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

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Texas Supreme Court narrowly reads discrimination law in employer’s favor

The Texas Supreme Court recently looked at how individuals can prove discrimination claims. Two key issues: What does it mean for one person to “replace” another, and does mentioning retirement to an employee assist in...

Feb 28, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

What to do when payday lands on a holiday

Q If a pay date lands on a holiday, when do we need to pay our employees—before the holiday or on the next business day after it? A Although it doesn’t happen often, there are certain times during a calendar year when...

Feb 28, 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

Ohio court enforces six-month limitations period for filing employment claims

An Ohio court of appeals recently enforced an employment application provision requiring any claims for employment law violations to be filed within six months of their occurrence. Facts Amanda Fayak worked for the...

NYSDOL updates COVID-19 paid sick leave rules

Many employers now know the New York State Quarantine Paid Sick Leave Law’s (NYS Q-Law) benefits continued even after the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA) emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) benefits...

Feb 28, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · New York

COVID-19 delays charge processing at Hawaii Civil Rights Commission

The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) recently issued its fiscal year (FY) 2020 annual report. Although the number of charges filed declined, the backlog of cases increased. The report suggests delays will continue...

Feb 23, 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

Why Biden's NLRB changes should cause you to rethink policies, procedures

When President Joe Biden made it a day-one priority to eliminate Donald Trump's high-level appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), he sent a strong signal that employers should brace themselves for the...

Proposed EEOC regs limit employee wellness program incentives

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently proposed new rules about the incentives you can provide to employees to participate in wellness programs without violating the law. The key is to ensure the...

Vaccinated workplace is a happy workplace, right? Not always

Employers have met the approval of two—and potentially more—COVID-19 vaccines by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with optimism that their coronavirus-related, safe-workplace woes are at long last coming to...

Cal/OSHA updates FAQs on COVID-19 emergency temporary standard

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued a sweeping COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) effective November 30, 2020, which caught California employers off-guard (for more on the...

Feb 22, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Purported 'per diem' payments must be included in overtime calculation

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal law the mandates minimum wage and overtime compensation for most employees, overtime is payable for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek at the rate of 1.5 times...

Feb 21, 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

Rare win for employers with arbitration agreements in California

Even though the California Arbitration Act (CAA) and the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) clearly express a strong public policy favoring the enforcement of arbitration agreements, California courts have a long history of...

Feb 21, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Believe it or not, employers sometimes win, but in California, it's a process

Employers are often faced with claims that a termination decision was impermissibly based on the employee's protected category status or exercise of lawful rights. When the assertions are tested in litigation, the...

Feb 21, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Retaliation included in initial FEHA discrimination charge

We all know that before filing an action alleging a violation of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), an employee must exhaust his administrative remedies by filing a verified complaint with the...

Feb 07, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California

Tackling climate change: What role can HR play?

Climate change—it's an intimidating topic to try to understand. And when a problem is so massive, employers may be tempted to wait for perfect solutions to materialize before they jump into action. But employees...

Feb 07, 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

The battle over workplace regulation

Remember back when we used to go on long family road trips, driving for hours while the kids in the back seat repeatedly shout, "Are we there yet?" To them, the trip is interminable and the boredom unnecessary; they have...

Feb 07, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California