- The Law Makes for Strange Bedfellows: The NLRB and NonCompete Agreements
- Using Comparator Analysis to a Company’s Advantage
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June 2023
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- EEOC Update
- Workers’ Comp: How To Deny A Claim and Make It Stick
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March 2023 |
- The NLRB Has been Busy
- PWFA and PUMP – New Laws for Pregnant and Nursing Workers
- Strategies For Dealing With Stubborn Employees
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February 2023 |
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Union Organizing Efforts Across The Country Continue To Draw Attention
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Wellness Plan Overreach Costs Yale University $1.29 Million
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Cobra Coverage Notices Being Widely Challenged In Court
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September 2022 |
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6th Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in ADA Case
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OSHA Conducting Focused Inspections on Healthcare
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Save the Date! Wimberly Lawson Annual Labor & Employment Law Update Conference, Nov. 17-18, 2022, Sevierville TN
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May 2022 |
- Overview of the EEOC’s 2022 Caregiving Responsibilities Guidance
- New Law That Would Prohibit Forced Arbitration of Certain Claims
- Register Now! Wimberly Lawson Labor & Employment Law Update Webinar 04.28.2022
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March 2022 |
- Court Grounds Hawaiian Airlines Employees’ Vaccine Mandate Challenge
- Lucky Pennies or Retaliatory Conduct?
- EEOC Settles Class Action Over Hiring Practices For $5 Million
- Did you Know? Wimberly Lawson has Licensed Mediators
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February 2022 |
- Cyber Liability and Social Media Policies
- Sexual Harasser? Or Victim of a Scam?
- Now Available! The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Handbook, 13th Edition
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January 2022 |
- Significant Changes to Requirements for Payment of FLSA Minimum Wage to Tipped Employees
- NLRB Challenges Kroger’s Ban on BLM Buttons and Apparel
- Wimberly Lawson Receives Coveted Awards … Again!
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December 2021 |
- Who Kept the Dog Out? And Why It Mattered – ADA Interactive Process Requirements Regarding Accommodation Requests for Service Animals
- EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 Technical Assistance to Discuss Religious Exemptions and Accommodation Considerations
- A Word to the Wise — Tips for Employers who Face Insured Claims
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November 2021 |
- Not So United – United Airlines Employees Sue Over Vaccination Mandates
- When Work Heats Up, OSHA May Pay a Visit
- Register Now! Wimberly Lawson Labor & Employment Law Update Webinar 11.18.2021
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October 2021 |
- The ADA and Reasonable Accommodation Issues Regarding Service Animals
- Long-COVID May Constitute a Disability
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September 2021 |
- The Use of Pronouns: Not as Simple as We Once Thought
- How Cyber-Secure is Your 401(k)?
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August 2021 |
- Wild After-Hours Halloween Workplace Event Leads to “Spook-tackular” Case of First Impression in Tennessee Court of Appeals
- An ADA Cautionary Tale
- Announcement – Wimberly Lawson 2021 Fall Conference
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July 2021 |
- Sorting Out the Recent COVID-19 Guidance – Issues and Options for Employers
- NLRB General Counsel Memo Signals Broader Enforcement
- EEO-1 Reports for 2019 & 2020 Due by July 19, 2021
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June 2021 |
- Impact of State Legalization of Marijuana on Employer Substance Abuse Policies
- The PRO Act – A Horrible Proposal for Employers
- Solving COVID-19 Issues for Employers
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May 2021 |
- “Virtual” Harassment is a Real Thing
- The Times They are A’Changing – Wage and Hour Under the Biden Administration
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April 2021 |
- Employee Handbook Updates For 2021
- “No Poach” Penalty: Criminal Charges From DOJ
- Did You Know? Wimberly Lawson has Licensed Mediators
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March 2021 |
- Executive Order to OSHA Brings Updated Guidance re: COVID-19
- Timing of Termination
- The Shrinking Incentive: Wellness Plans Under Review
- “A Word to the Wise”
- “We’re Moving!” New location for Nashville office- effective March 1st
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February 2021 |
- COVID-19 Brings New Fraud Scams to the Workplace
- Can Employers Require Employees to Obtain COVID-19 Vaccinations?
- Is Employer-Required COVID-19 Testing an Alternative to the Vaccine?
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January 2021 |
- Employer and Business Liability in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- “As the COVID-19 Virus Rages On …”
- Holiday Travel Safety
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December 2020 |
- How “Free” Speech Can Become Expensive, Distracting and Damaging
- Totally Tracking Time Worked For Teleworkers
- DOL Proposes New Rule Defining Independent Contractors vs. Employees Under the FLSA
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November 2020 |
- COVID-19 Update: DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations
- Is “Taking A Knee” Protected Activity? It Can Be
- OSHA Update: COVID-19 and Smithfield Foods
- Register Now! Wimberly Lawson Labor & Employment Law Update COVID-19 Related Webinar 11.12.2020
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October 2020 |
- Accommodating Opioids in the Workplace: EEOC Issues Guidance
- Tennessee Employer Responsibilities for Pregnant Workers are Expanded
- Phil Lawson – IN MEMORIAM
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September 2020 |
- Supreme Court Upholds Religious Protections in Employment and Government Regulations
- NLRB Revises Standard for Analyzing Claims of Unlawful Discipline When an Employee Who is Engaged in Protected Conduct Also Engages in Abusive Conduct
- A Word to the Wise – Insurance Claims
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August 2020 |
- 2020 Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Legislative Update
- Twitter Clatter: When Employee Social Media Activity Makes Your Head Hurt
- New DOL Regulation on Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime
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July 2020 |
- COVID-19 Clears the Way for TeleHealth to Treat Tennessee Workplace Injuries
- COVID-19 and OSHA’s Updated Response to Inspections
- Announcement: Fall Conference/WEBINAR 2020
- Now Available: The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Handbook, 11th Ed.
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June 2020 |
- A Call for Action … and Balance (COVID-19 and Smithfield Foods)
- “Does Your Dog Bite?” Service Animals in the Workplace
- Wimberly Lawson Offers Assistance With COVID-19 Issues for Employers
- NOTICE – EEOC Delays EEO Data Collections Due to COVID-19 Crisis
- Did You Know? Wimberly Lawson Has Licensed Mediators
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May 2020 |
- RIF, Layoffs and Furloughs: Reasonable Cost Control Measure or Invitation to Litigation?
- New NLRB Regulations Impact Election Procedures and Formation of Bargaining Relationships
- Harassment Claims Against C-Suite Execs: Tips for Employer Investigations
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April 2020 |
- What is the PRO ACT?
- Wimberly Lawson Receives Coveted Awards … Again!
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March 2020 |
- RIOT GAMES to Pay $10 Million to Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
- DOL Weighs in on Joint Employer Test
- Wimberly Lawson Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020
- A Word to the Wise – Insurance Claims
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February 2020 |
- DOL Finalizes Revisions to FLSA’s Regular Rate of Pay Regulations
- At the NLRB, Everything Old is New Again
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January 2020 |
- Fifth Circuit Rules Against EEOC Enforcement Guidance
- New Jersey Expands its Medical Marijuana Law
- DOL Opinion Letter Approves FMLA Leave for Special Education School Meetings
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November 2019 |
- “Rounding Time” Must Work in Both Directions
- NLRB – Less Animal Exuberance in the Future?
- Are Giggers Employees?
- Anti-Arbitration Bill Proposed in Congress
- “A Word to the Wise”
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October 2019 |
- Department of Labor Seeks to Clarify Religious Exemption for Federal Contractors
- What Managers Say is Just as Important as What They Do: 6th Circuit Issues Warning
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September 2019 |
- Appearance Discrimination: Is It Illegal?
- Recognizing an Accommodation Request Under the ADA
- Supreme Court Narrows Judicial Deference to Agencies’ Interpreting Their Own Regulations
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August 2019 |
- Defense Based on Title VII’s Charge Filing Requirement Must Be Asserted Timely or Will Be Forfeited
- Marijuana Law Update
- DOL Opinion Letter – FMLA Leave is Mandatory
- DOL Finds GIG Workers to Be Independent Contractors
- UAW Loses Union Vote at Volkswagen – Again
- “A Word to the Wise”
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July 2019 |
- NLRB Announces Rulemaking Agenda
- How to Respond to Social Security Mismatch Letters
- DOL Plans to Review FMLA
- Technology Companies Beset by Employee Protests Over Company Operations
- Did You Know? Wimberly Lawson Has Licensed Mediators
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June 2019 |
- Supreme Court to Tackle Scope of Title VII’s Prohibition on Sex Discrimination
- Tennessee Anti-Bullying Law Now Covers Private Employers
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May 2019 |
- The FCRA: Deceptively Dangerous
- Recent Lessons From OSHA on Workplace Violence
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April 2019 |
- Winning the Talent Acquisition Game with an Untapped Labor Pool
- The Attorney-Client Privilege for Organizations: Broader Than You Think?
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March 2019 |
- States are Going to Pot: Medical Marijuana Laws Pose Increased Risks for Unwary Employers
- The Ever Evolving Rules of Arbitration Agreements – and the Implications for Employers
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February 2019 |
- When is a Leave of Absence Required as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA?
- When Less is More … Problems With “100% Healed” Return-to-Work Policies
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January 2019 |
- Don’t Let the Grinch Ruin Your Company Holiday Party
- Unanimous Supreme Court: ADEA Coverage Extends to Small Public Employers
- Riot Games – Lessons From a Corporate Culture of Harassment
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December 2018 |
- “Having Your Cake and Eating it Too”? – Employee Brings Suit While Retaining Severance Funds Under Settlement Agreement
- First Amendment Trumps “Free Riders” Regarding Payment of Union Fees
- OSHA Reverses Policy on Drug Testing, Safety Incentives
- “A Word to the Wise”
- NOTICE – DOL Renews FMLA Forms
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October 2018 |
- Sixteen States Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Clarify Title VII’s Prohibition on Discrimination “Because of … Sex”
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September 2018 |
- The Dangers of Defamation in the Workplace
- EEOC is Hot on Harassment – Tips for Employers
- OSHA Issues Proposed Rule on Electronic Filings
- The “Parent Trap” – Is Your Parental Leave Policy an Invitation for Trouble?
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August 2018 |
- To Bake or Not to Bake – Is That the Question? (U.S. Supreme Court decides case of wedding cake baker who refused to bake cake for same-sex marriage due to religious beliefs)
- Harassment Remains in the Headlines
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July 2018 |
- Latest Chapter in the Evolving Tale of Employment Law and Arbitration Agreements: Class Action Wavers Upheld
- Opportunities and Updates for Employers – The Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Act
- Wimberly Lawson’s Avakian Named as Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor
- Help is at Hand – Supervisor Training
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June 2018 |
- Summertime Safety – Policies and Procedures for Child Protection
- Employer Can Pursue Fraud Claim Against Undocumented Worker
- Exemptions to Wage-Hour Law No Longer Narrowly Construed
- ICE Conducts “Old-Fashioned” Raid of Tennessee Meat Packing Plant
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May 2018 |
- Reasons for the Decline in Union Strikes
- Should Employers Keep Email Addresses of Employees, or Not?
- Notice of New Website for E-Verify
- Notice of New Form for Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Claims
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April 2018 |
- Hiring with Temp Agencies and Staffing Firms? – Guidelines and Challenges for Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA
- Drug Testing Policies, Procedues and Issues – Are You Testing for Illegal Opioids?
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March 2018 |
- What’s Up with Times’s Up?
- Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Update
- Notice of Deadline for New IRS Withholding Tables
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February 2018 |
- Tennessee Supreme Court Reaffirms Collateral Source Rule in Personal Injury Cases
- Are Arbitration Agreements Really the Big Bad Wolf?
- DOL Proposed Rule Revising Tip Pooling Rules
- Notice of Deadline to Download Historical E-Verify Records
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January 2018 |
- Department of Justice Reaffirms Fundamental Importance of Religious Liberty
- Conflict Over Sex, Stereotypes, and/or Status
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December 2017 |
- EEOC and Justice Department on Opposite Sides of Class Action Waiver and Sexual Orientation Issues
- Texas Court Nullifies Obama-Era O/T Rate Hike
- UPS Settlement Reminds Employers of “Maximum Leave” Issues
- Record Retention Policies and Text Messaging
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October 2017 |
- Can We Fire Him for Saying That? The Curious Case of the Google Engineer
- Wimberly Lawson Loses a Firm Leader
- EEOC Must Reconsider Wellness Rules
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September 2017 |
- DOL Follows Through with Plans to Revise New Salary Overtime Rule
- EEOC 2016 Statistics and Enforcement Guidance: Trends to Watch
- OSHA Electronic Injury Data Reporting Requirements Delayed Until December
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August 2017 |
- Current Basic Minimum Wage and Overtime Requirements
- The Significance of Having a Social Media Policy and a Cell Phone Policy
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July 2017 |
- Religious Freedom Executive Order May Affect Workplace Rules
- Data Shows NLRB Quickie Election Rules Not Changing Much
- Refusal to Extend Leave Found Not to Violate ADA
- Employers Sued for Negligence Where Employee Commits Violent Act Elsewhere
- Labor Secretary Finally Confirmed
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June 2017 |
- LGBT Issues are in Transition
- Federal Contractor “Blacklisting” Executive Order Overturned by Congress
- Courts Strike Down Broad Federal Agency Subpoenas for Employment Information
- NLRB Rules that Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors Violates Labor Act
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May 2017 |
- National Right-to-Work Growing
- Thoughts on the New Secretary of Labor and the Effect on Employers
- New Wrinkles in Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements
- EEOC Rules on Wellness Plans Take Effect
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April 2017 |
- EEOC Issues Proposed Harassment Guidance
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March 2017 |
- Fearless Forecast as to Trump Labor and Employment Initiatives
- Federal Court Adopts Magistrate’s Recommendation – OSHA Inspection Warrant Quashed
- Employers Do Not Have to Give Preference to Disabled Workers in Assignments to Open Positions
- New OSHA Electronic Injury Reporting Rule Still in Play
- Right-to-Work Doctrine to Expand
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February 2017 |
- The Year in Review
- Developments with Mental, Emotional, and Psychological Issues Related to Employment
- Social Media and Technology, with Millennials and Other Generations
- Cyber Liability – Liability for Cyber Crimes and Data Breaches
- Top Ten Strategies for Defending Tennessee Workers’ Comp Claims
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November 2016 |
- Can You Expect Any Work From an Employee on FMLA Leave?
- Supreme Court Rejects DOL’s New Regulatory Interpretation of Overtime Statute
- Federal Court Upholds NLRB’s Quickie Election Rule
- Persuader Rule Temporarily Stopped
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August 2016 |
- Everything Old is New Again. Or is it?
- Employer Upheld in Refusing to Hire Morbidly Obese Plaintiff
- NLRB Circumscribes Employers’ Right to Permanently Replace Economic Strikers
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July 2016 |
- NLRB Holds Employer Policies Against Employee Videos/Recordings Unlawful
- The DOL’s New Salary Threshold for Exemption – Pay Raise, Demotion or Less Hours?
- NLRB Again Challenges Neutral Workplace Rules Prohibiting Conduct that “Impedes Harmonious Interaction and Relationships”
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June 2016 |
- Long Reach of DOL’s Controversial New Persuader Rule
- Majority of States Now Right-to-Work
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May 2016 |
- Employee Car Pools: The Issue of Employer Liability is Complex
- EEOC Now Providing Employers’ Position Statement to Employees and Other Charging Parties in Discrimination Claims
- Mandatory Paid Sick Leave: DOL Proposes New Regulations
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April 2016 |
- Lessons You Should Learn From Other Employers’ Form 1-9 and Discrimination Violations
- Wage-Hour Issues Guidance on Joint Employer Liability
- Administration to Promote Pay Equality by Requiring New EEO-1 Information to be Filed
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March 2016 |
- Performance Appraisals
- Concerns About Refusing to Hire or Discharging Employees
- How the Minimum Wage is Affected
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February 2016 |
- Are You Ready to Comply with the New ACA Healthcare
- Employees’ Rights to Representation
- Prospective Dates for Implementing New Overtime Rules
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January 2016 |
- Cyber Liability – Liability for Cyer Crimes and Data Breaches
- The Importance of Effective Hiring (Background Checks, Pre-Employment Testing, and Drug Testing, including Medical Marijuana and FCRA Compliance)
- Top Ten Tips on Defending Tennessee Work Comp Claims Under the New Law
- Department of Labor’s Proposed New Regulations on Exemptions
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November 2015 |
- NLRB Expands “Joint Employer” Doctrine to Support Labor
- Does Your Office Have a Policy Governing Office Decor? Flags and Rainbows May be Controversial
- New Horizons in Discrimination: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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October 2015 |
- What the Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decision Means for Employers
- DOL Proposes to Increase Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemption
- Supreme Court Allows Employer to Reduce Retiree Healthcare Benefits
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September 2015 |
- OSHA Takes Controversial Positions on Transgender Restroom Issues at Work
- Recent Developments: Religion and the Workplace
- First Month’s Effects of Quickie Union Election Rule
- Supreme Court to Rule on Case Involving Broad Back Pay Remedies in Wage/Hour Cases
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July 2015 |
- Broad Company Policies Can Create Big Problems
- Effect of Obama Veto Regarding Attempted Congressional Overturn of Quickie Election Rule
- NLRB Responds to Right-to-Work Legislation
- Time-Keeping 101
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June 2015 |
- NLRB Comments on Rules Viewed as Unlawful
- Background Checks and Pre-Employment Testing
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May 2015 |
- Strategic Response Plan to New NLRB “Quickie Election” Rules
- Senate Committee and Congress Trying to Block New NLRB “Quickie Election” Rules
- Health Reform Update: U.S. Supreme Court Considers a Second Opportunity to Limit the Affordable Care Act
- New OSHA Reporting Rule Enforcement Procedures Raise Strategy Issues for Employers
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April 2015 |
- Whether Certain Security Checks Constitute Compensable Work
- The President’s Deferred Action For Immigrants Stopped by Judge
- Government Position: Worker Presents New Social Security Number and States Previous Documents Were Not Real
- Business Groups File Lawsuits Attacking NLRB Quickie Election Rule
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March 2015 |
- Regular Mail Inadequate To Prove Delivery Of FMLA Notices
- Government Moving Rapidly on Transgender and Sexual Orientation Issues
- Ebola Questions and Answers
- Pros, Cons and Issues When Dealing With Electronic I-9 Software Providers
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February 2015 |
- A Shot in the Arm: Mandatory Immunization Policies
- Records Retention: To Keep or Not to Keep
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January 2015 |
- HR Audits and Compliance
- Immigration Update: To E-Verify or Not To E-Verify
- FMLA Strategies and Practical Advice
- TN Workers’ Comp Reform Update
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November 2014 |
- One Way to Lower the Cost of Severance Programs
- Recent Healthcare Regulations Give an Employer Two Ways to Minimize the Impact of the 90-Day Limit on Waiting Periods
- Jokes About Age Force Employer to Face Age Discrimination Trial
- What Do Employers Do About Legal Marijuana?
- Obama Administration Announces Other New Federal Contractor Requirements
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September 2014 |
- Employee Barred from Sending Letters to Customers Complaining of Discrimination
- Determining Strategy on When and How to Fight an Unemployment Claim
- How Bankruptcy Can Affect Employment Litigation
- Plaintiff Refused to Change Her Hairstyle from Dreadlocks to Something “Professional”
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July 2014 |
- Upcoming Changes on Overtime Requirements and Minimum Wage?
- Wimberly Lawson Receives Distinguished Honors
- New Affirmative Action Ruling Has Limited Effect
- Discrimination Plaintiff Must Pay Back Settlement Proceeds Due to Violating Confidentiality Provision
- NLRB Invites Comment on Whether Employers Can Ban Union Emails from Company Systems
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June 2014 |
- OFCCP Issues Final Rules Updating the Rehabilitation Act and Vietnam-Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
- Summary of Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Reform
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May 2014 |
- Volkswagen Supports Union in Chattanooga, But Union Loses Anyway
- Important New Healthcare Changes: Delays and Updates
- Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress as a Tag Along to Retaliatory Discharge in Tennessee
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April 2014 |
- NLRB Re-issues Its “Quickie Election” Union Voting Rules
- Supreme Court Gives Donning and Doffing Guidance
- Update on Tennessee “Guns in Trunks” Law
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March 2014 |
- Comment Period for OSHA’s Proposed Rule Extended to March 8th
- NLRB Update: Prohibition of Employer Rule “Walking Off The Job” Enforced in Court
- NLRB Update: NLRB Rules Prohibiting Class Action Waivers Again Rejected by Court
- Union Membership in 2014
- NLRB Update: Union Fines Employee $21,000.00 for Crossing Picket Line
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February 2014 |
- Alcoholic Truck Driver Required to Remain Alcohol-Free as a Condition of Returning to Work
- No Re-Hire Policy of Alcoholic Driver Found to Violate Disabilities Law
- National Labor Relations Board Gives Up on Mandatory Posting Rule
- NLRB Upholds Employer Policy Prohibiting Use of Recording Devices at Work
- E-Verify Now Has Tools to Determine Identity Theft
- New Affirmative Action Rules for Veterans and the Disabled
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January 2014 |
- Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Reform
- Workplace Investigations: More Limitations By NLRB/EEOC
- EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan
- FLSA Compliance in Depth
- Employer Negligence or Employee Misconduct
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November 2013 |
- Union Movement Crisis
- It’s Always Something: IRS Grants Employers A Reprieve With One-Year Delay of Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate, But Other Rules and Rulings Will Keep Employers Busy in 2014
- Minimum Wage and Overtime: For Home Care Workers
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October 2013 |
- What is Sufficient Authority for One to be Considered a Supervisor Under the National Labor Relations Act?
- Plaintiff’s Belligerent Discrimination Complaint Warrants Fitness-For-Duty Exam
- Sixth Circuit Upholds NLRB’s Use of “Micro-Units”
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September 2013 |
- Obama Administration Postpones Employer Penalties and Certain Other Requirements Until After 2014 Elections
- Access by Union Representatives to Safety Inspections of Both Union and Non-Union Facilities
- How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employers
- Supreme Court Green-Lights Mandatory Arbitration Clauses, Forestalling Class Actions: Could Be Good News For Employers
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August 2013 |
- U.S. Supreme Court Limits Title VII Retaliation Claims
- U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Title VII Sexual Harassment Standard
- Get Ready for OSHA’s New HazCom Rules Training Deadline: December 1, 2013
- U.S. Supreme Court to Determine Legality of NLRB Recess Appointments
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July 2013 |
- NLRB Clarifies Its Position on At-Will Employment Policies
- DOL Issues PPACA’s Model Notice of Coverage Options; Employers Must Provide the Notice to Employees by October 1, 2013
- Good News for Employers Regarding Class and Collective Actions From the Supreme Court
- Advance Preparation of Section 1 by Electronic I-9 Programs is Prohibited
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June 2013 |
- WLWDJ Opens Chattanooga Office
- Criminal Background Checks: Darned If You Do And Darned If You Don’t
- Working Away From Work
- Issue Of Applicant Rejected Due To Heavy Accent
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May 2013 |
- Immigration Solutions Gain Momentum
- Confidentiality Requirements for Medical Inquiries
- Disability Issues of What Constitutes a Medical Inquiry and Whether to Keep Responses Confidential
- FMLA Changes Require Employers to Post Revised Notice
- Employers Should Use New Form I-9
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April 2013 |
- EEOC Sets Forth Its Strategic Enforcement Plan
- Applying the Play or Pay Mandate to Seasonal and Temporary Employees
- Labor Board Members and Board Lack Authority to Rule – What Happens Next?
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March 2013 |
- NLRB Appointments Held Unconstitutional
- IRS Explains Shared Responsibility (Tax) Provisions on Employers Under PPACA
- Believe It or Not – Michigan Now Right-to-Work
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February 2013 |
- Wage-Hour Case Addresses Automatic Meal Deduction Payroll System
- EEOC Offers Advice to Employers on Critical ADA Issues
- Unions Get More Aggressive in Employer Relationships, Perhaps Based on Election Results and Improving Economy
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January 2013 |
- Avoiding Age Discrimination in Reductions in Force
- Tennessee Supreme Court Allows Retaliatory Discharge Claim To Go Forward, Even Though Plaintiff Signed Release Discharging “All Claims”
- New-Hire Guidelines: Don’t Trip As You’re Getting Off On The Right Foot
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December 2012 |
- Breakout on Employer Liability to be Presented at 2012 Conference
- New Developments and Strategies for Working with the EEOC
- A Conservative Trend in Recent Workers’ Compensation Legislation
- Sixth Circuit Rules Severance Payments to Involuntarily Terminated Employees Not Subject to FICA Tax
- Update: Medicare Reporting May be Due Within 45 Days of Settlement
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November 2012 |
- NLRB and EEOC Moving Toward Rulings That Employers Cannot Tell Employees to Keep Investigations Confidential
- Harassment Defendants Fight Back (But with Varying Results)
- Update: Employers Are Now Required to Report Settlements to Medicare in Many Cases
- NLRB Finds Facebook Posting That Caused Salesman’s Discharge at Chicago-Area BMW Dealership Was Not Protected
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October 2012 |
- Changes to Unemployment Insurance Law Should Benefit Tennessee Employers
- The Issue of Texting or Using Hand-Held Devices While Driving is Now a “Front and Center” Issue
- Withholding Pay for Not Returning Equipment: A Dangerous Practice
- NLRB Starts Website Aimed at Non-Union Workers
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September 2012 |
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Is With Us – Now What?
- EEOC Rules Discrimination Laws Protect Transgender Status
- Dreamers to be Granted Work Authorization
- OSHA’s Views on Discipline of Employees Who Report Injuries
- Wisconsin Governor Retained After State Right to Work Measures
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August 2012 |
- EEOC Issues Guidance on Employers’ Use of Arrest and Conviction Records
- What the Supreme Court’s Decision on Health Reform Means for Employers
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July 2012 |
- Judge Rejects NLRB “Quickie Election” Rules
- Employer Making Two Mistakes in Granting FMLA Leave Renders Termination Unlawful
- Some Employers with Insured Health Plans Will Receive Rebates this August
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June 2012 |
- Having a Sexual Harassment Policy Not Enough to Avoid Punitive Damages
- NLRB Poster Requirement Blocked
- Workplace Bullying: School Playground Behavior in the Professional Setting
- Should an Arrested Employee be Fired?
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May 2012 |
- Health Reform: Supreme Court Recap – Unclear Whether Future of the Employer Mandate, Other Provisions, Tied to Fate of the Individual Mandate
- Can a Polygraph Still Be Used To Determine Who Is Telling The Truth?
- Right to Work Measures Pushed In Indiana and South Carolina
- Employers Warned Not to Seek Too Much Medical Information Even Where Some Information Is Necessary
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April 2012 |
- Documentation That Can Get You In Trouble
- Supreme Court Addresses GPS Trackers and Privacy
- Changes In Getting Green Cards For Those With American Family Members
- OFCCP Proposes Goals For The Disabled
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March 2012 |
- Three Leave Policies Being Subject to EEOC Attack – Lack of Leave for New Hires, Administrative Separation Policies, and “100% Healed” Policies
- NLRB Pushes Through Quickie Election Rules
- Supreme Court Healthcare Review and Other Health Plan Developments
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February 2012 |
- An Employee or an Independent Contractor? How to Decide and How to Handle Past Misclassifications
- NLRB Drops Case Against Boeing
- Retaliation Now the Most Common EEOC Charge
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January 2012 |
- EEOC Officials to Participate in Panel Discussion at 2011 Conference
- Unemployment Claims – Tactics and Strategies
- Practical Strategies to Defend Workers’ Compensation Claims
- Legislative Developments in Workers’ Compensation
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November 2011 |
- Facebook Issues Bring Labor Board Interest
- Employers Must Post NLRB Notice Under Final Labor Board Rule
- EEOC Issues Opinion Letter Dealing With Electronic Medical Records
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October 2011 |
- Attacks on No-Fault Attendance Policies – Employers’ Worst Nightmare
- Arrival of the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act of 2011
- OSHA Wins Subpoena Battle, Insurer Forced to Disclose Damaging Report
- PPACA (Healthcare) Update: Applications for Annual Limit Waiver Must Be Submitted By September 22, 2011
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September 2011 |
- Employers Dodge A Bullet – Plaintiff Class Actions Become Unlikely
- Labor Board Proposes Rule For “Quickie” Union Elections To Assist Union Organizing
- New DOL Rule Attempts to “Gag” An Employer in Union Organizing Campaigns
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August 2011 |
- Supreme Court Upholds Arizona State E-Verify Mandate and Other Immigration Developments
- What Employers Should Do In Response To The ADAAA and Implementing Regulations
- Study Finds Thirty Percent of Employers To Drop Healthcare
- Government Agencies Agree to Avoid Overlap in Enforcement
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July 2011 |
- Understanding and Complying with the New ADA Disability Regulations
- FLSA Whistleblower Protection Not Limited to Written Complaints
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June 2011 |
- Supreme Court Addresses Cat’s Paw Theory of Discriminatory Input from Supervisors
- Health Reform Update: April Sees First Repeals of PPACA Provisions; Guidance Issued on W-2 Reporting Requirement and Anti-Abuse Rules for Grandfathered Plans
- Wage & Hour Enforcement of Motor Carrier Exemption: Administrator Will Require Week-By-Week Determinations
- Navigating Unemployment Claims
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May 2011 |
- Civil War Rages in States Over Unions and Budget Cuts
- Reasonable Break Time and Area for Nursing Mothers
- 2011 Income Tax Credit for Continuing to Employ Persons Hired in 2010
- EEOC Sues Employer Over Random Alcohol Tests
- EEOC Addressing Discrimination Against Unemployed
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April 2011 |
- Immigration Update on Enforcement Policies and Employer I-9 Audits
- Does the Retaliation Concept Under Title VII Extend to One’s Relative or Significant Other?
- OSHA Withdraws Proposed Rule on Repetitive-Motion Disorders
- More Employers Changing Fixed Termination Dates for Leaves of Absence
- Whether the Same Racial Slur Standard Applies to All Races
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March 2011 |
- Employer Accused of Racist Firings Establishes Defamation Case Against Protesters
- Health Reform Update: Challenges to Healthcare Law Continue
- Obama Ordered Review of Federal Regulations
- EEOC Issues Final GINA Regulations
- OSHA Makes New Push for Engineering Or Administrative Controls Over Noise Rather Than PPE
- Employee Downloads Numerous Documents From Employers Computer While Secretly Working for Competitor
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February 2011 |
- Changes are Occurring in New Healthcare Law Implementation
- ICE Enforcement Targeting Employers to Continue Until Immigration Reform is Reached
- New Posting Rule For Private Employers
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January 2011 |
- Election to Change Labor and Employment Agenda
- NLRB Issues New Policy on Reinstating Union Organizers
- Can An Employer Revoke An Accepted Job Offer?
- Woman Sues Employer Over its Gun Policy
- IRS Releases Draft W-2 Form for 2011; Defers Requirement for Employers
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December 2010 |
- EEOC Officials to Participate in Panel Discussion at Conference
- Latest Developments in Tennessee Workers Compensation Law
- Healthcare Reform – Effects and Strategies for Employers
- Social Media in the Workplace – Problems and Cures
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November 2010 |
- States and Feds Fight Over New Healthcare Law
- Federal Appeals Court Finds Local Immigration Laws to be Preempted and Thus Void
- Hewlett-Packard Sues Oracle Claiming Its CEO Can’t Work for Oracle Because of Confidentiality Agreement
- Administration Pay-Backs to Organized Labor
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October 2010 |
- Health Care Regulations Defining Grandfathered Plans Create Urgent Need for Employers Planning on Healthcare Changes
- Supreme Court Issues New Employment Privacy Ruling
- Military Leave – It May Be Longer Than You Think
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September 2010 |
- Quirks In Leave of Absence Policies Can Lead to Expensive Litigation
- Employers’ Increasing Use of Credit Checks Generates Legal Issues
- Employer Turns Tables on Independent Contractors Claiming to be Employees
- OSHA Withdraws Long Standing Noise Directive and Moves More Aggressively on Noise Issues
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August 2010 |
- Pay Discrimination Class Action Cases Snare Employers
- Union Update
- OSHA Inspection Warrant Quashed; Agency Rebuked for Exceeding Bounds
- Early Retirees Healthcare Supplement Available Now
- Healthcare Reform Update
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July 2010 |
- Tag, You (Employer) Are It!
- Social Media in the Workplace
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June 2010 |
- Implementation Time Line for Health Care Reform
- Labor Board Now Has Three Union Lawyers and One Republican
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May 2010 |
- We Can Help! U.S. Dept. of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
- EEOC Proposed Regulations on “Reasonable Factors Other Than Age” Defense
- OFCCP Government Contractor Audit Shows Trends in Enforcement
- Spike in Male Sexual Harassment Claims
- Employers Should Plan for More COBRA Subsidy Extensions
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April 2010 |
- Firm Changes Name to Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC
- Defense Spending Legislation Expanded Military FMLA Leave
- Department of Labor Publishes Answers About Employee Hours and Pay Reductions
- Correcting Employee Misclassifications Under the Wage-Hour Law
- Does Your Health Plan Comply with Mental Health Parity Laws?
- Wellness Programs and Employee Health Risk Assessment
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March 2010 |
- Here Comes Healthcare Expansion
- New Law Extends COBRA Subsidy and Requires New Notices
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February 2010 |
- EEOC Issues Memorandum on Waivers of Discrimination in Employee Severance Agreements
- ICE Sends Out 1000 New Workplace Audit Notices and Explains its Audit Process
- Genetic Law Ban Went Into Effect in November
- Sexual Stereotyping Found Where Male Discredited in Harassment Case
- There are Two Advantages to Recession – Cost of Living Drops and Health Improves
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January 2010 |
- Employers Increasingly Being Sued Over Inflexible Leave Policies
- Interesting Sex Harassment Cases Involve Admissibility of Plaintiffs Provocative Clothing, and Alleged Sexual Relationship on the Part of Higher-Ups
- November Elections and the Healthcare Bill
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December 2009 |
- The “Honest Belief” Rule
- Update on Immigration Issues
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November 2009 |
- DHS Issues Proposed Regulation Rescinding No-Match Rule
- Democrats Make Card-Check Compromises to Encourage Passage
- The Problem with Blackberries
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October 2009 |
- Supreme Court Issues a Major Decision on Conflict Between Affirmative Action for Minorities Versus Discrimination Against Others
- Employer Lawfully Terminates Employee for Secretly Tape Recording Conversation with Supervisor
- Whether an Employer May Use Police Polygraph Test Results
- Is the Witness Lying? – Experts Debate the Truth
- High Court Clarifies What “Because Of” Age Means
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September 2009 |
- Initial Regulations Published on New Genetic Discrimination Law
- EEOC Preparing Broad Interpretation in Favor of Disability Coverage
- Hot New Developments in Immigration Compliance
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August 2009 |
- Obama’s First 100 Days and Labor and Employment Changes
- Dealing with Swine Flu and Related Maladies
- DHS Announces New Worksite Enforcement Strategy
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July 2009 |
- Union Can Waive Employees’ Right to Sue in Court for Discrimination
- EEOC Looking at Employer Use of Criminal and Credit Histories
- DC Court Invalidates NLRB Rulings for All of 2008: Administration Appoints Two Union Attorneys to NLRB
- Issues Over the Bonus Turmoil
- Employee Lawfully Fired for Concealing Prescription Drug Use
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June 2009 |
- Union Card-Check Law Reintroduced, Opposition Mounts
- Unions Discussing Possible Reunification with AFL-CIO
- New COBRA Notices Due April 18, 2009
- Poor Economy Leads to Increased Discrimination Charges and Litigation
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May 2009 |
- New Year Brings New Rules to Employers, and Also Prospects for More Severe Employment Restrictions
- COBRA Changes in Stimulus Bill
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April 2009 |
- Employer May Not Retaliate Against Employees For Their Participation in Internal Discrimination Investigations
- President Obama Signs First Law: The “Lilly Ledbetter” Act an Evergreen Statute of Limitations for Discriminatory Pay Claims
- Changes in E-Verify, I-9’s, and Other Immigration Enforcement Plans
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March 2009 |
- Employers Deal with Legal Issues Arising During Layoffs
- OSHA Adopts Final Rule on PPE Provision and Training: Potential Liability Tremendously Increased
- Mandatory E-Verify Requirement for Government Contractors Postponed; Ruling on No-Match Social Security Letters to be Delayed; and New I-9 Forms Delayed Again
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February 2009 |
- How To Comply With The New FMLA Regulations
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January 2009 |
- Are You Ready for the “New” ADA January 1?
- Anti-Discrimination Laws Do Not Require Questions and Processes be the Same for All Applicants
- New Presidential Administration: “What Does it Mean?”
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December 2008 |
- What the Courts Narrow, the Legislature and President Expands: “The New ADA Law”
- Does Worker’s Comp Apply to Telecommuters Working at Home?
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November 2008 |
- EEOC Issues New Religious Discrimination Guidelines
- Effect of Supreme Court Ruling that the Constitution Protects an Individual’s Right to Keep and Bear Firearms
- Is Employer Obligated to Disclose Abnormal Medical Results to Employee?
- U.S. Supreme Court Backs “Employment-At-Will”
- Some Employers “Fight” Rather Than Settle
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October 2008 |
- NLRB Takes Position on Workers Who Participate in Political or Pro-Immigration Demonstrations
- Courts Expand Definition of Disabilities in Advance of ADA Amendments
- Interstate Transportation Exemption from Overtime Narrowed
- Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Have Difficulty Representing Undocumented Immigrants
- Steelworkers and European Union Create Global Union
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September 2008 |
- Supreme Court Issues Two Age Discrimination Rulings
- Discipline of Employees For Off-Duty Smoking or Other Lawful Activities
- State Law Prohibiting Funds to Deter Organizing Pre-empted by Labor Act
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August 2008 |
- Supreme Court Issues Two Pro-Plaintiff Employment Retaliation Rulings
- Reliance Upon Clinics for Healthcare Needs
- Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Sometimes Take “Hit”
- Ads Preferring Older Workers Now Allowed by EEOC
- OSHA Primer for Employers
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July 2008 |
- Genetic Discrimination Law Bill Becomes Law
- Employer May Discharge Employee for Exceeding FMLA Cap
- New EEOC Rule Allows Reduction in Health Insurance Benefits for Retirees 65 and Older
- Advice Given to Faith-Based Employers
- But DNA May Be Useful in Civil Cases
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June 2008 |
- Status of Revised DHS No-Match Rules
- Can An Employee Be Discharged for a Combination of Unexcused and FMLA Absences?
- Is Mandatory Retirement Ever Lawful?
- Disabled Worker Raises Claim of Frequent Bathroom Breaks
- Update on Pending Federal Immigration Legislation
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May 2008 |
- New FMLA Regulations Proposed
- Supreme Court Rules on Evidence of Discrimination Against Employees Other Than Plaintiff
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April 2008 |
- Employer’s Harassment Policy With Numerous Avenues for Reporting Harassment Established Defense
- NLRB Issues Important New Decision on E-Mail Policy and Exceptions to Solicitation Rules
- Accommodation for Sunday Morning Services
- Loss/Theft of Employee Personal Information
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March 2008 |
- Update on No-Match Letters and Ice Enforcement
- Employee Blogging
- What is a Reasonable Harassment Complaint Procedure?
- Perspective – Recent Labor Settlements Provide Dramatic Changes
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February 2008 |
- Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment Must Be Implemented by May 15, 2008
- FMLA Coverage Required Where Implied in Employee Handbook
- Collective Decision Making Less Susceptible to Discrimination Liability
- Trends to Watch for in 2008
- Cost of Regulations
- Perspective – What Is “Caregiver” Discrimination?
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January 2008 |
- Recent Changes to the I-9 Form Requirements and the Voluntary E-Verify Program
- Use of Different Rates in Calculating Overtime Doesn’t Violate Wage-Hour Law
- How to React to Reports That You May Have Illegals In Your Workforce
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December 2007 |
- Important Ruling Against DHS No-Match Regulation Creates Dilemma
- Abusive Union “Card-Check” Agreements Suffer a Setback
- Minimum Time Period for Lunch, and Use of Time Clock for Lunch Breaks
- Employer Faces Litigation for Cooperating with Police Lie Detector Testing
- Discharge of Female of Pair Having Affair Upheld by Court
- Strategy on Dealing with No-Match Letters in the Future
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November 2007 |
- Employer May Reassign More Qualified Employee Even If Disabled Employee Wants Vacant Job
- EEOC Issues Opinion On Use of Fitness Tests for Job Promotions
- Court Finds Sex Discrimination Over Employer’s Use of Pre-Employment Strength Test
- Improving The Hiring Process
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October 2007 |
- Final DHS Social Security No-Match Regulation Issued
- Comments On New DHS Mis-Match Regulation
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September 2007 |
- Minimum Wage Change Takes Effect
- Confusion Also Arises Due To Varying State Wage-Hour Laws and Exemptions
- Immigration Reform Defeated
- The Senate Also Deals A Fatal Blow To Union Organizing Bill – For Now
- Supreme Court Rules When Employees Must Claim Discrimination In Pay
- Union Organizers Attempt to Form Own Union, In The Firm’s Recent Election Win
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August 2007 |
- President and Senators Compromise On Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Alternatives and Tips On Handling Social Security Mis-Match Letters
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July 2007 |
- Virginia Tech Tragedy Creates Dilemma for Employers
- Recent Case Raising Similar Issues for Employers
- Employee Discharged for Not Cooperating With Employer Regarding Her Harassment Complaint
- EEOC Conference Discusses Imus Case
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June 2007 |
- Wal-Mart Faces Biggest Class Action In History
- Payroll Check Fraud and Use of Direct Deposits Create Legal Issues
- Considerations In Designing A Wellness Program
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May 2007 |
- “Sign Up For Union” Bill Passes House
- Union Membership Drops Furnish Impetus For Labor Bill
- Genetic Discrimination Bill May Pass Congress As Well
- Employers Need To Plan Overadjustments For Minimum Wage Changes
- Bank One Settles Administrative Separation Case With EEOC for $2.2 Million
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April 2007 |
- Eavesdropping on Private Employee Telephone Conversations Gets Employer In Trouble
- Coca-Cola Case Reminds Employers of Confidentiality Policies and Procedures
- Legal Aspects of Health and Wellness Programs
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March 2007 |
- Whats Ahead For Legislation in 2007
- Immigration Enforcement Status Update
- The Background to the Swift Raids
- Comments and Observations From Swift Raids and Current ICE Enforcement Policies
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February 2007 |
New Rules Changes Require Defendants To Preserve Evidence Making Up Lost Time Does Not Destroy Exempt Status Investigatory Techniques Bring Down Top Management of Hewlett-Packard News From EEOC and OFCCP How Much Do Companies Spend on Litigation |
January 2007 |
- Democrats Win To Affect Minimum Wage, Immigration and Labor
- Vacation Pay Alert
- Severance Pay Alert
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December 2006 |
- DOL Study Finds That ADA Accommodations Cost Little
- Majority Of House Of Representatives Backs Union Card-Check Bill
- Some Cases Support Management Rights In Handling FMLA Leave
- Everybody Loves A Good Party – But Avoid The Liability “Part” Of The “Party”
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November 2006 |
- Females Recover For Inadequate Protective Clothing and Inadequate Shower and Restroom Facilities
- Another Bathroom Issue Involves Transsexual
- Is There An Obligation To Report Employees’ Dangerous or Criminal Activity To Others?
- State Legislatures Address Prohibition of Guns on Company Property
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October 2006 |
- Inside INS
- In-House Company Attorneys Urge Liberal Application
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September 2006 |
- Overreacting to Social Security Mismatches Gets Employers in Trouble
- Supreme Court Interprets Retaliation Provisions Broadly To Go Beyond Those Related to Employment or That Occur at The Workplace
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August 2006 |
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July 2006 |
- Employee’s Deletion of Computer Files Violates Computer Fraud Law
- State Laws Having Significant Impact on Health Insurance
- Whether Your Job Rotation is Essential Function, Held To Be a Jury Question
- Homeland Security’s Immigration Enforcement Strategy Affect Employers
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June 2006 |
- Business Planning Required for Avian Flu
- Immigration, Politics, and Strange Bedfellows
- Addressing the National Hispanic Boycott
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May 2006 |
- Supreme Court Finds Use of Term “Boy Shows Discrimination
- New EEO-1 Forms Effective In 2007
- OFCCP Issues Rules On Internet Applicants
- EEOC Insider Explains Agency Procedures
- OFCCP Wants To Eliminate Equal Opportunity Survey
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April 2006 |
- Labor Department Issues Final Regulations on Rehiring Veteran Responsibilities
- Employee Membership Groups Are Expanding
- Gallup Polls Percent of Workers Experiencing Discrimination
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March 2006 |
- Supreme Court Addresses When The Work Day Starts
- Discharge of Employee for Lying During Harassment Investigation
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February 2006 |
- Abusive Remarks Do Not Have To Be Sexual to Create Sex-Based Hostile Environment
- Manager Has Repeated Seizures, Requests Employer Provide Transportation – What To Do
- Should I Be Concerned About Avian Flu?
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January 2006 |
- Diversity Training In U.S. Expands
- Minimum Wage Increase Comes Before Congress
- Demands For Labor Givebacks And Retiree Cuts To Increase
- Wal-Mart Changing National Standards, And Even The Economy
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December 2005 |
- Employer Deals With Work Stoppage Of Non-Union Hispanic Employees
- Developments In Competitive Employee Benefits
- Electronic Record Keeping Now Complete With Changes Allowing Electronic I-9’s
- Changes In Positive Workplace Drug Tests Reported
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November 2005 |
- Consensual Affair With Boss Brings Sex Harassment Rulings
- Seemingly Harmless Nickname Creates Harassment Issue
- Uncontrolled Diabetes Found To Be Direct Threat To Plant Safety
- New Unemployment Benefit Rules More Strict
- New Overtime Regulations Result In An Increase In Lawsuits
- What Really Caused The AFL-CIO Split?
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October 2005 |
- Personality Tests For Promotion May Violate ADA
- Discussing Disability Issues With Current Employees
- Employer May Prefer Bilingual Person Without Discriminating
- Dealing with Subpoenas For Protected Health Information
- OSHA Rejects Challenges To Its Ergonomics Guidelines
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September 2005 |
- Longer Military Tours Create New Issues
- Wal-Mart Pays $11 Million For Illegal Workers
- Even Asking Employee To Voluntarily Take Polygraph Violates The Law
- Sources Of Information For Background Checks
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August 2005 |
- Is E-Mail Sufficient Legal Notice For Employees?
- Who Was Right About The New Wage-Hour Regulations?
- Supreme Court Ruling On Policies Adversely Affecting Older Workers Warrants Attention
- “Confederate Southern-American” Loses National Origin Claim
- EEOC Regulation Allowing Termination Of Retiree Benefits Upon Eligibility For Medicare Ruled Invalid
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July 2005 |
- Supreme Court Says Unintentional Age Discrimination Illegal
- “Disorganized” Labor Makes Plans After Continuing Membership Declines
- Boeing CEO’s Resignation Raises Workplace Romance Issues
- What Is The “Cat’s Paw” Theory Of Employment Discrimination?
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May/June 2005 |
- Drug Test Fraud Causes States And Employers To Respond
- What Happens When an Employer Conducts a Background Check on an Employee Who Has Filed an EEOC Charge
- Bullets to Dodge Under New White-Collar Exemptions
- Conflicting Benefit Plan Documents Resolved in Favor of Employee
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April 2005 |
- Firing Non-Union Worker Who Asks For Witness May Violate Labor Act
- Benefit Plan Not Effective Until Formally Adopted According to Plan Procedures
- Safety a Higher Priority for Employees
- Is a “Nasty” Employee Protected Under the ADA?
- Employers Using Corporate Chaplains
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March 2005 |
- NLRB Rules On Lawfulness Of Employer’s Work Rules
- Department of Labor Supports Employer Response to Monday and Friday Absences
- ADA Does Not Permit Disclosure That Co-Worker Has Communicable Disease
- Employers Praise EEOC Mediation, But Few Participate
- Settlement Offer Or Extortion – Inquiring Minds Want to Know
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February 2005 |
- How Employers Deal With Unprecedented Misconduct
- SHRM Surveys Employer Medical Leave and FMLA Policies
- Courts Support Workplace Drug Testing Programs
- Department of Labor Also Surveys and Considers Changes in the Family and Medical Leave Act
- NLRB Limits Temp Workers in Union Bargaining Units
- Average Plaintiffs’ Verdict Increases
- Head Nod Expressions as Admission of Guilt
- Graffiti Must be Quickly Addressed
- Layoffs and Statistics – Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t
- Effects of Four More Years
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January 2005/December 2004 |
- Out sourcing Off-Shore Gets Controversial
- State Laws Affect Wage-
Hour Changes Also
- Employers Must Exercise
Care in Job Offers
- Survey Reveals Top
Litigation Concerns,
Number of Cases
- Courts Disagree Whether
Employers’ Attendance Notice
Policy Trumps FMLA
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November 2004 |
- Overtime Rules Have Clocked In
- Employers’ Diversity Efforts Failing
- New Targeting Plan for Government Contractor Compliance Announced
- Labor Day Review of Union Plans
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October 2004 |
- Same-Sex Unions Create Legal Quagmire For Employers
- Are You Ready For The Implementation Of New Wage and Hour Regulations?
- Workers Caught With Weapons On Property May Be Fired, Court Rules
- “Going Postal” Requires Government To Radically Change Handling Violence
- Benefit Plan May Be Amended To Benefit One Employee
- Employers Receive Relief On Pension Contributions
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September 2004 |
- Non-Union Employees No Longer Have Right To Representation At Employer Interviews
- Employer’s Right to Investigate Also Expanded in Recent Credit Act Changes
- Supreme Court Rules on What a Constructive Discharge Is
- National Class Action Against World’s Largest Employer
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August 2004 |
- Religious Accommodation To Diversity Policies
- Cases Increasing Over Differences in Harassment Discipline
- Victims of Domestic Violence Not Protected from Discharge
- Improving Economy to Test Employee Loyalty
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July 2004 |
- Wage And Hour Issues New White Collar Exemption Regs
- Wage and Hour Issues New White Collar Exemption Regs
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June 2004 |
- Discharge Of Alcoholic Shows Narrow Interpretation Of ADA
- New Federal Notice Requirements
for Unionized Government
Contractors
- Supreme Court Says Employer
Can Favor Older
Workers
- Perspective of Fairness
Critical in Minds of Jurors
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May 2004 |
- A Layman’s Guide To Beginning HIPAA Compliance
- HIPAA Compliance Checklist;
- HIPAA Practical Advice
- HIPAA Special Issues
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April 2004 |
- Catching Employees Who Misuse Leave
- Use of EEO-1 Forms in Discrimination
Litigation
- Progress on EEOC’s Mediation Program
- Update on Affirmative Action and Pay Surveys
- Update on Social Security No-Match Letters
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March 2004 |
- Abuse Of Corporate E-Mail Systems By Spam
- Hazardous Chemical Update
- Former Employee’s Claim of Defamation and Black-Listing Rejected
- One-Fifth of Women Report Being Sexually Abused
- Issues Regarding Withholding from Final Paychecks
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February 2004 |
- Can You Discharge A Worker On Workers’ Comp?
- Wal-Mart Facing Immigration and RICO Lawsuits
- Are Undocumented Workers “Employees” for Workers’ Compensation?
- Proving Training Takes On New Importance in EEO Cases
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January 2004 |