If potential employees seem a bit wary these days, it should come as no surprise. Jobseekers have likely heard the increasingly common reports of companies posting ads for fake, or “ghost,” jobs. Such employer tactics...
Employment Law Letter
Q How frequently can a nursing mother take breaks under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act? For example, although the law requires “reasonable break time,” what if an employee needs...
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final noncompete clause rule, which prohibits post-employment noncompete agreements between employees and their employers. Many Mississippi employers...
Massachusetts joined a growing list of states with pay transparency laws when Governor Maura Healy signed “An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency” into law. The law, which will take effect in stages in 2025...
Q What are the guidelines for when employees, current or former, request a copy of their personnel file, and what files are required to be provided upon request? In Mississippi, there’s no law requiring private employers...
In attempting to assess the complicated balance between an individual employee’s need for a service animal and the requirements of clients, customers, patients, and the workplace as a whole, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of...
Last month, I talked about how the military makes the most effective use of e-mail (see “Ten-hut: The military way of writing emails” in the August 2024 issue). This month, I want to talk about using email to build a...
Religious discrimination law continues its rapid growth. A very recent case from another state sheds light on what is often a counterintuitive area of the law. Job offer of a lifetime? Brad Amos is a video editor...
Q We gave a $5,000 sign-on bonus to a new hire who has been a no-show for numerous days, and we haven’t been able to contact them. Can we withhold and/or deduct from this employee’s final paycheck to recoup some of the...
Capping off a saga that began in fall 2018, the Michigan Supreme Court, in its 4-to-3 decision in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, overturned the Michigan Court of Appeals and restored the originally adopted...
The Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act requires all employers to provide a certain amount of paid sick time (PST) depending on the number of employees. Employers with at least 15 employees must provide at least...
Q What are the guidelines for when employees, current or former, request a copy of their personnel file, and what files are required to be provided upon request? Whether employees have the right to their employee file is...
Employers that have policies governing appropriate dress in the workplace should review their policies annually and revise them as necessary. In Arizona (and other states with extremely hot weather), you may wish to take...
Q What can employers do when they doubt an employee’s certification for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? If an employer doubts the validity of an employee’s FMLA certification, it may require the...
On July 29, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Bailey v. San Francisco Dist. Attorney Office, Cal., No. S265223 and held that the employee’s claims of racial harassment should proceed to...