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Latest DEI Executive Order raises compliance issues for federal contractors

by Tammy Binford

President Donald Trump’s latest order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices by employers brings up issues about how employers with federal contracts can ensure compliance.

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Personality conflict with supervisor doesn't equal disability, NC court finds

A North Carolina court recently addressed whether an employer must provide an accommodation to an employee who claimed working with his supervisor made him depressed or anxious under the Americans with Disabilities Act...

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Testing, testing, 1-2-3: ADA still has final say on return-to-work testing for employers

As COVID-19 cases rebound in certain states, employers are grappling with how to safely usher employees back to work. Undoubtedly, some degree of testing is necessary to make sure employees reintegrated into the...

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NLRB alters standard on abusive conduct, profane language at work

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently modified its standard for dealing with abusive conduct and profane language at work. For years, the NLRB had permitted employees to make offensive, harassing, and racist...

Aug 31, 2020 · 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

After discovering embezzlement, have a strategy for obtaining restitution

Few things are as shocking to an employer as learning a trusted employee is embezzling. Often, the feeling of betrayal is as gut-wrenching as the discovery of the financial loss itself. The first instinct may be to call...

Aug 31, 2020 · 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

Guidance for employers as 'Strike for Black Lives' unfolds

On July 20, 2020, organizers and labor organizations across the country held a "Strike for Black Lives"—a national walkout of workers in support of "dismantling racism and white su-premacy to bring about fundamental...

Aug 31, 2020 · 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

Discord over foreign workers has long history, elusive solution

The fate of foreign workers in the United States remains up in the air amid the worldwide public health crisis and political disputes related to immigration and foreign worker programs. The COVID-19 pandemic had already...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Adapt or die? Looking ahead to a post-COVID workplace

It didn't take a worldwide public health crisis to pique people's curiosity about what the workplace of the future will look like. Managers and frontline staff alike have always pondered the best designs for productivity...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

ADA and face mask policies: a step-by-step response

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since that time, several states and local governments have ordered shutdowns and more recently began requiring the use of face masks in...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Policing employee behavior outside of work

In the world of smart phones where we are constantly documenting so much of our lives, we have seen the rise of employees being fired from their jobs for unsavory, inappropriate, or otherwise damaging behavior that...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Missing from political shows? Strategy to stop virus

The view from K Street this month, like that for most people in the nation, is seen through the distorting prism of the national political conventions. Although the quadrennial exhibitions were presented in an often...

Aug 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Jones Day must produce nationwide associate pay data

The female attorneys suing Jones Day for pay discrimination scored a victory recently when a federal judge ordered the law firm to provide salary information for every associate nationwide from 2012 to 2018. Jones Day...

Aug 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC holds virtual hearing, approves conciliation rule

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a remote meeting on August 18, 2020, to discuss a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on conciliation. The EEOC is proposing to amend its procedural rules...

Aug 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Legal risks arise as furloughed employees return to work

As COVID-19’s impact subsides, workplaces have begun phased reopenings in compliance with state and local laws. We hope the development is a sign of better times ahead. As employers prepare to return to “normal”...

Aug 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

3 ways to address employee burnout before your company gets burned

Employers are protecting employees’ health and safety from COVID-19 by requiring or encouraging them to work from home, but you should be aware the arrangement can pose an unintended consequence: employee burnout. If you...

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