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Employers Win Retaliation Case in Supreme Court
There were plenty of blockbuster decisions issued in the final week of the Supreme Court term that ended in June: Cases on affirmative action, voting rights, and of course same-sex marriage garnered...
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Employer Mandate: Headed to the Supreme Court?
The past month has been chock full of developments on the employer mandate front, and there may be more to come. Last month, the federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the mandate,...
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Controversy Over Criminal Background Checks
Last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued policy guidance on criminal background checks. The guidance pointed out that a blanket policy of refusing to hire anyone with an...
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State Minimum Wage Increases for 2014
Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that will increase the state’s minimum wage to $9 on July 1, 2014, and $10 at the beginning of 2016. (The state’s current minimum wage is $8.)...
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California Law Affirms that Sexual Harassment Doesn’t Have to Be Sexy
In August, California amended its sexual harassment laws to add this sentence to the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act: “Sexually harassing conduct need not be motivated by sexual desire.” The...
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Lost in the Congressional Debate: The Self-Employed and Obamacare
In case you haven’t heard (!), many members of Congress seem to believe that every single member of “the American People” stands vehemently opposed to the Affordable Care Act. Various Republican...
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Working for Lady Gaga: It’s a Full-Time Job
Last week, Lady Gaga settled an overtime lawsuit brought against her by a former assistant. The settlement is confidential (so far), but the complaint took an interesting approach. In most overtime...
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Will Emergency Unemployment Compensation Benefits Expire?
There was a sobering article in the New York Times this morning, “Extension of Benefits for Jobless Set to End.” Since the economy tanked in 2008, the federal government has made additional...
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It’s Evaluation Season! Don’t Forget the Maternity Projection Chart
Managers, do you enjoy giving employee evaluations? Many managers don’t: They find it difficult to give constructive criticism, fit employee accomplishments and areas for improvements into their...
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Overtime Changes? Not So Fast
A couple of weeks ago, news outlets across the country were sounding the alarm — or singing Hail to the Chief — over what many of them referred to as an “order” or a “new rule” from President Obama...
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