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When employers need to discipline or even terminate an employee, it can be a fraught situation. No one wants to risk a lawsuit, but employee discipline can stir up a lot of conflict. How can you feel confident you are following the law? Employers have a responsibility...
As we previously blogged, President Biden announced last month that all employers with more than 100 employees will be required to mandate that their employees either get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. This order is estimated to impact roughly 80 million...
As we have previously blogged, several employers are opting to impose vaccine mandates for their employees, and the Biden administration has announced that larger employers will soon be required to mandate vaccines. However, a federal court in Texas recently issued a...
Earlier this week, a federal jury in California decided that Tesla had subjected a former worker to a racially hostile work environment and awarded him $137 million in damages. The jury awarded the plaintiff, Owen Diaz, $6.9 million in compensatory damages for...
The game maker Activision Blizzard, which is behind video game franchises like Call of Duty, Candy Crush and World of Warcraft has agreed to a large settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and...
On August 23, 2021, the District of Columbia Council enacted the Universal Paid Leave Emergency Amendment Act of 2021, which takes effect today. This new law amends the D.C. Universal Paid Leave Act, the D.C. Family Medical Leave Act, and the Paid Family Leave Act,...
If you have an employee who has missed work, check whether it was for medical reasons before you take any action against that employee. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave each year,...
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...
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...
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...