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Amazon faces NJ wage class action for workers' postshift screening

Amazon must face a proposed class action alleging violations of the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law (NJWHL) and seeking compensation for time spent undergoing mandatory postshift security screenings and taking meal breaks...

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New Maryland employment laws kick into action

A host of new employment laws recently took effect in Maryland. Read on for information on how to get and stay in compliance. First round of antiharassment reporting was due Maryland’s Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the...

Bracing for COVID-19 exposure and legal liability in Maine

On August 3, the Wall Street Journal reported on a recent wave of COVID-19 litigation against employers for allegedly failing to protect employees from the virus at work. In an effort to minimize employers’ exposure to...

Accommodations should allow employees to fulfill essential job functions

Q We’re planning to allow employees with underlying health conditions to telecommute as a temporary reasonable accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on our assessment, however, they could perform only 50...

Staying on the clock for bridal shower gets employee fired

Most of the time, the employer is the one who gets burned by timekeeping troubles. Here, though, an employee was told to clock out before attending a bridal shower at work but chose to ignore the direct order and clocked...

Make wage and hour compliance priority during time of COVID-19

Wage and hour compliance is an area that can trip up even the most diligent employers under the best of circumstances—let alone during a global pandemic when you're trying to keep employees healthy, safe, and employed...

Personality conflict with supervisor doesn't equal disability, NC court finds

A North Carolina court recently addressed whether an employer must provide an accommodation to an employee who claimed working with his supervisor made him depressed or anxious under the Americans with Disabilities Act...

Testing, testing, 1-2-3: ADA still has final say on return-to-work testing for employers

As COVID-19 cases rebound in certain states, employers are grappling with how to safely usher employees back to work. Undoubtedly, some degree of testing is necessary to make sure employees reintegrated into the...

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NLRB alters standard on abusive conduct, profane language at work

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently modified its standard for dealing with abusive conduct and profane language at work. For years, the NLRB had permitted employees to make offensive, harassing, and racist...

After discovering embezzlement, have a strategy for obtaining restitution

Few things are as shocking to an employer as learning a trusted employee is embezzling. Often, the feeling of betrayal is as gut-wrenching as the discovery of the financial loss itself. The first instinct may be to call...

Guidance for employers as 'Strike for Black Lives' unfolds

On July 20, 2020, organizers and labor organizations across the country held a "Strike for Black Lives"—a national walkout of workers in support of "dismantling racism and white su-premacy to bring about fundamental...

Discord over foreign workers has long history, elusive solution

The fate of foreign workers in the United States remains up in the air amid the worldwide public health crisis and political disputes related to immigration and foreign worker programs. The COVID-19 pandemic had already...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Adapt or die? Looking ahead to a post-COVID workplace

It didn't take a worldwide public health crisis to pique people's curiosity about what the workplace of the future will look like. Managers and frontline staff alike have always pondered the best designs for productivity...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

ADA and face mask policies: a step-by-step response

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since that time, several states and local governments have ordered shutdowns and more recently began requiring the use of face masks in...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Policing employee behavior outside of work

In the world of smart phones where we are constantly documenting so much of our lives, we have seen the rise of employees being fired from their jobs for unsavory, inappropriate, or otherwise damaging behavior that...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas