Well … it’s been 15 months since a judge in Texas put the Obama Administration’s updated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulation changes on hold and we’re no closer to knowing where things will end up. The most significant change would have more than doubled the salary threshold for employees to be considered exempt. Employers across ...
Private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors or subcontractors with 50 or more employees and a contract/subcontract of $50,000 or more must file EEO-1 reports.
These reports were traditionally filed in September each year. However, in 2016 the EEOC announced a new EEO-1 report. The new report would have required employers ...
If awards were given for offer letters, would yours be nominated for an Oscar?
A letter detailing an offer of employment to a candidate – an offer letter – is an important legal document and should be carefully drafted.
An Oscar-worthy offer letter should include the following:
- A clear description of what the job entails, to whom the employee ...
Companies may choose to offer severance to an employee at the end of employment. But severance pay is no free throw! Typically, any severance payment should be conditioned on the employee’s execution of a waiver and release of claims.
In the past, a company could have deducted both the settlement and attorney’s fees related to such settlement ...
During the Women’s 500-Meter Speed Skating Semifinals, British Olympian Elise Christie crashed out of competition after clipping another skater during the race. While Christie escaped the fall with no broken bones, she sustained injuries that call into question her physical readiness to compete in other events at the PyeongChang 2018 ...
You know the one—They never quite meet the standards for the job. They’re always complaining about something. Then they claim to suffer a mysterious injury at work—the circumstances just don’t add up and now they’re telling you they’ll be off for weeks. You weren’t happy with their performance before and now you want to get rid of ...
With the New Year, many employers wisely made it their 2018 resolution to avoid making #MeToo headlines. As with all resolutions, merely wishing them to happen (or in this case not happen) is not enough. It takes action. As we discussed in a recent article, one big step for this resolution is manager and employee training. Prevention is the best tool ...
The nation’s #MeToo movement has spurred enormous positive change, including employers revisiting their anti-harassment policies and reporting procedures. And with the help of today’s technology, employers can now adopt a phone app that allows employees to report workplace harassment from the convenience and privacy of their phone ...
Julie R. Pugh & Lee P. Geiger
I am thrilled to be a guest blogger for our esteemed Employee Benefits group! As a Labor and Employment attorney, I work with our Benefits team on a variety of issues, including leave of absence management. Usually, a tax provision would not excite me in the least. However, a tax code that allows for a business credit for ...
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a number of pro-employer bombshell decisions that will have an immediate effect on union and non-union workplaces. The five member Board – with a recent influx of two pro-GOP appointees – unraveled its recent and much criticized changes to evaluating joint-employment ...