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Employers in New Jersey won’t have to adjust their plans, documents and policies to accommodate same-sex spouses any time soon. But Maryland may be a different story. The New Jersey Senate on Feb. 13, and the Assembly on Feb. 16, passed a bill that would have made same-sex marriage legal in the Garden State. But […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case concerning affirmative action in higher education. Meanwhile, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a proposed rule that would set goals for disability hiring. Affirmative Action is getting interesting. Supreme Court Review While the […]
Yesterday, attorney Mark Schickman introduced us to the concept of “beauty bias”—a phrase coined by Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode. Today, a look at the flip side of the equation: Can an employee sue for being perceived as too attractive?
We have eliminated many forms of workplace discrimination and made great strides toward erasing others, says attorney Mark Schickman. Nonetheless, one form of discrimination—“Beauty Bias,” as coined by Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode—remains alive, well, and possibly inherent in the human condition.
Today the Labor Department extended the comment period for proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards exemption for domestic caregivers. To date the agency has already received a flood of comments on the proposed regulation which would remove domestic caregivers from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s current exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay. Currently, the FLSA provides […]
The Labor Department is taking its enforcement efforts onto military bases. DOL’s Wage and Hour Division this month announced that it is conducting a significant labor law enforcement effort on a multibillion dollar construction project at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Tex., focused on promoting contractor and subcontractor compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, […]
Intermittent FMLA leave is allowed when an employee (either male or female) has started the process to adopt or foster a child. This is an area that can easily get overlooked by supervisors (and employees) who think of the FMLA as providing leave for medical conditions. Make sure your supervisors know that FMLA is an […]
Employers have a new health care reform deadline to add to their calendars. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of the Treasury issued final regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that are intended to help: individuals easily understand their health […]
FMLA has special rules for unmarried parents, and also for married parents working for the same employers. Today’s Advisor clarifies the sometimes tricky rules, rules that in one case actually favor unmarried parents. Married or Unmarried The FMLA regulations are very clear that male employees are entitled to FMLA caregiving leave only when their wives […]