A 2019 Refresher on Paying Tipped Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) continues to devote substantial resources to investigating certain low-wage industries each year. Among...
Tag: Employment Law
New Orleans ‘Ban the Box’ Ordinance Takes Effect March 1
New Orleans, Louisiana, is joining the ranks of cities and states “banning the box” from its job applications. The...
New Bill Generating Talk About Higher Federal Minimum Wage
Prospects may not be bright for Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, but a...
The Price of Success?
It has become an employee’s market, and jobseekers are being more forward about what they expect from employers. In...
NLRB: 2 employer-friendly court rulings
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued two rulings that tighten up two controversial decisions issued during the...
Courts rule on employers’ ADA accommodation limits: Key takeaways
Ever since the ADA went into effect, employers have been warned that virtually any condition can now fit the...
Legal Primer: Conducting and Managing the Results of Safety Audits
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and its substantive regulations, covered employers are subject to certain...
What You Should Know if Faced with an Employee Wage Garnishment
Employers are being confronted with wage garnishments more frequently than in the past. Sometimes an employee will already be...
Considerations in Drafting a Policy On Workplace Violence
Q Our company is considering implementing a policy on workplace violence. Should we even have such a policy and,...
Everything I Need to Know About HR I Learned from NCIS
NCIS is a popular TV show that has run for 16 seasons. One of the show’s running conceits is...
Job Applicants, Employees With Criminal Charges, Convictions: What Can Employers Do?
Employers often use job applications to seek information about candidates’ conviction records. Criminal background checks are often performed before...
NLRB Sides with Gig Economy Firms as Worker Classification Landscape Evolves
A new decision from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is seen as friendly to organizations using a business...
What to Do When DOL Comes Knocking at Your Door
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) performs wage and hour audits of employers by selecting them at random, or...
Court: ADA doesn’t protect employees who verbally abuse colleagues
By now, employers are familiar with their responsibilities to provide reasonable accommodations to workers. But what if a disabled...
Real Life Is Stranger Than Fiction
Employment attorneys always tell their colleagues that the best practice area is undoubtedly employment law. HR professionals probably feel...
Kicking It Old School
There is an email that occasionally makes the circuit in the HR community. The content of this email is...
Kicking It Old School
There is an email that occasionally makes the circuit in the HR community. The content of this email is...
How to Respond When Employees Experience Domestic Violence
This morning, Valerie came in to work with a cast on her wrist and heavy makeup on her face....
