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As we previously blogged, political speech in the workplace can be a tricky issue, and employers and employees should both be aware of when political expression is, and is not, acceptable at work. Recently, a federal court in Massachusetts dismissed a lawsuit brought...
The Biden Administration recently announced that it has changed how the Small Business Administration (SBA) will calculate the size of PPP loans for sole proprietors and independent contractors. Beginning in March, the SBA will switch to a new formula, which will...
In 2019, the highest paid women at U.S. companies earned 84.6 cents for every dollar their male counterparts made, according to a recent paper by researcher Morningstar, Inc. That is an improvement over 2015, when top women earned 81.5 cents on the dollar. The...
On Monday February 15th, Governor Larry Hogan signed the Maryland RELIEF Act into law. The Act provides $1 billion in aid to families and small business struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Aid comes in the form of direct stimulus payments, unemployment insurance...
In recent years, there has been an increase in “drive-by” ADA lawsuits. These lawsuits focus on businesses that are not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because their buildings are inaccessible to people with disabilities. These suits have...
By many accounts, wage theft is among the most common crimes in the United States. The theft of wages comes in many forms. Most often, we see wage theft in the misclassification of employees as independent contractors or as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act...
It is not uncommon for employment agreements to contain “forced arbitration agreements.” Under such agreements, employees are required as a condition of their employment to forgo litigation in court and instead submit their claims to arbitration. Back in 2018,...
Federal anti-discrimination laws prohibit discrimination in hiring and every other aspect of employment. When an employer is covered by these laws, they are also prohibited from using a seemingly neutral policy that has a disproportionately negative effect on...
As we previously blogged, Congress established the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This program was designed to help businesses negatively affected by COVID-19 continue to pay their employees. ...
Employee dress codes are usually well intentioned. They are often meant to promote harmony among employees as well as to promote a certain appearance for the company. Sometimes, however, a company’s dress code ends up treating people unequally. When it does, it could...