FMLA LEAVES – Get Your Files In Order for DOL Audits We last gave you some Dos and Don’ts regarding leaves. Now, we update that the Department of Labor (“DOL”) is increasing Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) audits and investigations, so employers are well advised to get FMLA policies...
EEOC Came Down Hard on Employer That Discriminated/Harassed/Retaliated Against Employees $18 million. That’s what video game publisher Activision Blizzard must pay in settlement of employee claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” – the Federal Government) pursued on behalf of the employees for sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. ...
Time For HR Audit Did you know that Epps & Coulson, LLP offers a general counsel program that includes an HR audit? See www.companiescounsel.com. If you have not updated your HR policies, practices, and employee handbook lately, employers should do so now. There have been a lot of new laws...
California Employers: If you have 5-50 Employees You Must Offer a Retirement Savings Plan by June 30, 2022 Employers of five or more employees in California take heed: you must offer employees a retirement savings program by June 30th. That does not mean that you have to start a 401k...
Employers: FMLA Audits Planned by DOL The Department of Labor (DOL) stated that it would increase Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and wage and hour audits of employers. Of particular attention are employers in the warehouse and logistics industries. Employers should prepare now, as a FMLA violation often leads...
Arbitration Clause Federal Ban In Effect We previously wrote on the upcoming federal ban on arbitration clauses for sexual-harassment and sexual assault claims and advised that employers should review employment agreements, handbooks, and policies that previously required arbitration of employee disputes, and to exclude sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. ...
Employers in All States: No More Pre-Dispute Arbitration Employers often include arbitration clauses in employee handbooks and policies. However, arbitration of sexual assault or harassment employee claims cannot be enforced. California has been opposed to secret arbitration of these types of claims and now a federal ban on pre-dispute...
GOOGLE GOT SLAPPED – EMPLOYEE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS ARE TOO BROAD AND EQUATE TO AN ILLEGAL NON-COMPETE High tech and entertainment companies in California are known for requiring that employees sign broad non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality agreements (“NDAs”). A California judge ruled last week that the Google’s NDAs are too broad...
NEW EMPLOYMENT LAWS FOR 2022 It is a new year, with new employment laws. Here’s a synopsis: No More Confidentiality Provisions In Settlement Agreements California law previously prohibited the use of confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements involving claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination. Now, the legislature broadened...
Employers Must Pay Employees for Deminimus Startup Time Booting up work computers takes time. The call center representative employees (CCRs) at Nelnet Diversified Solutions LLC (“Nelnet”) had to clock in after their computers were up and running and software was launched, but they were not being paid for that time....