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by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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Intern vs. employee—When do you pay interns the minimum wage rate?

Q Minimum wage is going up to $17.20 per hour for federal contractors on January 1, 2024. Does this require interns to be paid at the federal minimum wage rate, as well, or are they an exception? As with most legal...

Jan 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · West Virginia

Supreme Court punts question of ‘tester’ standing for ADA Title III violations

After the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on the propriety of “tester” standing (the ability to file a lawsuit), interested parties have anxiously awaited its much-needed guidance on who may sue for alleged...

Jan 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · 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

Heads-up to group health plans: December 31 gag clause attestation deadline approaches

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 prohibits group health plans from agreeing to avoid making certain disclosures of provider-specific cost or quality-of-care information—referred to as the gag clause...

Jan 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · New York · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Can time increments play a role in company PTO policies?

Q What’s the minimum amount of time we can require exempt employees to use their paid time off (PTO)? Under our benefits policy, a half day (four-hour deductions) for exempt employees is usually OK, and our nonexempt...

Jan 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Idaho

Hold on! You might need to retain that employment document

Q How many years do we need to keep new hire drug screens and worker’s compensation documents? In Wisconsin, there are different retention periods depending on the type of employment documents at issue. In general...

Jan 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

Employer communications with putative class members struck down

With the prolific numbers of wage and hour class action cases being filed in California, employers often seek ways to minimize their participation and reduce potential liability. In one case, an employer sought to obtain...

Dec 27, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Hard rocking supervisor brought to court

In a fairly straightforward sexual harassment case, the court of appeal took the opportunity to issue a pair of important points of procedure. First, it took issue with the trial judge, who used an outdated standard for...

Dec 27, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Defense verdict reversed because of improper evidence

One of the basic rules of trial evidence is that you can’t argue to a jury that a party is just a bad person who is dishonest and shouldn’t be believed. That form of “character assassination” is precluded precisely...

Dec 13, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

NLRB joint employer rule prompts heated response

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its anticipated joint employer regulation in late October and caused an immediate firestorm among the affected business community. Definition of joint employer expanded...

Dec 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Bargaining orders to increase, per NLRB GC memo

In the recent Memo 24-01, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo mapped out how the regional offices were to act to increase the number of bargaining orders issued under the Board’s...

Dec 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider