NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abrusso recently sent a memo to regional directors and other officers to express her view that non-compete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements violate the
As we discussed when it was announced, the DOL issued a proposed rule on defining/clarifying independent contractors, following its withdrawal of the prior final rule. A new NLRB decision, by
You have likely been receiving numerous solicitations relative to the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”). The ERC is a pandemic-era federal tax credit of up to $26,000 per employee. Of course,
Section 7(r) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which became effective in 2010, requires employers to provide many nursing mothers reasonable break times to express breast milk after the birth
In September, the NLRB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to the joint employer rule. The existing rule, updated in 2020, “provided that a ‘putative joint employer must
The DOL recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relative to classifying workers as independent contractors. As the DOL withdrew the 2021 final rule on independent contractor status, the new
When businesses implemented remote work arrangements during the pandemic, it was a necessary, but generally unplanned, change that left considerable room for error. In the months since, business owners have
The Department of Labor proposed $315,000 in new fines against General Aluminum Mfg. Co., of Ohio after discovering ongoing machine hazards that had been previously cited by the Occupational Safety
LinkedIn must pay $1.8 million (backpay plus interest) for compensating 686 female employees “at a statistically significant lower rate” than their male counterparts between 2015 and 2017. LinkedIn also must
Attendance point systems are still prevalent at many/most manufacturing facilities. These systems are meant to simplify the attendance/discipline process. They are often billed as “no-fault” systems (i.e., they do not
