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EEOC issues bathroom guidelines for transgender employees
by Charlie Plumb Last summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its “Best Practices: A Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers.” In a nutshell, the OSHA publication stated that transgender employees should have access to the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity rather than to their birth gender. Presumably in response […]
Custodian Cleans Up After Employer’s Improper Consideration of FMLA Leave
Although employment decisions are often based on one specific incident or reason, such as poor work performance, many decisions stem from several causes. If an employee challenges a termination, a demotion, or another adverse action that was taken for two or more reasons, only one of which is illegal, will the employer be liable? The […]
NLRB Union Election Rule Struck Down
Foes of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rule to shorten the process required to hold a union representation election scored a win when a court invalidated the rule on May 14, but the final outcome of the fight isn’t yet clear. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the NLRB […]
The Next Challenge? Beating a Workers’ Comp Fraud Claim
It’s amazing how many people think they can get away with workers’ compensation fraud—but it’s especially mind-blowing when one of them is a former NFL star who’s busted for appearing on the show Survivor. Brad Culpepper played as a starting defensive tackle for such teams as the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Chicago […]
FLSA compliance Q&A: On-call time, withholding, rest breaks and more
Compliance with the FLSA can be tricky. For example, how do you pay a non-exempt employee who is on-call? When can you withhold pay for non-exempt employees? In a recent CER webinar, Ted Boehm answered these questions and many more. Here are some of the questions and answers from that program.
‘Culture of help’ benefits the company and the individual
by Dan Oswald Early in my publishing career, I took the “assist” part of my editorial assistant job quite literally, and I would volunteer for nearly every task lobbed at my team by our publisher. After one meeting in which I offered to take on a particularly tedious project, a senior colleague stopped by my […]
New FMLA regs require employers to reexamine policies and practices
by Amanda Shelby The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) recently issued Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations became effective on March 8. Although the new regulations don’t radically change the landscape of the FMLA, they do contain some significant modifications. What do you need to know to ensure that your policies and practices are […]
Court Allows ERISA Plan to Deny Coverage to Same-Gender Spouse
A self-insured employer that explicitly excludes same-gender spouses from health plan coverage did not violate ERISA’s benefit interference or fiduciary breach provisions by having such exclusionary language, a federal district court in New York ruled. A same-gender couple had argued that, in light of U.S. v. Windsor, because the plan declined to cover the spouse, the employer interfered […]
Train Your People on the ABCs of the ADA
The material in this issue comes from BLR®’s popular 10-Minute HR Trainer session, “The ADA—What Supervisors Need to Know.” Train your supervisors and managers on these basic facts, definitions, and requirements regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act. What Does “Reasonable Accommodation” Mean? The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation, if necessary, to enable an […]