As we previously blogged, the Biden Administration announced that all employers with more than 100 employees are required to mandate that their employees either get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is in...
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Month: September 2021
Have Shift Workers? You Must Pay Them for Pre- and Post-Shift Time
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and parallel state laws require employers to pay workers for all the time they worked. That includes any time spent on required activities before clocking in or after clocking out. If the activity is required by the...
Investigation: The USPS Has Been Stealing Postal Workers’ Wages
According to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), the U.S. Postal Service has been regularly cheating mail carriers out of their rightful pay. The nonprofit investigative news service discovered federal investigations and private arbitrations...
Can I Be Denied Unemployment If I Was Fired for Refusing to Get the COVID-19 Vaccination?
As we previously blogged, many employers are now instituting mandatory vaccine policies for their employees. The EEOC, as well as various courts across the country, have determined that, absent an accommodation for religious or disability-related reasons, employees...
President Biden Orders Vaccine Mandate for Employers With More Than 100 Employees
As we previously blogged, some employers are have opted to institute mandatory vaccine policies for their employees, but now many employers won’t have a choice. On Thursday, President Biden announced that all employers with more than 100 employees are required to...
Federal Court Recognizes “Associational Discrimination” Under Title VII
Under Title VII, employees who face adverse actions for complaining about discrimination are able to sue their employers for retaliation. But what about employees who complain about discrimination resulting from their association with people of other races? A...