Compliance: Page 26
-
Tim Boyle via Getty Images
Jackson Hewitt will pay $10.8M to settle ‘no-poach’ allegations
The proposed settlement resolves allegations that the tax preparation firm required franchisees to agree not to solicit or hire employees from other franchises.
By Laurel Kalser • April 15, 2024 -
Caroline Colvin/HR Dive
EEOC finalizes pregnancy accommodation rule
The much anticipated regulation includes abortion under the list of related medical conditions covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
By Ryan Golden • Updated April 15, 2024 -
David McNew via Getty Images
Recent ban-the-box law study finds no effect on lower-educated young men
Lack of enforcement combined with limited private-sector applicability may help explain the results, a University of Chicago researcher told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • April 15, 2024 -
Mario Tama/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
Centralized HR can reduce racism in hiring, study shows
Researchers submitted 84,000 applications using racially distinctive names and found that racism was more prevalent when callbacks came from individual hiring managers and local stores.
By Carolyn Crist • April 15, 2024 -
Caroline Colvin/HR Dive
SCOTUS: Drivers outside transportation industry may be exempt from arbitration
The 2nd Circuit erred when it compelled truck drivers for Flowers Foods to arbitrate wage-and-hour claims because they worked in the bakery industry, a unanimous court held.
By Ryan Golden • April 12, 2024 -
Alex Wong via Getty Images
Advocates call for age discrimination exemption for mandatory arbitration
If arbitration is easier, faster and cheaper, “why is it forced?” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin asked.
By Ginger Christ • April 11, 2024 -
Lorado via Getty Images
Senate slams embattled joint employer rule
This time, the Senate — not a federal court — moved to block the National Labor Relations Board’s standard for determining if an organization is a joint employer of another employer’s employees.
By Caroline Colvin • April 11, 2024 -
Kate Tornone/HR Dive
Final overtime rule clears White House review
DOL’s proposed rule, if adopted, would increase the minimum annual salary threshold that determines overtime pay eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $35,568 to $55,068.
By Ryan Golden • Updated April 11, 2024 -
Darko Mlinarevic via Getty Images
Post-Bostock case law takes shape as courts weigh transgender bias claims
Major employers have seen claims alleging discrimination based on gender identity in recent months, including Progressive Insurance and Chick-fil-A.
By Kate Tornone • April 10, 2024 -
Roy Rochlin via Getty Images
‘Love is Blind’ producer can’t force arbitration in sexual assault case
The court cited the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which was signed into law in March 2022.
By Ginger Christ • April 10, 2024 -
Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
Virginia governor vetoes state’s paid family, medical leave bill
SB 373 would have covered 80% of eligible employees’ weekly wages for up to eight weeks over a 12-month period.
By Ryan Golden • April 8, 2024 -
Courtesy of Dartmouth College
Dartmouth basketball vote shows unionization ‘can happen anywhere,’ attorney says
The Ivy League school’s saga isn’t over yet, but the potential wage-and-hour implications of the vote are vast.
By Ryan Golden • Updated April 10, 2024 -
Permission granted by Gretchen Carlson
Q&AGretchen Carlson heads back to Capitol Hill — this time taking aim at age discrimination
The worker advocate and former Fox News host talked to HR Dive about the next battle in the fight against forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements.
By Emilie Shumway • April 5, 2024 -
(2021). [Photograph]. Retrieved from Food and Drug Administration.
Employer pays $50K after allegedly firing employee who stopped wearing wig
EEOC has taken the position that discrimination on the basis of personal characteristics associated with race — hair texture included — is race discrimination in violation of Title VII.
By Ryan Golden • April 5, 2024 -
Kevork Djansezian / Stringer via Getty Images
Ye accused of racial discrimination, antisemitism and retaliation
A former worker sued, saying he witnessed hate speech and experienced harassment during his time at Yeezy and Donda Academy.
By Caroline Colvin • April 4, 2024 -
designer491 for iStock via Getty Images
OSHA finalizes employee walkaround rule
The May 31 change reverts to a long-standing practice that gives employees the right to select a third-party advocate to accompany an inspection.
By Zachary Phillips • April 4, 2024 -
Brandon Bell via Getty Images
Transgender Chick-fil-A worker settles sexual harassment case
A U.S. district court in March dismissed the franchisee's argument that the worker couldn’t have been subjected to sexual harassment by her co-workers because she is heterosexual.
By Ginger Christ • Updated July 11, 2024 -
Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images
Musk tweet about ‘being a Mom’ keeps former X engineer’s sex bias claim alive
The court dismissed the worker’s age discrimination claims, however, finding Musk’s one public comment about older workers wasn’t enough to show bias.
By Emilie Shumway • April 2, 2024 -
photobyphotoboy via Getty Images
Judge: Indiana worker’s firing illustrates why ADA exists
Managers need to be trained on how disability-related absences differ from other absences, an employment lawyer said.
By Ginger Christ • April 2, 2024 -
LeMay, Warren. (2019). "Potter Stewart US Federal Courthouse, Cincinnati, OH" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr.
Six-and-a-half-month discovery ‘implicitly waived’ employer’s right to arbitrate
The case follows a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down federal courts’ arbitration-specific procedural rules.
By Ryan Golden • April 1, 2024 -
Ryan Golden/HR Dive
Deadnaming, derogatory comments were sex-based harassment, EEOC lawsuit says
Sis-Bro, Inc.’s co-owner also allegedly criticized a transgender employee’s use of leave for gender-affirming care.
By Kate Tornone • April 1, 2024 -
"Tyler May 2016 45 (William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse)" by Michael Barera is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Judge’s decision not the end for NLRB’s joint employer efforts, attorneys say
The Board has several options, such as revisiting joint employer issues via case-based decisions, Epstein Becker Green’s Steve Swirsky told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • April 1, 2024 -
LeMay, Warren. (2019). "Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building, Atlanta, GA" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr.
Trans prison worker’s hostile work environment claim may proceed, 11th Circuit says
Co-workers allegedly misgendered, taunted and made threats against the plaintiff, who transitioned while employed by the Georgia Department of Corrections.
By Ryan Golden • March 29, 2024 -
Thinkstock via Getty Images
DOL recovers $1.5M in back wages from contractors on California project
Wage theft and unfair labor practices are a widespread problem in the construction industry.
By Zachary Phillips • March 28, 2024 -
Brandon Bell/Getty Images via Getty Images
Phoenix passes worker heat safety ordinance amid rising heat, deaths
The measure is the result of labor demands and record high temperatures in the city in 2023.
By Ginger Christ • March 27, 2024
Previous
