Some workplace cases provide multiple lessons about employment discrimination. Recently, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Arkansas employers) rendered a decision providing guidance on discrimination...
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In 2016, Arizona voters passed the Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (also known as Proposition 206). The Act provided for locked-in minimum wage increases each year. Consequently, employers have seen the rate...
In 2016, Arizona voters passed the Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (also known as Proposition 206). The Act provided for locked-in minimum wage increases each year. Consequently, employers have seen the rate...
The holiday shopping season may look a little different this year, especially as consumers make more purchases online during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the annual influx of orders, employers may hire seasonal...
One year after New York City did the same, Seattle enacted an ordinance in 2019 that guarantees a minimum wage for local rideshare drivers. Following an independent city-commissioned study that determined the exact...
On November 3, Florida voters approved Amendment 2 to the state constitution, gradually raising the state's minimum wage to $15 by 2026. The ballot measure needed 60 percent support to pass and narrowly cleared the...
With approximately 3.6 billon people expressing themselves on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, employers have to ask themselves some important questions. For...
Q What is the general rule (or process) for recouping premiums owed by former employees? Typically, when an employee goes out on leave, we deduct the cost sharing from her paid time off (PTO). If she doesn't have any PTO...
Unbder Wisconsin's wage law, employers can't use collective bargaining to modify or eliminate their duty to pay employees for the time they spend donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE), the state supreme...
Q We have a new payroll system that will allow employees to clock in from their phones. Are there any concerns about having nonexempt employees clock in and out from personal mobile phones? A The first concern that may...
Federal law makes it illegal to discriminate against pregnant employees and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for a worker's known limitations related to pregnancy or childbirth under the Pregnancy...
As COVID-19 continues to affect the workplace, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is trying to provide guidance on how employers should implement the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). You may be wondering...
Q We have an employee working remotely from home who has tested positive for COVID-19. Her doctor says she can return to work in two weeks. She is asymptomatic and wants to continue to work so she can save her emergency...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently unveiled a proposed rule for classifying workers as either independent contractors or employees. The effort is important because the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) covers...
President Donald Trump recently issued Executive Order (EO) 13950, innocuously titled “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” which has ignited a storm of controversy among employers that do contracting with the federal...