Company Fired Employees for Refusing to Participate in Mandatory Prayer Meetings, Federal Agency Charges North Carolina-based company Aurora Renovations and Developments, LLC, doing business as Aurora Pro Services, a residential home service and repair company, violated federal law when it required employees to participate in religious prayer sessions as a condition of employment and […]
ResourceMFG Rejected Naturalized Citizen Because She Was Born in Germany, Federal Agency Charges ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, violated federal law when it failed to refer an Oklahoma job applicant for employment because she was not born in the United States, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a recently […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! On June 8th, California redefined “close contact” and the parameters for “isolation and quarantine periods”. CA employers may wish to adjust their policies and procedures to come into compliance with this order. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Beyond-Blueprint.aspx For the purposes of the California Department of Public Health’s recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine periods […]
Company Refused to Allow Service Dog as Reasonable Accommodation, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, violated federal law when it refused to reasonably accommodate a cashier at its Olathe, Kansas store by allowing her to use a service dog and then fired her because of her disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham Recently, the United States Supreme Court reminded employers who wish to arbitrate disputes with their employees that they must assert the right to arbitrate promptly. Specifically, in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., 142 S.Ct. 1708 (2022), the Supreme Court made it easier for employees to show that an employer’s delay constitutes a waiver of the […]
Generally, bereavement leave is trending among our members at 3-5 days unpaid or the worker can use sick/vacation/PTO to cover the days. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says this: https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/paid-leave-in-private-industry-over-the-past-20-years.htm Paid funeral leave provides time off from work because of a death in the family. The period of absence is usually limited to a few days (for example, […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Last month we announced our plan to launch the Performance Evaluation Center (PEC) in HelpDeskforHR.com. Well, we are almost ready to launch the new and improved version of the PEC so, Mason (the developer) and I want to have an open Zoom Call to demo the new PEC, answer your questions, and […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! I get questions every week related to FMLA and how to count the 50 employees each year. I hope this helps clear up the question. A private-sector employer is covered by the FMLA if it employs 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham On May 13, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer, finding that a terminated employee failed to create a genuine dispute of material fact as to pretext. The case is Owens v. Circassia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where the court affirmed […]
US Labor Department investigation, litigation holds Fullerton Landscapes, LLC accountable A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Succasunna landscaping company and its owner to pay $400,000 in back wages and damages after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer denied 32 of its workers the overtime pay they earned. […]