Labor and Employment

Can A Facebook Status Update Violate A Non-Compete?

February 24, 2014

If departing employees update their social media followers – including clients – about a new job, does that violate non-compete […]

2, 4, 6, 8…NFL Cheerleaders Not “Rah Rah-ing” About Pay Rate

February 24, 2014

Major league sports teams are under fire with wage and hour class-action lawsuits: two NFL teams’ cheer squads are suing for hours violations and MLB interns are claiming minimum wage violations.

Risqué Business: Controlling Employee Conduct Through Morality Clauses

February 24, 2014

A “morality clause,” a contractual provision that affords employers to set moral standards, ethical expectations, and consequences for conduct that the employer determines to be disreputable, is a growing trend in industries that place a premium on public image. Some best practices for including such a clause in employment agreements.

Vegas vacation protected by the FMLA

February 24, 2014

The Seventh Circuit found an employee took her ailing mother on a bucket list trip to Las Vegas should not have had her FMLA leave request denied, nor should she have lost her job, a departure from other court decisions maintaining medical treatment is the sole justification for traveling under FMLA.

New DOL Rules Heighten Duties, Personal Liability, of 401K Sponsors

February 24, 2014

Business owners who offer a 401k plan are required to comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a complex […]

Retailers Consider Benefits Of Raising Minimum Wage

February 21, 2014

Large U.S. retailers are weighing the benefits of an increased federal minimum wage. The Gap has already said it plans […]

CBO: Minimum Wage Hike Would Cut Jobs, Increase Overall U.S. Income

February 19, 2014

Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, as promoted by President Barack Obama, could cost the country about […]

OSHA: Thirteen Cell Tower Deaths in 2013

February 19, 2014

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has raised the alarm about a recent spate of deaths and injuries in […]

Unions, Undaunted, Likely To Take New Tack After VW Defeat

February 19, 2014

In the wake of the United Auto Workers’ defeat at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant, labor efforts are likely going to […]

Addressing Employment-Related Retaliation Claims

February 18, 2014

Retaliation claims can be invoked ancillary to literally hundreds of federal and state laws and in a wide variety of […]

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