After an employer changed the terms of an employee bonus plan, a misunderstanding developed and led to a finding that the employees' claimed wages hadn't been “agreed upon,” resulting in rejection of their wage and hour...
Employment Law Letter
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the final rule concerning joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The effective date is March 16, 2020. Four-factor test The FLSA established the...
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) kicked off the new year by releasing two opinion letters providing guidance for dealing with issues arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
Georgia State Senator Tonya Anderson has introduced a bill to prohibit hair-based discrimination in businesses and schools. It aims specifically to ban discrimination based on natural hairstyles historically associated...
Q A nonexempt employee sent us an e-mail requesting time off in lieu of pay for overtime hours he already worked. Are we allowed to grant his request? A Unfortunately, you cannot honor the employee's request without...
A few months ago, millions of people made New Year's resolutions. Employers should be no different. Completing a thorough review of your employment practices each year is crucial to running a legally compliant business...
Q A nonexempt employee sent us an e-mail requesting time off in lieu of pay for overtime hours he already worked. Are we allowed to grant his request? Unfortunately, you cannot honor the employee's request without...
Is it just me, or did JLo and Shakira's halftime performance at the Super Bowl receive more attention than the game itself? As with so many other issues these days, we are a country divided. Some believe the performance...
On February 10, 2020, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued an order deeming the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) collection of Component 2 pay data closed. In response, the EEOC announced on its...
At the European Employment and Social Policy Council, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on December 10, 2019, ministers of several European countries held a public debate on the future of the continent's gender...
A key aspect of most antiharassment policies is the employer's promise to “maintain the confidentiality of employee complaints to the extent allowable by law to conduct a thorough investigation.” Employers often ask...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in a case brought by a military veteran against his former employer under the Uniformed...
The Hawaii Legislature opened its 2020 session on January 15 with a heavy focus on increasing the state's minimum wage, which currently sits at $10.10 an hour. Governor David Ige said one of his priorities will be to...
First detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a respiratory virus that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization has declared a...
Last month, we discussed the sigh of relief you can breathe now that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has held employers may require confidentiality during workplace investigations (see "NLRB approves of...