QUESTION: Can a company require employees to (A) take a minimum amount of PTO, (B) require them to use PTO if they have it available, (C) require employees to take their lunch break at a specific time? For example, in our handbook it previously stated that employees must take at least 2 hours of PTO […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham Under USERRA, employers must provide employees who take military leave with the same rights and benefits as their colleagues who take “comparable” non-military leaves. So what is a comparable leave? Well, that is not always the easiest question to answer. For instance, If the benefits vary, the employee must […]
Managers will inevitably drive their employees crazy. They’re people too. They aren’t perfect. Andrew Saunders, writing on the U.K.-based website Management Today, recently compiled a list of the kind of behaviors managers, even if unknowingly, fall into. Enjoy and learn from these 5 ways managers are driving their employees insane. UH OH, IT […]
Colorado’s Pay Transparency Laws Colorado Insights / Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“EPEWA”) requires employers to include compensation and benefits information in all job postings… Court of Appeal Places Stricter Requirements on Employee E-Mail Access Policies California In modern business, nearly every employee and executive has access to, and uses a […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, The demands of the job sometimes require employees in the healthcare industry to work through their meal periods but as many employers – including Detroit Medical Center – learn eventually, federal law says these employees must be paid when their duties demand they work through or during meal periods. […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, An Ohio lathe mill has paid an enhanced child labor enforcement penalty of $22,093 after federal investigators found the company employed a 15-year-old worker illegally in a hazardous occupation –the operation of a sawmill – which led the worker to suffer injury when he became entangled in the gears of […]
Symphony Deerbrook, LLC will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over conduct at its Symphony of Joliet facility, the federal agency announced today. In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Symphony, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, implemented […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, The DOL is hosting a FREE webinar you won’t want to miss! WHO: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division WHAT: 2023 Department of Labor Forum–Partnering to Build Sustainable Compliance WHEN: May 2 and 3, 2023 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT WHERE: Online event Attendance is […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court decided Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt, which clarified the requirements for highly compensated employees to be considered executives exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In Helix Energy, the Supreme Court ruled that a highly compensated former employee was […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Exact Sciences Laboratories, LLC, manufacturer of the Cologuard colon cancer screening test, violated federal law by discriminating against a job applicant based on his age, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). […]