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Few things are as shocking to an employer as learning a trusted employee is embezzling. Often, the feeling of betrayal is as gut-wrenching as the discovery of the financial loss itself. The first instinct may be to call...

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On July 20, 2020, organizers and labor organizations across the country held a "Strike for Black Lives"—a national walkout of workers in support of "dismantling racism and white su-premacy to bring about fundamental...

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The fate of foreign workers in the United States remains up in the air amid the worldwide public health crisis and political disputes related to immigration and foreign worker programs. The COVID-19 pandemic had already...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

It didn't take a worldwide public health crisis to pique people's curiosity about what the workplace of the future will look like. Managers and frontline staff alike have always pondered the best designs for productivity...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since that time, several states and local governments have ordered shutdowns and more recently began requiring the use of face masks in...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

In the world of smart phones where we are constantly documenting so much of our lives, we have seen the rise of employees being fired from their jobs for unsavory, inappropriate, or otherwise damaging behavior that...

Aug 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Employers are protecting employees’ health and safety from COVID-19 by requiring or encouraging them to work from home, but you should be aware the arrangement can pose an unintended consequence: employee burnout. If you...

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Like the rest of our nation, police commissions and courts are sensitive to complaints of excessive use of police force and often discipline those who commit it and those who observe it without reporting. In the...

Aug 16, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Editors note: California Employment Law Letter co-editor Mark I. Schickman was inter-viewed for the following article, which first appeared in the HR Daily Advisor ezine and is re-printed with permission. Uber and Lyft...

Aug 16, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

A fact-intensive inquiry into a California wage and hour case resulted in a win for employers with compliant meal and rest break policies and facially neutral time-rounding policies. The California Court of Appeal shut...

Aug 02, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California