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Employees stressed? Learn how to make a time-off policy work

As the end of the year nears, employees’ memories of summer vacations may be giving way to plans to schedule time off for the holidays. While some workers are diligent about planning the time off they need to avoid...

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Managing the challenges of intermittent FMLA

In March of this year, I provided you with basics steps to take to avoid Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) mishaps and best practices to follow when eligible employees request FMLA leave. Since the publication of my...

Sep 14, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Labor Day query: Where is the labor?

We stand 42 months after the issuance of COVID-19 restrictions and the exodus of office workers from downtowns throughout California. Nonetheless, the approaches being taken to the return to the office remain all across...

Sep 14, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

There has always been friction in the law when it comes to affirmative action. On one hand, you are required to address and remedy prior discrimination in the workplace, and several statutes identify preferential hiring...

Sep 14, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Sounds like a good idea: EEOC proposes PWFA regulations

On August 7, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its proposed regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act...

Sep 01, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

MN, NLRB GC join chorus calling for end to noncompete agreements

In a memo released on May 30, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo dealt another blow to noncompete agreements. With the newly passed Minnesota ban set to go into effect on July 1...

Aug 22, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Minnesota

Take note: ABA issues new opinion on legal fees

Many subscribers are either the providers of legal services or the consumers of same. So I took note when the American Bar Association (ABA) issued a lengthy opinion letter on fees paid in advance by a client for...

Aug 22, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

‘U Can’t Touch This!’—rap at work

The song title referenced in the headline is by rapper M.C. Hammer. And that is the extent of my rap music knowledge. But very recently, the genre has intersected with employment law, and I wanted to tell you about it...

Aug 22, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Rule of three: Know it, follow it, live it

Ever hear of the rule of three—“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”? It’s easy to remember, it’s concise, and it rolls off the tongue. You see it all the time, whether in ads or newspaper/magazine writing or in...

Aug 22, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

‘Promises and loopholes’: A story of Texas contract law

I know “Promises and Loopholes” sounds like the title to a Woody Allen movie, but it makes an important point. Namely, that parties to a contract are held to the language of their agreements, but there are, in certain...

Aug 22, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · Texas