Under federal law, private sector employers who regularly employ more than fifteen employees in a given year have statutory and regulatory obligations to preserve records related to their hiring and...
On March 17, 2017 in Yolich v. Financial Management Systems, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of employer Financial Management Systems,...
Last week, under the hashtag #BlackWomenAtWork, black women began sharing their stories of discrimination and disrespect on twitter. The stories multiplied. The stories keep coming. The hashtag, not new on twitter,...
1.95 million. As of the date of this post, that is the number of results produced by my general internet search for “pay equity issues.” There has indeed been much...
Last December, we had discussed the uncertain future of the Overtime Rules enacted during the Obama Administration, which would have more than doubled the minimum salary threshold for the major...
The peaceful transfer of presidential power occurred earlier this month. However, restoring and keeping the peace in the workplace against the backdrop of the most polarizing election cycle ever will...
On May 12, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule on electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. OSHA, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and...
Obama Administration’s Overtime Rule Faces Uncertain Future In our November 1, 2016 alert, we had discussed the new overtime rule unveiled by the Obama Administration in May which, effective December 1,...
A Case Study on the Benefits of Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Development Recently I had a meeting with a company to discuss business opportunities and our conversation quickly turned to the...
New Department of Labor Overtime Rule Creates New Pitfalls for Employers On May 18, the United States Department of Labor released its final rule regarding changes to the overtime threshold for...