Attorney Harrison Oldham On March 17, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals filed its opinion in the EEOC vs. the Methodist Hospitals of Dallas (the “Hospital”). The case is significant because (i) it considers the Hospital’s obligation to transfer a disabled employee, who could not perform the essential functions of their current […]
Boss Calls Succeed. Be a Compliance Boss. Hey Bosses! Are you ready for our last MARCH Boss Call? TOMORROW! Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 from 1-2:30 pm CENTRAL – 10 Soft Skills HR Must Possess and Must Develop in Others The meaning of Soft Skills can sometimes be difficult to describe. It can […]
“Stop-WOKE” Takes Aim at Florida’s Colleges and Universities Florida’s most recent anti-“WOKE” legislation places diversity-related work and diversity-focused positions on state campuses under threat. House Bill 999 (Postsecondary Educational Institutions), which was approved in a 12-5 party-line vote on March 13, follows a movement in the state led by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis to limit […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that certain flexibilities it first announced in March 2020, to address the COVID-19 pandemic ended on March 23, 2023. USCIS previously notified the public in its Jan. 24, 2023, announcement that barring any changes presented by the pandemic, the extension of these flexibilities announced […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! In its continuing effort to combat labor abuses of foreign workers in Southern California’s logistics and warehousing industries, the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1.1 million from two companies operating in the San Diego area – Freig Carrillo Forwarding Inc. and ACV Logistics Inc. – for 50 Mexican nationals, […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the owner of two Kansas restaurants who allegedly denied minimum and overtime wages to kitchen staff, servers, hosts and food runners after some worked as many as 66 hours per week. Filed on March 15, 2023, in the U.S. District Court […]
Question: Our company states in our policy that any new employee enters into an introductory period of 90 days upon hire. My question is: If an employee voluntarily terminates from the company within the introductory period, is it compliant for us to deduct the cost of pre-employment physicals and background checks if they agree and […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, This week we discuss a court case that took place where a club was misclassifying their dancers as independent contractors and you better believe they were ordered to pay up! Then we talk about some of the signs of employee vs. independent contractors. Lisa also talks about the 16-week HR […]
USCIS Changes Policy Guidance Regarding Special Student Relief The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently announced that it is clarifying the validity period of off-campus employment authorization for international students pursuant to the Special Student Relief (SSR) package. Special Student Relief is the special benefit awarded to certain groups of international students who are here […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! It’s likely that the decisions Juan Felipe Gomez Toro made one day in February 2022 turned out to be more costly to his Lake Mary roofing contracting company than he might have imagined. An inspection of a JGN Services LLC worksite in Orlando by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational […]