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The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed a rule to provide employers with some much-needed guidance as to whether they should classify their workers as “employees” or an “independent contractors.” Historically, many different, and sometimes conflicting...
As more employees work from home during the Coronavirus epidemic, it can be harder for employers to tell if an employee is working unpaid overtime. Nevertheless, you are legally entitled to be paid for every single hour you work. Your employer must pay you for...
October 6, 2020 By: Ally Schweitzer Three former senior attorneys for Maryland Legal Aid have filed a discrimination complaint against the pro-bono law firm. In charges filed Monday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that enforces...
October 7, 2020 By: Brooks DuBose Three former Maryland Legal Aid attorneys fired by the pro bono law firm this summer have filed a discrimination complaint against the organization. In charges filed Monday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the...
If your company relies on independent contractors, you may be concerned about ongoing developments in how they are classified. Should your contractors be considered employees? The difference could be substantial. Independent contractors are not eligible for many...
As we previously blogged, Congress established the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This $669 billion-dollar loan program was designed to help businesses negatively affected by COVID-19 continue...
In 2018, the nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica reported that IBM had been making massive personnel changes. Some of those changes seemed intentionally geared toward shedding older workers. Over five years, the tech giant had cut the jobs of more than 20,000...
As we blogged last month, a New York federal court invalidated four key provisions of the Department of Labor’s regulations on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Under the FFCRA, employers must provide employees up to two weeks (80 hours) of paid...
Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), group health plans sponsored by employers with 20 or more employees are generally required to offer employees and their families a temporary extension of health coverage under certain circumstances...
As we previously blogged, the rise of telework during the COVID-19 era has coincided with a rise in cybercrimes such as “phishing” and “pharming.” Small businesses that do not have large cybersecurity budgets have been especially vulnerable to these practices during...