by admin | Aug 9, 2015 | DOL
Officials from the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Idaho Department of Labor have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to protect employees’ rights by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors or other non-employee...
by admin | Aug 7, 2015 | OSHA
The federal government is proposing a new standard that would dramatically lower workplace exposure to beryllium, a widely used material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The proposal would apply to an estimated 35,000 workers covered by the Department of...
by admin | Aug 4, 2015 | EEOC
This week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit alleging that an assisted living facility had used an “unlawful employment exam” that resulted in national original discrimination against African employees. The lawsuit alleges...
by admin | Aug 1, 2015 | FLSA, NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with a 2-1 majority, ruled this past week that a lone employee filing a lawsuit that seeks class action status is engaging in “protected, concerted activity,” and thus that person’s subsequent termination...
