Describing the measure as an effort to spur economic growth, the Maine Legislature in 2019 enacted a law limiting the use of noncompetes and prohibiting "no-poaching" agreements between employers. A recent federal case...
Employment Law Letter
Q One of our nursing home employees who was exposed to a COVID-19-positive resident just returned to work from a 14-day quarantine after testing negative. Do we have to record it in the Occupational Safety and Health Act...
Q Our company wants to implement a policy to limit personal cell phone usage only to break times. Can we ask workers to put their phones in their work lockers or on their supervisors' desks? Generally, as long as you don...
Just before Christmas, outgoing President Donald Trump's controversial Executive Order (EO) banning federal contractors and subcontractors from offering "workplace training that inculcates in its employees any form of...
Over the last several years, employers increasingly have been requiring employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. The trend has been on the uptick due to concerns about the ever...
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden and his staff signed a series of orders intended to halt, freeze, and, where possible, roll back Trump-era regulations across the board. Regulatory halt, withdraw, or...
After President Joe Biden's frenetic first few days, when he issued dozens of Executive Orders, presidential memoranda, and declarations (mainly rescinding former President Donald's Trump's policies) and with the trauma...
In the first days of his administration, President Joe Biden began to make good on his campaign promise to "mobilize across the board to advance racial equity across the American economy" and advance a holistic Agenda...
In a tweet shortly after the 2020 presidential election, Dr. Jill Biden committed the Biden-Harris administration to "fight for educators" and added the push means paying them "what they are worth." The commitment is...
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/safework) in...
One of the first Executive Orders (EOs) President Joe Biden signed after his inauguration on January 20 was EO 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (https...
A fence still surrounds the Capitol, and the scars of January 6 have not healed. The emotion we all heard and saw during the impeachment hearing continues to be felt on K Street and in D.C. We all watched in horror as...
A real estate company’s decision to fire a frequently tardy executive assistant for refusing to sign a performance memorandum, amid her bosses’ negative comments about her need for medical leave, could be evidence of...
Recognizing remote work is here to stay for many employees, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued guidance on how employers can use virtual means to distribute and maintain the various posters required by...
Temporary staffing firms may qualify as “retail or service establishments” and therefore be able to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “retail sales” overtime exemption to some of their employees, according to a...