Businesses with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees and a contract of $50,000 or more with the federal government must annually file their EEO-1 report with the EEOC. The EEO-1 form was revised during President Barack Obama’s administration to require employers to report pay information from workers’ W-2 forms […]
Author: Lisa Smith, SPHR
On Monday, June 10, 2019, Governor Greg Abbott signed a new law that officially separates marijuana and cannabidiol, or CBD products, in the State of Texas. While CBD products have been available in Texas for some time, those products that contained even trace amounts of THC were technically illegal. Now, as long as a CBD […]
Attorney Blog, Human Resources
Dallas and San Antonio’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinances Take Effect August 1, 2019
Following in Austin’s footsteps, the cities of Dallas and San Antonio have implemented paid sick leave ordinances. During its regular session, the Texas Legislature failed to pass a law preempting the type of paid sick leave ordinances set to go into effect. The city of Austin, Texas enacted its paid sick leave ordinance as of October 1, […]
Breaking News! On June 3, 2019, in a 9-0 opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court of the United States court rejected a claim from Fort Bend County, Texas making it easier for employees to bring claims against employers after they have been routed through the EEOC. The case is Fort Bend […]
Attorney Blog, Human Resources
Court Holds Request for Reasonable Accommodations is not Protected Activity
This post is a little technical, so apologies in advance. In Texas Department of Transportation v. Lara (a decision delivered on May 9, 2019) Albert Lara, Jr., sued the Texas Department of Transportation for terminating his employment after he took extended leave to recover from surgery. After twenty years of employment with the Department, Lara […]
With the recent news out of Alabama of the “Alabama Human Life Protection Act,” it is timely to look at how abortions may relate to the workplace. You may have heard about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) before, but did you know that it extends to much more than “pregnancy”? In fact, the PDA prohibits adverse […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposed rule to clarify and update the regulations governing regular rate requirements for the first time in more than 50 years. Read on…
Hey Compliance Warriors! Wisconsin employers may be surprised by the number of the employment-related items in their new budget proposal. Medical MJ is only one of the proposed changes to WI law. Read on… By Michael Gotzler on March 11, 2019 Wisconsin employers reviewing Governor Tony Evers’ very first budget proposal may be surprised by the number of […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Check out these FAQs by a prominent employment law attorney. She is answering 10 common questions about the new overtime proposed rule. Read on… What if an exempt employee should be reclassified as non-exempt? How do I reduce the risks of doing so? You can reduce your risk by reclassifying in connection […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Here is a court case about a pharmacist who was afraid of needles and refused to give flus shots. Was he fired? Read on… By Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella on March 13, 2019 According to Pharmajet Blog, a surprising number of pharmacists suffer from trypanophobia – the fear of giving injections, which most in their profession have to do […]