Seek “Recent Graduates” for a Job Opening, Risk a Lawsuit
Employer job advertisements are, once again, coming under scrutiny. A few weeks ago, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made headlines when it filed a lawsuit against a restaurant...
View ArticleLabor Board Hounded by Another Appointment Controversy
For much of the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) has been operating as, at least from the perspective of some, a rogue agency (and not just because of its willingness to...
View ArticleBe Careful What You Say During a Union Organizing Campaign
At the same time that the current National Labor Relations Board is giving employees what seems like the unfettered ability to engage in disparagement, profane outbursts, and racist comments that...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Reins in EEOC: Agency Cannot Bypass Conciliation Requirement
On December 17, the Seventh Circuit in U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. 14-3653 (7th Cir. Dec. 17, 2015), rejected the EEOC’s aggressive effort to sue an employer...
View ArticleDOL Asserts “As Broad as Possible” Joint Employer Standard for Wage and Hour...
In new guidance issued on January 20, the Department of Labor (DOL) has aggressively interpreted its authority “as broad as possible” to hold employers responsible for wage and hour violations...
View ArticleNew DOL Joint Employment Standards Affect Auto Employers
Joint employer relationships are commonplace in the automotive industry. From auto makers that contract with other companies for parts to auto dealers that utilize franchise arrangements, the auto...
View ArticleDOL’s Increased Salary Test: What Employers Need to Know
For months, employers have been anxiously awaiting the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and wondering whether the DOL would...
View ArticleMoving Away From The “Mad Men” Era: The OFCCP Updates Its Sex Discrimination...
For the first time since 1970, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is updating its sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors. These updates,...
View ArticleCourt Blocks Overtime Rule; Employers Off the Hook on December 1 Changes (For...
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) overtime rule from taking effect on December 1. We discussed...
View ArticleExpanded Joint Employer Standard Under Attack; What Employers Should Do in...
It appears that the days of expanded joint employer liability may be numbered, as the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2015 Browning-Ferris decision comes under attack on multiple...
View ArticleSeek “Recent Graduates” for a Job Opening, Risk a Lawsuit
Employer job advertisements are, once again, coming under scrutiny. A few weeks ago, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made headlines when it filed a lawsuit against a restaurant...
View ArticleLabor Board Hounded by Another Appointment Controversy
For much of the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) has been operating as, at least from the perspective of some, a rogue agency (and not just because of its willingness to...
View ArticleBe Careful What You Say During a Union Organizing Campaign
At the same time that the current National Labor Relations Board is giving employees what seems like the unfettered ability to engage in disparagement, profane outbursts, and racist comments that...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Reins in EEOC: Agency Cannot Bypass Conciliation Requirement
On December 17, the Seventh Circuit in U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. 14-3653 (7th Cir. Dec. 17, 2015), rejected the EEOC’s aggressive effort to sue an employer...
View ArticleDOL Asserts “As Broad as Possible” Joint Employer Standard for Wage and Hour...
In new guidance issued on January 20, the Department of Labor (DOL) has aggressively interpreted its authority “as broad as possible” to hold employers responsible for wage and hour violations...
View ArticleNew DOL Joint Employment Standards Affect Auto Employers
Joint employer relationships are commonplace in the automotive industry. From auto makers that contract with other companies for parts to auto dealers that utilize franchise arrangements, the auto...
View ArticleDOL’s Increased Salary Test: What Employers Need to Know
For months, employers have been anxiously awaiting the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and wondering whether the DOL would...
View ArticleMoving Away From The “Mad Men” Era: The OFCCP Updates Its Sex Discrimination...
For the first time since 1970, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is updating its sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors. These updates,...
View ArticleCourt Blocks Overtime Rule; Employers Off the Hook on December 1 Changes (For...
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) overtime rule from taking effect on December 1. We discussed...
View ArticleExpanded Joint Employer Standard Under Attack; What Employers Should Do in...
It appears that the days of expanded joint employer liability may be numbered, as the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2015 Browning-Ferris decision comes under attack on multiple...
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