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By Michael H. Bernick | January 25, 2021
Businesses can reduce their FLSA risk by properly evaluating workers, documenting their compensation structures, and modifying contracting practices.
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By Suzette Parmley | January 14, 2021
In a nod to the employer's dilemma and the statute's complexity, the justices suggested that better guidelines were needed from the state Labor & Workforce Department.
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By Stephanie K. Rawitt | December 23, 2020
While we all would be happy to close the book on 2020 completely, we will enter 2021 with the pandemic still upon us. So, with that background, what will 2021 bring? This article will provide some thoughts about the employment law issues we expect to arise in 2021 and beyond.
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By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Fara A. Cohen | December 21, 2020
As COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed throughout the country in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), employers have been wrestling with this question: should we require our employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment?
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By Michael Kantor and Brooke Ehrlich | December 17, 2020
Like so many other things in 2020, employers are being forced to forgo their annual holiday parties for the health and safety of their employees.
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By Anjanette Cabrera | November 6, 2020
As staff begin to return to work amid continued concerns related to COVID-19, it is time to prepare for a wave of employee lawsuits stemming from such things as union efforts, unavoidable close quarters and staffing reductions. This article offers a list of some preventive measures internal teams can take to ensure their company is in the best position to minimize risk and exposure.
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By Cheryl Miller | November 4, 2020
The measure's passage threatens to upend legal challenges to gig companies' practice of classifying drivers as independent contractors.
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By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum | October 26, 2020
The final rule includes, among other changes, an increase in the salary thresholds to qualify for the EAP exemptions under the PMWA. The weekly salary thresholds will rise over two years (from the current federal level under the Fair Labor Standards Act of $684 to $780 to $875) and then will be "automatically" updated in 2023.
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By Robin Lipp and Justin Salisbury | October 12, 2020
This article is a collaboration between two authors—an attorney whose practice includes disability rights and an advocate for the rights of blind people who has witnessed Section 14(c)'s role in perpetuating injustice.
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By Robert Storace | October 9, 2020
Attorneys say it's the first time the state Supreme Court has granted class certification to a group of restaurant servers in a wage-law case.
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