unprecedented public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects, which have profoundly disrupted the nation’s economy and U.S. workplaces. In this issue,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In part one of a series concerning managing the future tele-workforce, below are some tips to navigate reasonable accommodation requests and monitor the performance of employees who will likely be working...more
As we have previously reported, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) continues to update its COVID-19 guidance. Most recently, on July 20, 2020, the DOL issued additional Q and A guidance related to COVID-19 and the...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division earlier this week published additional employer guidance regarding compliance with the FLSA during the COVID-19 pandemic (“Guidance”). ...more
We have prepared the following FAQ to guide California employers with respect to their workplace policies and their response to the orders and laws that have been passed at the federal, state and local level to contend with...more
Changes and Guidance in the National Employment Sphere - As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase, national employers across the country are moving to remote-work models or suspending work...more
While working from home, sometimes referred to as “telecommuting,” has been around for a long time, it has become a priority as more employers close their offices, factories, shops, etc. in response to the coronavirus...more
COVID-19 is already impacting employers and that impact will be ongoing. As the situation regarding COVID-19 continues to evolve, we will continue to monitor frequently asked questions and prepare our best answers with the...more
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) implicates numerous legal obligations for employers, including leave, medical privacy, and discrimination. Employers should prepare to implement policies that strike a balance...more
With the number of coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases on the rise, employers are preparing to address a host of workplace issues, ranging from exposure risks to absenteeism to disability or national origin discrimination. Now is...more
Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) require you to allow telecommuting? If the employee’s job, like most jobs, involves attendance and teamwork as essential functions, the answer is likely no. However, more and...more
As businesses resume operations and start the recovery from Hurricane Harvey, they are likely to face a variety of employment related challenges. These are a few of the issues that employers should be prepared to address....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent win for employers, the Fifth Circuit clarified that opened-ended or unlimited requests to work from home are unreasonable under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and may be rejected...more
A workforce that adheres to a traditional work style, or a consistent eight-hour workday in the same location – with no offsite work or interaction with business colleagues or customers – is increasingly becoming a relic in...more
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer's recent decision to ban telecommuting has highlighted the issue of how employers of all sizes respond to technological changes that are redefining the workplace. ...more
No matter what your view on CEO Marissa Mayer's recent decision to revoke work-at-home privileges for Yahoo! employees, telecommuting is a reality for the contemporary workforce. But it is not without legal risks. And you...more