by Girish Anand | Jun 14, 2013 | Random Musings
A remaining case brought against the mandate to post a National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Employee Rights Poster — basically, a pro-union notification — has been decided by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., which rejected the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 14, 2013 | DOL
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy – with interns fresh on college breaks coming to your company’s aid, right? Wrong! Often wrong, anyway. The Department of Labor (DOL) has been on the lookout for companies that use interns as unpaid employees...
by Girish Anand | Jun 12, 2013 | EEOC
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) became law in 2009, but it took a few years for enforcement to catch up, which it did just recently. In the first lawsuit based on GINA, which the company settled for $50,000 with the Equal Employment Opportunity...
by Girish Anand | Jun 10, 2013 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law, WHD
The Department of Labor (DOL) is now enjoying a 71-percent success rate in ferreting out wage-and-hour violators by targeting industry- and geography-based culprits rather than waiting for complaints from employees at individual sites. The DOL is calling its new...
by Girish Anand | Jun 8, 2013 | State Labor Law
States are rushing to restrict employer requests for social media access from new hires and employees, and Oregon has now joined the growing list of states banning employers from prying into personal accounts. In a law signed May 22 and taking effect Jan. 1, 2014,...
