Required Notices for FMLA/CFRA
As with other organizations covered by the Family Medical Leave Act, California employers are legally required to inform employees of their family leave rights. Here are the details of how you must go about doing so.
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Payroll Issues During Blizzards and Snow Days
As we head into the heart of the winter storm season, it is inevitable that employers could face some severe snowstorms and blizzards in February. Hence, this is an excellent time to brush up on the wage and hour laws, which dictate whether you are required to pay salary or hourly wages to employees who are unable to get to work during a blizzard or severe snowstorm. Here is a timely refresher article on these issues.
How to Include Employees on Your Board of Directors
Once you’ve weighed the pros and cons of including employees on your organization’s board of directors, you can explore how to approach this undertaking. Below are some steps you can take.
Was Graveyard Shift Transfer a Result of Discrimination?
A federal judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi recently heard an employee’s claims that she was rescheduled to the graveyard shift as a result of discrimination and that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment.
3 Keys to Spotting Corporate Talent in Nontraditional Candidates
In part 1 of this article, we made a case for how a new recruiting approach might be required in these difficult recruiting times. Today, we’ll look at exactly how you might accomplish that.
4 Contract Employment Trends for 2025
As technology continues to shape the way we work, the nature of employment is evolving. Contract employment—or contracting out certain tasks to people on a brief-contract basis instead of focusing on long-term employment—is becoming an increasingly prominent facet of today’s workforce. More and more people want to work from wherever and not be tied down […]
Case Study—How Entry-Level Employees Can Cost Companies Big Time: Starbucks
Major corporations manage budgets, revenues, assets, and liabilities that can reach into the millions and billions of dollars. Typically, there are a handful of people at the top of the organization who are making decisions day to day or on a long-term basis.
Authentic Leaders and Workplace Bullying Prevention
According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, in 2017, 60.4 million Americans were affected by workplace bullying, 61% of workplace bullies were bosses, and 71% of employer reactions were considered harmful to those who were targeted by workplace bullies.
Compulsive Gambler Bets on FMLA Leave and Loses
by Michael E. Barnsback Jonathan Mook (one of our intrepid Virginia Employment Law Letter editors) and I recently taught a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Master Class. As with all of our FMLA classes, the major concern among the participants was how to curb abuse and prevent claims. One of the recent cases we […]
U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Proceeds with Equal Pay Fight
On March 8, 2019, all 28 players on the women’s national team initiated a proposed class and collective action in federal court against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Their action alleged discrimination based on sex in violation of the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title […]