Workplace Violence ? Planning for the Unknown
For most small businesses, employers have enough on their plates when it comes to managing daily operations. But what about planning for the unknown? The... Read More
2015 Top Topics in Employee Handbooks
The top policy issues in 2015 according to XpertHR survey involve: (1) Paid Sick Leave; (2) Data Privacy; and (3) Social Media Use. Paid Sick... Read More
CO Supreme Court Rules Off the Job Pot Use Unlawful
The Colorado Supreme Court (?Court?) issued its long-awaited decision in a case involving a Dish Network (?DISH?) customer service worker who used medical marijuana to... Read More
Useful Tips for Conducting Background Checks
As of May 2015, twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized the possession of marijuana for medical use, and four states and the... Read More
CA Labor Board Says Uber Driver is an Employee
In a much-anticipated decision, that could become precedent setting, the California Labor Commission ruled that an Uber driver is an employee — not an independent... Read More
Exempt or Non-Exempt? That is the question.
Because we have witnessed a significant uptick in terms of client concern with Fair Labor Standards Act (?FLSA?) compliance, particularly involving employee classification issues, we... Read More
NLRB Issues Compliance Guidance on ?Needed Edits? to Employee Handbooks
In a March 2015 report to National Labor Relations Board (?NLRB?) regional directors, the NLRB General Counsel, Richard Griffin, Jr., provided apparent ?guidance? to employers... Read More
Social Anxiety as a Disability Requiring Accommodation?
The Fourth Circuit, in the case of?Jacobs v. N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts, recently agreed with the EEOC that social anxiety disorder may be... Read More
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Accommodation Issues, and Disparate Impact ? Oh My!
In Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the United States Supreme Court took up an accommodation issue involving a pregnant employee who alleged that denial... Read More
Unprotected or Protected Speech?
The scenario is becoming increasingly commonplace: An employee is unhappy about something his employer has done or perhaps something his supervisor has said. As is... Read More