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New court ruling shakes up overtime threshold—again

by Tammy Binford

A ruling from a federal district court in Texas has once again changed the criteria for determining which employees should be eligible for overtime pay.

Pre-July 1 threshold back in force

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Massachusetts adopts pay transparency law: What employers need to know

Massachusetts joined a growing list of states with pay transparency laws when Governor Maura Healy signed “An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency” into law. The law, which will take effect in stages in 2025...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont

Mississippi employers, be careful when crafting your policies

Q What are the guidelines for when employees, current or former, request a copy of their personnel file, and what files are required to be provided upon request? In Mississippi, there’s no law requiring private employers...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

Bite, no bark: 8th Circuit recognizes limitations on certain ADA accommodations

In attempting to assess the complicated balance between an individual employee’s need for a service animal and the requirements of clients, customers, patients, and the workplace as a whole, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Use your e-mail to create a powerful workplace

Last month, I talked about how the military makes the most effective use of e-mail (see “Ten-hut: The military way of writing emails” in the August 2024 issue). This month, I want to talk about using email to build a...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Job match made in Heaven? Not quite!

Religious discrimination law continues its rapid growth. A very recent case from another state sheds light on what is often a counterintuitive area of the law. Job offer of a lifetime? Brad Amos is a video editor...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Without agreement, recouping sign-on bonus from no-show is tricky

Q We gave a $5,000 sign-on bonus to a new hire who has been a no-show for numerous days, and we haven’t been able to contact them. Can we withhold and/or deduct from this employee’s final paycheck to recoup some of the...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont

Court ruling may necessitate overhaul of paid sick time policies, practices

The Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act requires all employers to provide a certain amount of paid sick time (PST) depending on the number of employees. Employers with at least 15 employees must provide at least...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

September 2024 Iowa Q&A roundup

Q What are the guidelines for when employees, current or former, request a copy of their personnel file, and what files are required to be provided upon request? Whether employees have the right to their employee file is...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Summer in the city: Revise your dress codes for ‘hot’ workplaces

Employers that have policies governing appropriate dress in the workplace should review their policies annually and revise them as necessary. In Arizona (and other states with extremely hot weather), you may wish to take...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Here’s what you can do if you doubt an employee’s FMLA eligibility

Q What can employers do when they doubt an employee’s certification for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? If an employer doubts the validity of an employee’s FMLA certification, it may require the...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

Single slur requires jury trial on hostile work environment claim

On July 29, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Bailey v. San Francisco Dist. Attorney Office, Cal., No. S265223 and held that the employee’s claims of racial harassment should proceed to...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia

Arizona court decisions clarify PDCA’s effect on wage garnishments

As we reported in January 2023, Arizona voters passed Proposition 209 in November 2022, which was codified as the Predatory Debt Collection Act (PDCA) and amended Arizona’s wage garnishment statutes. Once the Act became...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Time to brush up on employment law basics for employers

As we find ourselves in the last half of 2024, we felt it was right to go back to the basics for those navigating the complex landscape of employment law. Understanding these laws helps to protect your business from...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Avoiding blah, blah, blah in writing value statements

It befalls HR to write value statements, aka mission statements. Is there a method to follow? Yes, according to an insightful article in the July/August 2024 issue of the Harvard Business Review, “Build a Corporate...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas