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When everyone is watching: employee monitoring and tracking

At the Dentons Davis Brown annual labor and employment law seminar in April, employers discussed many topics that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic or were preexisting but were exacerbated by it. One such issue is...

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Wage and hour law—Designed for the 1920s, applied in the 21st century

The fundamental premise of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is that all employees are covered by its base requirements. This includes being paid minimum wage for every hour worked and time and one-half for all...

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ICE sunsets Form I-9 COVID flexibilities, requires compliance by August 30

All U.S. employers are required to complete Form I-9 for employees hired to work in the United States. This form serves to verify an employee’s identity and ability to work in the country. Within 72 hours of hire...

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Applying the value of personal time off to employee repayment obligations

Q: Our employee owes us money and has told us she wants the value of her paid time off (PTO) applied to her repayment obligations. Can we do this? What is required to pull the money from her paycheck? The answer to the...

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Weed at work: What Delaware employers need to know about new law

On Friday, April 21, 2023, Delaware Governor John Carney allowed House Bill 1 and House Bill 2 to be enacted into law without his signature. The two pieces of legislation removed all state-level civil and criminal...

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What to do if an employee refuses medical attention

Q: What are our legal obligations to an employee who fell and injured himself at work but refused medical attention when the ambulance arrived? Check specific rules for your state, but in many cases an employee’s refusal...

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Companies see big rise in labor & employment class actions and defense spending

The 2023 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey has revealed a significant increase in the number of labor and employment class action lawsuits and the amount companies are spending to defend those lawsuits. That is sobering...

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When to revisit company policies and procedures

Q: Our company is expecting to start a new business line. Should we revisit our policies and procedures? The fact your company is setting up a new business line doesn’t mean you must revisit the company’s policies and...

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Preparing for compliance with the PUMP Act and PWFA

Pregnant workers are currently protected under various acts including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), and the...

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2023 Arkansas General Assembly: End-of-session update

The 94th Arkansas General Assembly adjourned on April 7. Any bills that weren’t passed and sent to the governor for signature therefore won’t be enacted into law. HB 1006: Mandating paid maternity leave in certain...

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Handling breaks for employees who don’t have access to a time clock during the day

Q: For nonexempt, hourly employees who don’t have access to the time clock during the day (they’re delivery drivers), how should we handle their meal breaks? Can we automatically deduct 30 minutes from their hours...

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Remote working complicates privacy expectations

Recently, a CEO of a certain furniture company went viral after telling her employees, on a recorded videocall, to “leave Pity City” regarding their bonuses being cancelled. While the video may leave you scratching your...

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Employers beware: NLRB instructs on harsh penalties for repeat offenders

In its recently decided 2-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) discussed additional remedies it may now consider in cases involving employers that have engaged in what the Board considers repeated or...

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Firing employees for job abandonment

Q: Two of our employees were scheduled to return to work, but we haven’t heard from them, and neither has responded to our emails. At what point can we fire them for job abandonment? Assuming they’re at-will employees...

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COVID-19 and workers’ compensation in West Virginia: A work in progress

On March 6, 2023, the new Intermediate Appeals Court of West Virginia (ICA) issued the state’s first opinion on the compensability of a claim for contracting COVID-19. Facts Brittany Foster was employed by a company that...

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