Illinois employers now have yet another law to navigate. The state human rights statute now bans discrimination based on a candidate’s or employee’s criminal conviction unless the employer can show a “substantial...
Employment Law Letter
As any high schooler with a smartphone will tell you, your words can haunt you long after you utter them. One high school recently learned the same is true for its employees, thanks to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act...
The 7th Circuit recently upheld a decision from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a case involving Woodbridge Winery. The ruling cemented employees' right to display a prounion message on their clothing...
The Idaho Supreme Court recently rendered a decision highlighting an important distinction between wrongful discharge and “fraudulent hiring,” the latter of which allows at-will employees to sue their former employer...
Q An employee is having an elective surgery that won’t require an overnight hospital stay, but she will be off work for two weeks to recover and will possibly have some restrictions afterward. Will her surgery and time...
Up to 30 percent of employers misclassify their employees as independent contractors, according to national estimates. Misclassification occurs when an employer improperly classifies a worker as an independent contractor...
As a result of COVID-19, many Canadian provinces declared a public health emergency and either ordered (or urged) employers to let employees work from home if their tasks could be performed remotely. A business may face...
Case law interpreting Georgia’s Restrictive Covenants Act (RCA) continues to make its way through the courts, and the message is consistent: Despite the RCA’s proclamation that restrictive covenants are in favor of...
It’s hard to believe many of us have been working from home because of the COVID-19 outbreak for more than a year. In addition, many teleworkers have been operating on flexible schedules. The consistent question for...
On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14026, "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors," which will raise the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts (or subcontracts) to $15...
On April 26, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) submitted for final approval an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and...
Since March 2021, when the Biden administration formally withdrew both the frozen Independent Contractor Regulation and the judicially rejected Joint Employer Regulation, employers, workers, and unions have been waiting...
On April 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a virtual public hearing on the impact of COVID-19 on civil rights in the workforce (https://bit.ly/2RyuZIl). According to Chair Charlotte...
On April 28, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held its first meeting under the Biden administration: a public hearing on “Workplace Civil Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The primary focus...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recent announcement (https://bit.ly/2Ry7lf2) permitting fully vaccinated individuals to live life virtually mask-free has created numerous problems for employers and...