New York employers and those out-of-state organizations who just sometimes have employees working in the Empire State have until October 9 to provide New … Read more
Cannabis Users Get Workplace Protection
This Employment Law This Week® monthly rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into August 2019. The update specifically … Read more
IRS Says You Can Fix Your HSA Mistakes
Several months ago, the IRS released an information letter originally written in 2015 that appeared to expand an employer’s ability to correct mistaken … Read more
How Workplace Laws Can Hurt Women More Than Men
In an attempt to improve the working conditions for employees or protect the general public, federal and state legislatures have passed a number of … Read more
NLRB Overturns Union Access as States Ramp Up Worker Protections
This Employment Law This Week® monthly rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into July 2019. In this episode: State … Read more
How to Train Your Lawyer
How do you train your lawyer? As easily as you train a dragon. Which means, as labor and employment lawyer Kevin Johnson told a Tampa DisruptHR audience, … Read more
Illinois Says Employers Can’t Discriminate Against Pot Users
Illinois lawmakers recently approved House Bill 1438, referred to as the “Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act,” legalizing recreational marijuana. Governor … Read more
Employment Law Update: Gig Workers, Non-Competes Backlash and Equal Pay Compliance
This Employment Law monthly rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into June 2019. The episode covers: Worker … Read more
You Can Fire Employees For Social Media Threats
Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees … Read more
On the Legal Front: Court Agrees to Hear LGBTQ Case; No Pot Testing In NYC
This episode of Epstein Becker Green’s Employment Law This Week® discusses the most important legal developments for employers. Specifically, this episode … Read more
Gig Employers Lose Big as Appeals Court Applies Classification Test Retroactively
There’s no way to sugarcoat this one. Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed a big loss to gig economy companies by concluding that last year’s … Read more
Court Rules Class Action Arbitrations Require Specific Agreement
In 2010, the Supreme Court held in Stolt-Nielsen SA v. AnimalFeeds International that a court may not compel class-action arbitration when an arbitration … Read more
Retaliation Is Still Most Common EEOC Claim
This week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Fiscal Year 2018 enforcement and litigation data. Here’s what you need to know: … Read more
How to Investigate An Employee Complaint
As the #MeToo movement has progressed, HR and legal departments are bearing the brunt of workplace complaints as they are increasingly called upon to sort … Read more
Tip Credits and Gossip Make Labor Law News
This episode of Epstein Becker Green’s Employment Law This Week® features a recap of the biggest labor and employment law news from February 2019. … Read more
Another State Says ‘No’ to No-Poaching Deals
In most states, non-competition agreements between an employer and employee are legal, as long as there is some form of consideration (like money) to … Read more
What You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of a Shooting
Note: Seconds after being officially terminated, Gary Martin opened fire killing 5 people, including the HR manager, an HR intern and the plant manager at … Read more
If You Do Background Checks, Check This Out
I don’t blog much about the Fair Credit Reporting Act. For those of you who aren’t familiar with FCRA, I suggest that you call an employment lawyer. Like … Read more
NLRB Revises Test For Independent Contractor Status
In a significant ruling which will benefit companies, the National Labor Relations Board last Friday revised the test it uses for determining whether … Read more
States Are Taking the Lead In Gender Equity Laws
As we discussed in a post following the November midterm elections, the outcome resulted in a divided Congress unlikely to pass significant employment … Read more