Courts have ruled that managers and supervisors can be held personally liable for FLSA violations. And now, in a new twist, courts are saying you can be individually liable for FMLA violations as well. Here’s why and when. In a nutshell, the FMLA says that an employer can be: “… any person who acts, directly […]
Posted on March 31st, 2016 by admin
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There are some pretty shocking stats out there that could be used to spark more participation in employer wellness programs. Example: Going for a 30-minute run could improve your productivity levels by 17%, found a study at Leeds Metropolitan University. That’s just a half-hour sacrifice to get a return of an hour’s worth of work. […]
Posted on March 30th, 2016 by admin
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Many employers think of wellness as a relatively new fad. But the truth is, these programs have been around for a long, long time. In fact, workplace wellness programs have actually been in existence since major corporations began cropping up in the late 1800s. Of course, wellness has evolved greatly since those inaugural programs […]
Posted on March 29th, 2016 by admin
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made it clear that its chief enforcement target is “systematic” discrimination on the part of employers. And the agency’s making good on that threat: Here are recent settlements of sex discrimination lawsuits that will cost four companies a total of $4.2 million. Tire retailer: $2.1 million In the first case, […]
Posted on March 28th, 2016 by admin
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On the heels of National Labor Relations Board’s “ambush election” rules taking effect, unions have scored another win on the organized labor front. This time, the win comes directly from the DOL, which hasn’t been shy about showing its support for organized labor lately. The DOL just published a final rule amending the Labor-Management Reporting and […]
Posted on March 27th, 2016 by admin
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The ADA’s interactive process has been one of the more vexing aspects of employment law recently. Not only has the EEOC ramped up its oversight of this complex area, but the regulations surrounding the interactive process don’t paint a black-and-white picture of what exactly employers need to do. Interactive process: a definition As you know, the […]
Posted on March 26th, 2016 by admin
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The Supreme Court has broadened the way employees can file class action suits to settle wage-and-hour disputes. The court recently sided with 3,300 workers at an Iowa pork processing facility who claimed their employer, Tyson Foods, owed them overtime for putting on and taking off the protective equipment required by their jobs. A lower court had […]
Posted on March 25th, 2016 by admin
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Yet another common employer policy has come under fire from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It doesn’t matter if your workforce is unionized or not — if you’ve got this policy, it could be deemed illegal. What’s the policy? Asking workers to keep internal investigations confidential. In a case that involved the telecommunications giant […]
Posted on March 24th, 2016 by admin
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Of course you don’t want to rule with an iron fist, but hear this idea out. A group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania may have found the key to increasing wellness plan participation: threatening to take something away from employees. The researchers say the study proved that people are more afraid to lose […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2016 by admin
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Senate and House Republicans want the Obama administration to do a little more research before pushing through its changes to the FLSA’s white-collar overtime exemption regulations. Legislation has been introduced in both branches of Congress to put a stop to the DOL’s final rule on the overtime exemptions, which was just submitted to the White House’s […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2016 by admin
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