?A federal appeals court recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Tyson Foods was responsible for seven workers contracting COVID-19 at an Amarillo, Texas, meat-processing plant. The workers claimed the company required them... Read more »
?California law requires an employer to provide an employee with a meal period during a work period of more than five hours per day, except as prescribed. However, on March 23, Gov.... Read more »
?Manufacturers’ increasingly advanced robotic systems have made the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standard for the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) impractical, even obsolete, in many workplaces. The new technology is... Read more »
Some cost-sharing required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for preventive care—including cancer screenings and PrEP, a drug used by people at high risk of getting HIV to prevent contracting the virus— is... Read more »
?Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defended the company’s labor practices, garnering both praise and criticism from lawmakers in a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on March 29. The... Read more »
?Be like a goldfish, and you’ll be happy, according to Ted Lasso, the professional soccer coach in Apple TV+’s feel-good comedy. Why? Because goldfish have 10-second memories and never dwell on past... Read more »
?Managers need to know what to do if an employee alleges that their employer isn’t complying with the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act or if an employee seeks... Read more »
?Experts showcased widely different viewpoints on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s recent proposal to prohibit noncompete agreements during a policy-driven webcast hosted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) on March... Read more »
?In 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) bolstered Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) named Dollar General as the first company to be added under the program’s expanded reach. Recently, the... Read more »
? In the Illinois Supreme Court’s latest ruling in the biometric privacy space, it decided in Walton v. Roosevelt University that claims brought under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by union... Read more »
