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Court challenge looms, but employers urged to prepare for new overtime rule

by Tammy Binford

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NLRB General Counsel sends strong message: Many scholarship athletes are employees

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will consider many college scholarship athletes to be “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Board General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzino recently announced...

Nov 30, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

HR’s holiday wish 2021

’Twas the holiday season, 2021, When workers’ home “offices” geared up for fun. Our Zoom backgrounds we decked with holiday cheer; Funny sweaters we wore; through our cameras we peered. This holiday party, it’s BYOE; We...

Nov 30, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · Texas · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Navigating the Great Resignation: ideas for employers

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, people in a variety of careers and of all ages and socioeconomic levels are reevaluating their priorities and, in many cases, making career moves. While stories of people...

Finding yourself checking résumés for vax status? You’re not alone

The debate over vaccine requirements continues to rage, but more than a few employers are requiring the shots and making it clear they appreciate knowing up front if a job candidate is vaccinated. Some research has shown...

5 things larger employers should do to comply with OSHA vaccine rules

Employers with more than 100 employees have begun scrambling to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 vaccinations and testing. To learn more...

What Netflix’s Squid Game teaches employers about vicarious liability

When Netflix released Squid Game in September 2021, I intended on taking a pass but ultimately was overcome by an appreciation for (and curiosity about) South Korean film and television. In addition, the show...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Surprise! What larger California employers should know about OSHA’s vax-or-testing rules

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently released a COVID–19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated against...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Court affirms overtime judgment based on estimates and rough calculations

There is an old story about a criminal defendant who shoots his parents and then pleads for mercy from the court because he is an orphan. It didn’t work. In wage and hour litigation, however, a lack of accurate payroll...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

California passes law to combat service animal fraud

On September 16, 2001, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 468, which will impose various requirements designed to curb emotional support animal fraud. The law takes effect January 1, 2022...

Nov 14, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Biden’s EO likely preempts Texas governor’s order banning vaccine mandates

Federal contractors implementing strategies to comply with looming federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates are wrestling with new questions about whether states can implement restrictions to prevent them from complying...

Oct 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

December deadline approaches for federal contractor employees to be vaccinated

Recently released Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidance requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all covered federal contractor and subcontractor employees by December 8, 2021. The obligation applies to all employees...

Oct 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

While Congress sleeps . . .

Twenty-two months after COVID-19 leapt into the world, K Street is still in the throes of the virus. Office buildings are never full, as consultants, lawyers, and lobbyists still work remotely, deterred by random delta...

Oct 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Denying employee's remote-work accommodation spurs EEOC lawsuit

After an employee requested remote work as an accommodation for her multiple physical ailments, the employer allegedly discriminated against and fired her. The action recently provoked the Equal Employment Opportunity...

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Remote work, hybrid schedules complicate payments for commute time

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in countless hybrid and remote work situations, and employers continue to grapple with compensable vs. noncompensable time. A December 2020 opinion letter from the U.S. Department of...

How pandemic, political shifts have affected Affordable Care Act

Pandemic-related and political shifts regarding Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the part that prohibits employer discrimination, have occurred over the last few years. Read on to learn what you need to...