New California Law Prevents Discrimination Against Reservists
Effective January 1, 2019, California law will extend protections against discrimination in employment to military reservists. Existing law prohibits...
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Louisiana State Agencies Face New Sexual Harassment Law
A new Louisiana law taking effect on January 1 requires all state agencies to adopt a sexual harassment policy...
Comment Period Extended Again On NLRB Joint-Employment Rule
Employers and others interested in influencing a new rule on what constitutes joint employment have another month to make...
Arizona’s Small Employers Need to Be Ready for New Cobra-Like Mandate
Arizona employers with fewer than 20 employees need to be ready for a new state law requiring them to...
Massachusetts to See Minimum Wage, ‘Blue Law’ Changes in January
Changes in Massachusetts’ minimum wage and the “blue law” affecting premium pay for certain employees working on Sundays will...
Arizona Minimum Wage Going Up On January 1
The Arizona minimum wage is set to go to $11 an hour, up from $10.50, on January 1, a...
Immediately Address and Correct Racial Slurs…or Else
Nearly every Montana employer takes discrimination seriously and strives to keep it out of the workplace. But sometimes even...
Have You Been Omarosa’d? Lawfully Prohibiting Recordings of Your Conversations
Recently, Omarosa Manigault Newman (known to many of us as simply “Omarosa”), a former White House aide and protégé...
Limits of Noncompete, No-Poaching, and No-Hire Agreements
Management and HR professionals are faced with stiff competition for talent these days. After a sometimes lengthy recruitment and...
6th Circuit Finds Denial of Orange Juice Request Violates ADA
A recent case from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Tennessee employers) illustrates...
Gone Are the Days of ‘Maternity’ and ‘Paternity’ Leave
I am often asked to recraft a company’s parental leave policy, usually in response to an employee seeking leave...
Thanksgiving: A Time to Be Thankful for Good Employees
All too often, the employment law advice that we provide as practitioners focuses on issues that relate to problem...
Iowa Employers Need to Be Ready for Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana manufacturers and dispensaries in Iowa must be ready to put their products on sale by December 1,...
