When an employee is arrested outside of work hours, it’s never welcome news, but there are some key do’s and don’ts for HR professionals to keep in mind. It’s not simple to... Read more »
?Approximately 1,250 hourly Jiffy Lube employees in the Philadelphia metropolitan area will share a $2 million settlement of a claim that the company prohibited its franchisees from hiring existing employees of its... Read more »
?Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), prohibits sex-based discrimination, which includes discrimination based on sexual orientation, the Michigan Supreme Court recently held in Rouch World v. Department of Civil Rights. This opinion,... Read more »
?A Texas jury awarded more than $5 million to a former airline employee in July in a lawsuit over her anti-abortion messages. In Charlene Carter v. Transport Workers Union Local 556 and... Read more »
?California voters almost had the opportunity to vote on an $18 per hour minimum wage in November 2022. The state has a unique administrative process by which California citizens can propose laws... Read more »
?A provision in the enacted state budget for fiscal year 2023 would have amended the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) to provide employers and employees more flexibility to use... Read more »
?The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently held that home inspectors were independent contractors and, therefore, ineligible for unemployment benefits. Tiger Home Inspection, Inc. v. Director of the Department of Unemployment Assistance overturned a... Read more »
?On July 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rulings that Browning-Ferris Industries of California wasn’t a joint employer, reviving a... Read more »
?Takeaway: When having an employee sign an arbitration agreement, a company should obtain convincing proof of the authenticity of the signature. If the agreement is signed electronically from a work computer, the... Read more »
?On July 20, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced a bill in the U.S. House to allow businesses to continue classifying their gig workers as independent contractors, while providing the gig workers... Read more »
