?Workers’ compensation fraud can be committed by an employee, an insurance carrier or an employer. Here are recommendations on how to respond to suspicions of fraud by an employee and an overview... Read more »
?Takeaway: California employers could face additional liability since a court has decided that employees can file PAGA claims after settling individual claims for the same violations. ?An employee who settled individual claims... Read more »
?The Supreme Court of Nevada recently upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by an employee who was terminated after testing positive for marijuana on a post-accident drug test. The court rejected the... Read more »
?Takeaway: The reasonable accommodation requirement of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may require an employer to provide a disabled employee with a full-time aide or job coach. ?The 7th U.S. Circuit... Read more »
?The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a revised directive on compensation compliance, addressing concerns federal contractors had about a previous directive issued earlier this year. Some contractors were concerned... Read more »
Starbucks unlawfully denied unionized workers raises that it provided to its nonunionized employees, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) maintained in an Aug. 24 complaint. The company denies any labor law violation.... Read more »
?Federal contractors that submit EEO-1 reports don’t have much time to object to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP’s) recently announced disclosure to the public of EEO-1 data. The agency... Read more »
?Actions to significantly expand California’s family and medical leave requirements have taken effect, so employers need to be prepared to respond appropriately to employees’ requests for time off. In September 2020, Gov.... Read more »
?The NorthShore University Health System in Illinois recently signed a $10.3 million settlement to end a lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Employees brought a class-action lawsuit after they were denied a... Read more »
?The number of U.S. employers offering travel benefits for abortion services is likely to double over the next few years in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs v. Jackson... Read more »
