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ColumnBack to Basics: What is intermittent FMLA leave, and why is it so hard to manage?
Effective managerial training and prompt medical certification can go a long way toward ensuring compliance, Littler Mendelson’s Jeff Nowak told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 13, 2024 -
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Captive audience meetings are unlawful, NLRB says
The meetings, a common strategy for employers during union drives, “have a reasonable tendency to interfere with and coerce employees” in the exercise of their rights, the Board decided.
By Emilie Shumway • Nov. 13, 2024 -
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NLRB: Grindr retaliated against unionizing workers by forcing a return to office
Grindr announced the RTO plan in early August 2023, shortly after workers publicly announced plans to unionize, the complaint alleged.
By Ginger Christ • Updated Nov. 14, 2024 -
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OpinionIs favoritism at work illegal?
Woods Rogers attorneys offer a playbook for investigating employee complaints about favoritism.
By Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan • Nov. 13, 2024 -
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TikTok inside sales reps who say they were denied overtime file class-action lawsuit
In a class-action lawsuit filed Monday, a group of sales workers said they were improperly classified and that TikTok acted “willful[ly] and in bad faith.”
By Emilie Shumway • Nov. 12, 2024 -
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Utah Supreme Court proposes apprenticeship path for law graduates
The trend is in keeping with a larger workforce-wide push toward skills-based hiring.
By Ginger Christ • Nov. 12, 2024 -
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Trump White House likely to abandon OSHA heat safety rule
The new administration will probably let the standard die, experts say, but some other form of guidance could emerge instead.
By Zachary Phillips • Nov. 11, 2024 -
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Trump taps ‘border czar’ who promised worksite immigration enforcement
Tom Homan said the incoming administration will look for individuals working in the country illegally as well as those who are trafficking victims.
By Kate Tornone • Nov. 11, 2024 -
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10 California employment law changes to know about for 2025
The Golden State has made changes to requirements for wages, sick leave and captive audience meetings.
By Kate Tornone • Nov. 11, 2024 -
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5th Circuit dismisses Cargill employee’s Kronos hack, discrimination claims
The decision is also a victory for UKG, whom the employee sued separately for privacy violation allegations stemming from a 2021 ransomware attack.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 8, 2024 -
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Voters sign off on minimum wage increases, paid leave initiatives on Election Day
Workplace issues featured in at least a dozen statewide races, and the results create an even more complex HR landscape.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 8, 2024 -
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SCOTUS appears open to employer’s interpretation of FLSA overtime evidence standard
The outcome could affect how future overtime eligibility disputes are resolved, an attorney told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 7, 2024 -
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‘Pawternity’ leave: Paid sick leave to care for pets could be on the horizon
New York City’s paid pet leave proposal could open up a larger conversation on employee benefits and flexible workplaces, a law firm partner said.
By Ginger Christ • Nov. 7, 2024 -
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Which rule is ‘dead’ and which will go into effect under Trump? Attorneys weigh in.
At a webinar Wednesday, three Cozen O’Connor attorneys discussed what widely-watched Biden administration rule is likely to survive next year — and what’s likely to go nowhere.
By Emilie Shumway • Nov. 6, 2024 -
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Union Pacific can’t skip employee’s retaliation and unsafe work environment claims after alleged shooting, judge orders
The judge denied the company’s request for summary judgment because there was not an absence of facts supporting the worker’s claims.
By Ginger Christ • Nov. 6, 2024 -
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4 employment actions to expect under a second Trump presidency
Employers are likely to see immigration raids, agency chair replacements and a slowing in regulatory activity, experts at Littler predicted.
By Emilie Shumway • Nov. 6, 2024 -
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Amazon refused to provide a deaf warehouse worker with ASL interpreter, lawsuit alleges
The worker said he was compelled to use a hard-of-hearing employee who wasn’t qualified to interpret for him.
By Laurel Kalser • Nov. 4, 2024 -
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OpinionSupreme Court poised to weigh in on legal test for FLSA exemptions
The High Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could have implications for employers nationwide.
By Robert Quackenboss and Tyler Laughinghouse • Nov. 4, 2024 -
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IRS increases 401(k) annual cap to $23,500 for 2025
The update coincides with a record rate of retirement savings among 401(k) participants, according to a recent Vanguard report.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 4, 2024 -
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New DOL form aims to ease child labor complaint process
The announcement is part of the department’s response to a “significant increase” in the illegal employment of children, it said.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 4, 2024 -
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Feds tag repeat overtime pay offender a third time, clawing back more than $145K
Employers face potential reprisals when they fail to comply with Fair Labor Standards Act requirements, and those penalties multiply for repeat violations.
By Ryan Golden • Nov. 1, 2024 -
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This week in 5 numbers: Workplace tensions spike as the election nears
Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including the degree to which incivility at work rose from the spring to summer months.
By Ginger Christ • Oct. 31, 2024 -
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EEOC alleges Culver’s operators fired a transgender worker who complained about deadnaming
Four workers, including the transgender worker who was the subject of the harassment, were fired a day after reporting the behavior to the general manager, EEOC alleged.
By Ginger Christ • Oct. 30, 2024 -
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Employer’s denial of worker’s monthlong leave request to attend religious retreat not discrimination, court holds
The New York State Unified Court System established that letting a clerk take more than a week’s annual leave for the retreat would have burdened its operations, the court held.
By Laurel Kalser • Oct. 29, 2024 -
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10 HR horror stories to make your skin crawl
This Halloween, don’t fumble in the dark on these compliance issues.
By Ginger Christ • Oct. 28, 2024
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