If you are monitoring your employees’ social media correspondence, you’ll want to know about a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that monitoring employees’ discussions within private…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new final overtime rule on September 24, 2019 that increases the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) salary-level threshold for white-collar exemptions from…
It’s a good question. As a business owner, if you sponsor a retirement, health or cafeteria plan, you’ll learn why you should soon from guest authors Charlie Filisko (Vice President…
In an effort to protect their bottom lines, business owners give much consideration to the costs of running their day-to-day operations. As part of this consideration, business owners often pay…
Once an employer has decided that it is proper to terminate an employee, what are the best practices to facilitate that termination? For starters, among other things, the employer should…
Do you own or work at a company with 50 or more employees? If so, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) likely is applicable. Violations of the FMLA have…
So, you own a business and you’re being sued personally for a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. How can this be? Your lawyer told you that having an…
Virtually every employer knows that they cannot discriminate against their employees—especially those that are part of a protected class. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employers from discriminating…
If your business has ever been sued for alleged violations of wage and hour laws, or if you’ve otherwise ever been a party to litigation involving discovery of any kind…
With 2018 coming to an end and 2019 already in sight, it’s time to start thinking about the lessons learned this year and how to make the new year even…