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While the landscape of employment law is always changing, certain wage and hour hazards remain constant. Many of these pitfalls include issues that seem insignificant at the individual employee level but if left unchecked can easily become massive liability risks that snowball into class actions and Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claims.
“Sea change,” “massive demographic revolution,” “boomer brain drain.” They are terms economists and sociologists use when discussing the aging of the baby boomer generation – children born between 1946 to 1964. Countless volumes have been written about what will happen as the more than 78 million boomers age and leave the workforce. Despite all the […]
Employees can qualify for multiple exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, so employers should remember that if they document an employee’s specific exemption, they should note any and all applicable exemptions, so that they are able to argue multiple exemptions in any FLSA litigation. This principle is illustrated in Schaefer La-Rose v. Eli Lilly […]
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) bars job ads from indicating age preference. Even seemingly innocent questions asked while interviewing candidates can set you up for a potential claims. How do you stay in compliance in your job advertising and interviewing process? In a BLR boot camp titled "HR’s Age Bias Prevention Workshop: Smart […]
By: Elaine Quayle It’s strange, but true. In the news, we have stories of an employer apologizing for firing an employee during World War II, and another company firing a long-time employee for something that happened 40 years ago. What are a few years between employees and termination issues anyway? Wells Fargo Bank terminated a […]
Because an employer health plan gave a full and fair review resulting in a reasonable benefits decision, a federal court upheld the plan’s lifetime limit on obesity services and its prohibition on payments to treat complications from earlier gastric bypass surgeries. The plan also weathered an allegation that it was not properly segregating plan funds. […]
Oswald, CEO of BLR, offered 3 reasons why employees want to work for bosses in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter. People go to work for a company for many reasons, Oswald continues. Maybe the work is challenging and rewarding or the pay and benefits are too good to pass up. It might be […]
Most employers are familiar with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits employment discrimination against individuals 40 or over. But ADEA protections should not leave employers with the inability to make reasonable business decisions. Are you familiar with the exceptions? In other words, when can you take an otherwise ADEA-prohibited action? In a […]
Yesterday, we looked at a case involving an injured employee who received a 100 percent total permanent disability rating in a workers’ compensation proceeding. Is the employer allowed to refuse his request to return to work?
Yesterday’s Advisor provided insights on workplace violence prevention; today, more on violence plus an introduction to a great advance in training, the unique 10-minute HR Trainer. Encourage Employees to Take Personal Security Measures Take a proactive role in violence prevention. Convince your employees to make personal security a habit when coming and going from the […]