DHS is ending the COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents. Beginning May 1, Employers will no longer be able to accept expired List B documents. DHS adopted the temporary policy in response to the difficulties many individuals experienced with renewing documents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that document-issuing authorities have reopened and/or provided alternatives […]
E-Verify Employers: In Case You Missed It! Timely Information for SSA TNC (Mismatches) For E-Verify cases referred on or after July 15, 2022, E-Verify will no longer provide extended timeframes for employees to visit SSA to resolve these Tentative Nonconfirmation (mismatches) case results. However, E-Verify cases referred between March 2, 2020, to July 14, 2022, with a […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham Last year saw an upswing in people filing lawsuits under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), which prohibits businesses open to the public from discriminating against people with disabilities – whether in their brick-and-mortar buildings or their online websites. What may come as a surprise is […]
On July 12th, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 guidance. Here are the redlined changes provided by attorney Eric B Meyer of FisherBroyles LLP. But the EEOC wants you to pay close attention to the updated circumstances under which employers may test employers for COVID-19 at work: EEOC is updating a […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham Because there is no federal law prohibiting or limiting an employer’s use of non-competition agreements and other restrictive covenants in employment contracts, many states have enacted their own laws controlling restrictive covenant agreements within their boundaries. Although many states have implemented their own unique laws, one rule that […]
File this one under SERIOUSLY and WTFUDGE! The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has issued a preliminary injunction against a Chesapeake home healthcare provider to prevent the employer from obstructing a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, retaliating against employees who cooperate with investigators and demanding kickbacks of back wages assessed […]
The Shirt Factory of Hampton Beach LLC willfully violated Fair Labor Standards Act The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $123,750 in back wages and liquidated damages for 40 workers of a Hampton Beach clothing retailer after finding the employer paid some employees cash off the books and paid straight time for […]
Beginning today, dialogue will gather ideas, and comments on how to support workers better In an effort to better understand long COVID-19 in U.S. workplaces, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Surgeon General are inviting the public to join a national online dialogue beginning today […]
Plant City Restaurant Subjected Black Employee to Racial and Homophobic Epithets, Then Forced Him to Quit, Federal Agency Charged Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida, LLC (NRP), which operates an Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill restaurant in Plant City, Florida, has agreed to pay $100,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a sexual orientation and […]
Dog Kennel Company Subjected a Recovering Opioid Addict to Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charged A dog kennel company in suburban Chicago, Rover’s Place, will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged alleging that […]