Law and Your Workplace: Navigating the Complex Web of Employment Law
Employee Arrest and Conviction Records – the “Green Factors”
By Brian Sharpe, on 03/1/19 One of your employees was just arrested… Or, you have become aware that a new hire was convicted of a crime… You can terminate the employee, right? Not so fast.
You Break It, You Buy It: Can You Apply This Policy To Damaged Company Property?
By Y. Angela Lam, on 02/15/19 … as you might guess, it depends.
Failure to accommodate religious practices can be an expensive lesson.
By Gina LiVolsi, on 01/31/19 You may have seen the recent attention-grabbing headlines about a former hotel housekeeper awarded $21.5 million in damages in the case of Jean Pierre v. Park Hotels, Inc. after finding she suffered religious discrimination and retaliation in violations of Title VII…
Out-of-town travel and the FLSA: Is employee travel time compensable?
By David E. Stevens, on 01/15/19 Are you required to pay employees for the time spent traveling from their workplace to a training session at your central office?
Elective Surgery and FMLA Leave
As a covered employer, how do you respond to a healthy, but otherwise-qualified employee who requests FMLA leave for an elective procedure such as cosmetic surgery?
Keeping Employment Conversations Private – No Recording Rules for Employers
Is it legal for employees to record disciplinary meetings and termination meetings in the workplace?
Supreme Court Holds Public Sector Employees Not Required to Pay “Fair Share Fees”
We previously discussed that there was one big labor case pending on the Supreme Court docket this term – Janus v. AFSCME.
Workplace Drug Testing Considerations in Light of OSHA’S Anti-Retaliation Provisions
In drafting and enforcing drug testing policies, employers need to consider OSHA’s 2016 Final Rule, which added additional provisions regarding retaliation for workplace reporting.
The Supreme Court Is Winding Down Its Term… But a Big Labor Case Remains
Today, the Supreme Court issued four decisions from its October 2017 term, leaving just six cases remaining.
NLRB Issues New Guidance on Employee Handbooks
On June 6, 2018, the NLRB’s General Counsel issued new guidance on how employee handbook rules and policies would be interpreted, as those rules and policies relate to employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act.