by Girish Anand | Oct 24, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law
With its recent announcement that it had entered into a National Mediation Agreement with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now helping more than 200 firms nationwide resolve disputes with their employees...
by Girish Anand | Oct 21, 2011 | DOL
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis unveiled an innovative partnership via a live Web stream on Thursday (Oct. 20, 2011) that brings together the U.S. Labor Department, Facebook, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the DirectEmployers Association and the...
by Girish Anand | Oct 20, 2011 | State Labor Law
The city of Seattle has passed an ordinance requiring businesses within the city to offer sick and safe days to workers who qualify. Sick days may be for the employee or to care for family members. Safe days provide domestic violence victims days off to relocate, file...
by Girish Anand | Oct 19, 2011 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published and made available two free booklets, one for employees called Workers' Rights, and one for employers called Employer Rights and Responsibilities. The latter focuses on what employers can and...
by Girish Anand | Oct 18, 2011 | DOL, Federal Labor Law
On the heels of its time-keeping smartphone app for tracking hours worked, the Department of Labor (DOL) is now introducing a smartphone app to measure the heat index at a work site. It is available now for Android operating systems, with apps promised soon for the...