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Employees as Volunteers
March 26, 2019
Employer engagement in community and civic matters often leads to questions about whether employee participation is considered job-related and thus compensable.
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Confused About the EEO-1?
March 26, 2019
Even though the online portal for filing 2018’s EEO-1 report is already open and accepting submissions, the reporting requirements could change. This is what we know so far, including some history of this report.
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Forcing Employee to Quit Second Job Is Not a Tangible Job Action?
March 26, 2019
Every now and then, even my management-side soul can be a little surprised by a judge’s pro-employer ruling. This was the situation in the recent case of Dawson v. Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
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As April 1 H1-B Application Deadline Looms, Remember Changes to Rules and Lottery Process
March 21, 2019
When the USCIS begins accepting applications for H1-B visas on April 1, it will do so under new rules that bring significant changes to the H-1B lottery process.
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DOL Issues New Opinion Letters
March 19, 2019
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued three new opinion letters on the following topics.
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An Employer’s Guide to March Madness
March 17, 2019
March Madness has descended upon employers everywhere. Yesterday was Selection Sunday for the NCAA Men’s Division I basketball tournament, and today, an estimated 40 million Americans will begin filling out their tournament brackets – many of them at work.
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Pharmacist Afraid of Needles? Be a Stickler About Essential Job Functions!
March 12, 2019
According to Pharmajet Blog, a surprising number of pharmacists suffer from trypanophobia – the fear of giving injections, which most in their profession have to do these days during flu season.
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US DOL Proposes New Overtime Rule
March 7, 2019
The United States Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would raise the salary threshold required to qualify for overtime exemptions to $35,308 per year, up from the current threshold of $23,660 per year that was set in 2004.
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Judge Reinstates EEO-1 Wage Data Reporting Requirement
March 6, 2019
On March 4, 2019, a federal court reinstated an Obama-administration rule requiring that private employers with 100 or more employees submit information on their workers’ wages and hours, broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity, to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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FOIA Request to the EEOC – Maybe Think About Section 83 Instead?
March 5, 2019
For all you employment litigators, we just learned that you don’t have to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the EEOC in order to get its file on a plaintiff’s charge of discrimination.
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On the Basis of Hair: What Employers Should Know Now About Hairstyle Discrimination
March 3, 2019
Employers across the country are on watch after a recent flurry of news about hairstyle discrimination.
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A Sneak Peak at the New Overtime Rule
February 28, 2019
Although the proposed rules have not been announced officially, we have it on good authority that they will raise the salary threshold to $35,000.
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