As COVID-19 levels continue dropping across the country, employers are trying to plan out what the office environment will look like for the rest of the year. While many people have returned to school, restaurants, and...
Employment Law Letter
As employers have continued to grapple with workplace challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number have implemented mandatory vaccination policies. United Airlines instituted a policy, and employees...
With summer approaching, many employers will be turning their attention to staffing up for the season. The summer workforce includes a substantial number of minors. So, this is a good time to consider the issues involved...
In a perfect world, coworkers would work in harmony and creativity and productivity would soar. No one would have to deal with outright hostility or even petty annoyances. But as every HR professional knows, it’s not a...
To call what COVID-19 has done to the workforce a disruption is certainly an understatement. But now in the third year of the pandemic, employers and employees are going ahead with efforts to return to the workplace—at...
A former employee filed a lawsuit arguing he was discriminated against based on his disability and age when his former employer denied his request to be reassigned to a different position. The case reminds employers of...
Noncompete agreements between employers and their employees traditionally are governed by state law. But that didn’t stop the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from recently filing a statement of...
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) upcoming decision in Stericyle, Inc., may affect how it assesses the lawfulness of employer work rules and handbook policies in both union and nonunion workplaces. The Board’s...
A union local president in Las Vegas was removed from office because of alleged financial irregularities and later filed two lawsuits asserting roughly the same claims against the same parties. Read on to learn how they...
Almost every employment arbitration agreement is provided on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, so it will be deemed procedurally unconscionable. It makes matters much worse if you provide a Spanish-speaking employee with an...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies only to employers with 15 or more employees. Even when an organization has a smaller number of workers, however, an individual can file an ADA claim by showing the...
California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) allows employees to file lawsuits as “private attorneys general” over California Labor Code violations. In other words, a current or former employee may go to...
California is among the first states to propose regulating employers’ use of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI). In a recent virtual public meeting, the California Fair Employment and Housing Council discussed...
Let’s say you have a superstar employee who brings you money and prestige. He is nominated for a top industry prize for his performance the previous year and attends the awards dinner. During the program, the master of...
California is among the first states to propose expressly regulating employers’ use of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI). In a March 25, 2022, virtual public meeting, the California Fair Employment and Housing...