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

by Tammy Binford

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When installing cameras, doesn’t hurt to get employees’ consent

Q We plan to install security cameras in the production area of our nonunion food packaging facility because of an increase in damaged product and safety incidents. Can we post signs at all entrances stating surveillance...

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Steps to take before installing video surveillance at work

Q We plan to install security cameras in the production area of our nonunion food packaging facility because of an increase in damaged product and safety incidents. Can we post signs at all entrances stating surveillance...

Jun 30, 2022 · 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

No waivers needed to place cameras in production areas

Q We plan to install security cameras in the production area of our nonunion food packaging facility because of an increase in damaged product and safety incidents. Can we post signs at all entrances stating surveillance...

Jun 30, 2022 · 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

Warning: What you say is being recorded

Q We plan to install security cameras in the production area of our nonunion food packaging facility because of an increase in damaged product and safety incidents. Can we post signs at all entrances stating surveillance...

Jun 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Massachusetts

Senate HELP Committee votes 11-11 on Kalpana Kotagal

On May 25, the Senate HELP Committee voted 11-11 down party lines on the nomination of Kalpana Kotagal, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioner. The tie will require...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Wage gap continues to drive pay transparency initiatives

This past April, in her first oversight meeting before the U.S. House of Representatives, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows was asked whether the EEOC intends to return to its brief...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Biden administration issues spring regulatory agenda

The Biden administration has issued its spring regulatory agenda. The agenda provides guidance on what the workforce enforcement agencies on which employers are normally focused are planning for the upcoming year. It...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

USMCA rapid response mechanism rolls out

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the successor agreement to NAFTA negotiated by the Trump administration. The USMCA requires Mexico to adopt and maintain labor laws protecting labor rights, including...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

DOL nominees—and department—stalled

Another Biden nominee to lead an important Department of Labor (DOL) agency has been blocked by Congress. On Wednesday, June 8, the U.S. Senate failed to confirm Lisa Gomez to serve as head of the Department’s Employee...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

OFCCP publishes proposed FAAP directive

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently published a new proposed functional affirmative action program (FAAP) directive. The public comment period ended in late June. The OFCCP is considering...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

The Court's supremacy

K Street has a justified reputation for being the home of lobbyists and others who seek to influence the government on behalf of a multitude of clients. With Congress at all but indefinite gridlock, many influencers now...

Jun 30, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

8th Circuit rules on noncompetes involving the sale of a business

When addressing the enforceability of a covenant not to compete, Arkansas courts have treated covenants associated with the sale of a business more favorably than those associated with an employment contract. The U.S...

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AR Supreme Court upholds class action waiver even without arbitration clause

Arbitration agreements and class action waivers have been important tools for employers seeking to reduce expenses and exposure in cases filed by employees, but the legal instruments are facing new limits. Congress...

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