?Takeaway: Employers can contest workers’ compensation claims for several reasons, many of which depend on the employer’s location and corresponding state law. State laws can vary widely in defining if an injury... Read more »
?As part of a potentially growing trend, a new law in Florida will require private employers with at least 25 employees to use E-Verify, the digital immigration verification tool, during their onboarding... Read more »
?The state of Washington will prohibit employers from making hiring decisions based on off-duty use of cannabis or positive pre-employment drug test results that find an applicant to have nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolites... Read more »
Members may download one copy of our sample forms and templates for your personal use within your organization. Please note that all such forms and policies should be reviewed by your legal... Read more »
?Fred Meyer Stores, a supermarket chain based in Portland, Ore., illegally disciplined workers for wearing items with the Black Lives Matter logo, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative judge recently ruled.... Read more »
?The Biden administration proposed a rule May 11 that would bar federal agencies from using salary history to set the pay of new hires. The federal government is the nation’s largest employer,... Read more »
?The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a new “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)” poster to reflect recent legal changes made under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections... Read more »
?Companies offer paid and unpaid internships for many reasons: building their talent pipeline, training and educating potential hires, testing whether potential hires are a good fit, and enhancing their ties to colleges... Read more »
?Takeaway: Employers should ensure access to training opportunities and the training itself are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. ?A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a trainee who did not complete... Read more »
?Takeaway: For a retaliation complaint under the Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act to proceed to trial, the plaintiff must reasonably claim that the allegedly protected disclosure bears some relationship to the performance... Read more »
