Human Resources

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,   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 […]

  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 […]

In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618 (S. Ct. June 15, 2020),[1] the Supreme Court held that firing individuals because of their sexual orientation or transgender status violates Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination because of sex.  The Court reached its holding by focusing on the plain text of Title VII.  As the Court explained, “discrimination based on […]

  Hey Compliance Warriors!   I found this article by attorney Robin Shea discussing a bizarre attempt to win a case by faking emails.  Don’t try this at work (or at home)!   Stupid plaintiff tricks: Faking emails to win BY ROBIN SHEA  People, it doesn’t work.   There was a court decision last week from my home […]

  Hey Compliance Warriors,   Today we discuss a new Field Assistance Bulletin published February 9, 2023. This DOL bulletin contains guidance about remote workers’ paid/unpaid breaks along with nursing mothers.  Links to everything we talked about are below. Link to DOL: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pump-at-work Field Assistance Bulletin: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/fab/2023-1.pdf Listen here: https://helpdeskforhr.com/blog/podcast/ SBS-2023-Episode-5 TRANSCRIPT Want to sign-up […]

BIPA’s Per-Scan Damages May Create “Annihilative Liability” Illinois The Illinois Supreme Court recently clarified when a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) claim accrues: each time, and not just the first time…   Florida’s Amended NIL Law: The Game Is Changing (Again) Florida Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill in June 2020 allowing college athletes in Florida […]

  Hey Compliance Warriors,   For more than a decade, the Fair Labor Standards Act has given many nursing mothers the space and break time needed to pump milk at work. The PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, enacted in December 2022, extends these rights to millions more workers.   You are invited to a free […]

Attorney Harrison Oldham       On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) held in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), that an employer’s mere proffer of a severance agreement containing broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions was unlawful.   Under the current Board’s view, severance agreements are unlawful if they contain terms with […]

  Hey Compliance Warriors!   Fischer Connectors, Inc., a Swiss-based national manufacturer of circular connectors used in medical devices, will pay $460,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.   According to the EEOC’s suit, in early 2019, Fischer Connectors hired a […]