by Cameron D. Ritsema, Bodman PLC
Under Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA), minimum wage increases in the state took effect on January 1, 2026.
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Business owners and employers know they need to comply with privacy laws, but the scope of compliance has expanded. In the past, organizations created general privacy policies, posted them on their websites, and went...
Nov 30, 2020 · Employment Law Letter
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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 42% of the U.S. workforce now works from home, and 33% of workers are unemployed. Many employers are eager to get their current employees back to the office and hire new ones, but they...
President Donald Trump recently signed an Executive Order (EO 13950) that seeks to "combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating" and end so-called "divisive concepts" covered in certain...
Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter
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The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has special provisions that limit the pressure tactics a union can use in trying to force an employer to recognize the union. One of the major limitations is a prohibition against...
Last issue, we reported on a scathing California Court of Appeal decision against Uber and Lyft approving a broad injunction that required them to treat their drivers as employees. The giant transportation companies were...
One of the most basic rules of arbitration is that an arbitrator's ruling won't be overturned for an error of law, even if the error creates an injustice—this is to preserve the finality of arbitration and honor the...
A California Court of Appeal issued a ruling October 22 strictly applying the ABC independent contractor test and upholding a preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent...
The California Court of Appeal recently held that an employee's class action suit under the state's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) couldn't be separated into individual and representative components. The plaintiff...
They say the primary rule of journalism is, "If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out." Similarly, a primary rule of HR management, particularly before taking an adverse employment action, should be, "When in...
On October 21, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its request for information (RFI) required by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 13950 on race...
President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 13950, issued on September 22, 2020, prohibits federal contractors, federal agencies, and certain federal grant recipients as well as the military from using workplace...
Nike engaged in systemic discrimination in pay and promotions, according to allegations by female employees at the company’s headquarters in an ongoing class action suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District...
For the past four years, Oracle Corporation and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have been locked in litigation over claims—filed in the Obama administration’s...
After decades of criticism from employers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally issued a proposed rule changing the core elements of the conciliation process on October 10, 2020. Usually not much...
Many of us have forgotten that the weeks before a presidential election were usually devoted to hectic campaigning. But the rest of the government was quiet. Every representative was back home running for reelection, as...
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