Employers are regularly part of the collection process when an employee is ordered to pay child support or maintenance. Based on state law, a court order for child support shall constitute an assignment of all income...
Employment Law Letter
Regular readers know that current Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea Lucas has been laser-focused on combatting alleged discrimination against white workers. Late last year, Lucas posted a widely...
Employers have often treated remote work as a flexible workplace policy or something that can be expanded, modified, or withdrawn as business needs change. Two recent labor developments at DreamWorks Animation and...
California provides robust statutory protections for employees who report workplace safety hazards and illegal practices. Chief among these is Labor Code Section 1102.5, California’s general whistleblower retaliation...
California requires employers to reasonably accommodate workers’ sincerely held religious beliefs under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) unless doing so...
The recent focus for many employers has been on Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave and getting a policy in place. Most employers tackled Earned Paid Leave (EPL) back in 2021 when it was passed into law. We want to alert...
Q Must a nonexempt employee who is scheduled to work 14 hours in a two-week pay period be paid overtime if the employee works more than the 14 hours? Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees are only entitled...
With the constantly changing equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA) landscapes in recent years, it has been difficult for employers to stay on top of continuing obligations. Below is a list of...
In case you were looking for another chatbot cautionary tale, the latest comes from a decision issued by an administrative law judge analyzing a company’s arguments in defense of a National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)...
Email is a major form of communication, and employers need to teach their employees how to be effective users of email, including when not to use it. Here are the Big 5: five rules everyone should follow when sending and...
Colorado employers should review their Form I-9 and employment eligibility verification procedures following the enactment of House Bill (HB) 26-1283. The new law became effective on June 3, 2026, and added new...
On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published three final rules that collectively dismantle or significantly curtail longstanding affirmative action obligations for federal contractors, marking a...
An employee handbook is one of the most important documents an employer can maintain. It serves as a guide for employees, establishes workplace expectations, and helps ensure consistent application of company policies. A...
Both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Arizona Minimum Wage Act (AMWA) require “employers” to pay employees minimum wage for all hours worked. Restaurant owners often use layered LLCs to separate ownership from...
The news is full of stories of how financially ill-prepared many people are for retirement. But the responsibility doesn’t lie just with employees. Certainly, employers need to examine how effective their retirement...
Oct 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter
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