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Is that right? You can’t prohibit employees from saying bad things online, yet you also can’t allow them to say good things? To some extent, that’s true, says attorney Peter Lowe. Lowe, who is a partner at Brann & Isaacson in Lewiston, Maine, offered his tips at the BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, held recently […]
Final mental health parity rules issued Nov. 8 make several changes to the prior, interim version. The exemption for “clinically appropriate standards of care” was eliminated because regulators decided it was confusing and subject to abuse, and the rules’ application to “intermediate” coverage levels was clarified in response to uncertainty about how the interim rules’ […]
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on January 14. 1. Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad For Life By James L. Cramer The hyper-active host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” offers his prescription for striking it rich for life. 2. The Age of Turbulence By Alan […]
By Tom Harper, The Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC
McDonald’s parent company would be liable as a joint employer in any proceedings by the National Labor Relations Board on labor and wage violations at McDonald’s franchises, the NLRB’s general counsel said in a July 29 determination. The franchisees’ alleged violations of the National Labor Relations Act relate specifically to a spate of lawsuits filed […]
by Peter Lowe They were a rag-tag group of has-beens, rejects, and journeymen. They were hired at low wages and with even lower expectations. A recently fired 64-year-old Italian was hired to manage them. They enjoyed a 138-year history, yet no history of success. The odds of the team winning the championship were 5,000 to […]
by Bart Sisk, David Jaqua, and Valeria Gomez The votes are in, and the wait is over. In what can only be characterized as a major setback for organized labor, Volkswagen’s Chattanooga employees have voted to reject union representation by the United Auto Workers union (UAW). Eighty-nine percent of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga employees participated in the […]
Need help with an FMLA issue? Having difficulty determining whether an employee’s time off qualifies under the California Family Rights Act, the state counterpart to the FMLA? At the Employer Resource Institute, we offer valuable resources that can put the information you need right at your fingertips, 24 hours a day, every day of the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court recently released a double feature for employers, publishing two decisions with significant workplace implications. Read on to learn about what these cases mean to you.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s failure thus far to issue clear guidance on permissible wellness incentives threatens to undermine employers’ development of wellness programs at a time when their importance is growing, business groups warned the EEOC at a May 8 hearing. “We urge you to recognize the comprehensive regulatory framework that already exists” […]