?A jury recently granted a $3.3 million award in a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by a former legislative analyst for the Missouri House of Representatives. On Sept. 30, the Circuit... Read more »
?Businesses with at least 15 employees need to replace their workplace discrimination poster with a new poster that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published. Although the EEOC issued the initial... Read more »
?A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded that a company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) 45,600 times over six years... Read more »
?The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the comment period for its proposed rule on classifying independent contractors by 15 days. Comments on the proposal were due by Nov. 28, but... Read more »
?Takeaway: Employers that engage independent contractors should review their classification of these workers to ensure the arrangements comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and any applicable state law, which may... Read more »
?An alleged scheme by the Trump Organization to fail to report and pay taxes on compensation provided to employees has resulted in nine counts of tax fraud, grand larceny and falsifying business... Read more »
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) wants host employers and staffing agencies to work together to protect the safety of temporary workers. Host employers need to make sure workers are safe... Read more »
?The U.S. Supreme Court recently vacated a lower court’s ruling in a wage lawsuit against Domino’s Pizza by ingredient delivery drivers. On Oct. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back... Read more »
?The New Jersey Legislature is now considering a revised bill from Gov. Phil Murphy, which would, among other things, require businesses to pay temporary workers no less than the average rate of... Read more »
?Colorado employers may want to begin preparing for the implementation of Colorado’s new state-run Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. While Colorado voters approved Proposition 118 nearly two years ago,... Read more »
