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

by Tammy Binford

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Texas court OK’s most qualified applicant policy

Employers with a policy that requires a vacant position to be filled by the most qualified applicant can now breathe more easily after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Texas employers)...

Apr 30, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Court greenlights productivity standards for exempt employees

Take great caution in tinkering with the job duties and requirements of an exempt employee. A miscalculation can result in the loss of exempt status and liability for unpaid overtime. For an employer who gambled and won...

Apr 30, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Preventing competitors from tapping your secrets

Many companies accumulate trade secrets, such as pricing schemes, business plans, and production shortcuts, but they don’t want competitors to tap into this private reserve of knowledge. The easiest way for a competitor...

Apr 30, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

What to do if employees are injured at work but refuse medical care

Q What are our legal obligations to an employee who fell and injured himself at work but refused medical attention when the ambulance arrived? Even when an employee refuses medical treatment after a work injury, you...

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Making peace with piece-rate pay

When determining how to compensate nonexempt employees, employers have a variety of options. Paying an hourly rate is certainly the most common, but other methods include salary, commissions, daily rates, and piece-rate...

With no end in sight, DOL reiterates its stance on permanent FMLA

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued an opinion letter regarding permanent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave and how it affects employers. ‘Indefinite period of time’ On February 9, 2023, the DOL...

Noteworthy employment law in effect in 2023

Pregnancy discrimination is currently prohibited under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)—which modified Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—and under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Employers need...

NLRB finds nondisparagement, confidentiality clauses violate NLRA

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Joe Biden reversed two decisions issued by the Trump Board that had permitted fairly broad confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions...

Federal Trade Commission says no to noncompetes

For several years there has been a move to narrow or potentially eliminate noncompete clauses in employment contracts. Various states have imposed a variety of limitations, including prohibiting the process of blue...

Hybrid work keeps making gains, but workplace policies may not be keeping up

When COVID-19 sent many workers home and left once-bustling office space eerily empty, most people considered the work-from-home arrangement temporary. But as the pandemic dragged on, both employees and employers found...

Take care to preserve contractual rights to arbitrating employment disputes

An article in the March issue of West Employment Law Letter provided helpful insights into the advantages and disadvantages of requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements following a banner year of jury verdicts...

7th Circuit revisits cat’s paw theory to affirm dismissal of discrimination suit

The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin employers) recently revisited its articulation of the “cat’s paw” theory in supporting a claim that adverse employment...

Three tips to get employees to talk

Numerous diverse tasks fall on HR professionals and lawyers. Getting people to say what’s really on their minds is an art. So, to that end, here are three techniques to consider using. Technique #1: Toss asking, ‘How...

Apr 30, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

As return to office continues, age discrimination lands in the spotlight

Age discrimination is as hard to prove as it is to avoid. The nagging worry among workers, especially those in their 50s and 60s, has intensified because of the turmoil in the workplace sparked by COVID-19. As the...

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Dealing with remote employees and FMLA leave

With increasing numbers of employees working remotely, employers can sometimes lose sight of the fact that remote workers may be eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). A bulletin issued in...

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