On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision with far-reaching consequences for employers facing wage claims based on employee misclassification. The Court was tasked to decide whether a higher...
Employment Law Letter
In a recent decision, the U.S. Supreme Court answered an age-old question regarding the evidentiary standard required for an employer to demonstrate an employee meets an exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA)...
On January 21, 2025, following months of debate spawned by two 2023 rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court involving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming in higher education, President Donald Trump issued an...
Private-sector employers that have approved remote work for an increasing number of their employees may have wondered whether they remain “covered employers” under the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and whether...
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Among other things, the order revoked EO 11246, giving federal...
Seeking to create a harmonious workplace culture? Toss the expensive consultants, eschew empty slogans, forget motivational talks. Instead, adopt a simple rule: When thanking an employee, tack on the reason for the...
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Consisting of eight sections, it takes the position that...
President Donald Trump campaigned on the issue of illegal immigration, promising to carry out large-scale deportations of undocumented individuals if elected. He is following through on that pledge, and employers are now...
In his first few weeks in office, President Donald Trump has demonstrated that one of his key policy initiatives is the elimination of what some call “gender ideology,” or the recognition of gender identities other than...
Q We have an employee who recently passed away. He wasn’t married, didn’t have a will, and didn’t have company life insurance or death benefits. How do we handle his final paycheck? Do we continue with our regular...
The concept of DEI—which stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion—is much in the headlines recently. Matters came to a head on January 21 when President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) styled “Ending...
Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are leading to all sorts of trouble for Texas employers. For just one such court case, read on. Good intentions lead to . . . Broken Hill Proprietary is an energy...
Employers know that locating terminated vested participants and beneficiaries owed benefits under a retirement plan can be difficult—in part because people move, change jobs, and will forget they may have a balance or...
Mar 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter
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The California Labor Code has a streamlined labor commissioner process in which employee wage claims can be raised and determined, and the losing party has a right to appeal to the superior court. The process has its own...
A newly enacted provision in the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) says an agreement to arbitrate sexual harassment disputes is unenforceable. However, in a recent case from the California Court of Appeal, an employer and...