Late last month, we brought you breaking news that a federal court in Texas had granted a preliminary nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of the Department of Labor’s Final Overtime Rule. The December 1, 2016...more
Workplace violence is more common than you may think – is your health care facility prepared? Recently, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated guidelines for workplace violence as it relates...more
Earlier this year, the OFCCP published a Final Rule revising its Sex Discrimination Guidelines which prohibits discrimination by government contractors on the basis of sex. The new Rule requires federal contractors to...more
8/11/2016
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Employee Restrooms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Transgender
Over the past few months, we have published articles related to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) publication of amendments related to its workplace injury and illness...more
7/18/2016
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Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Delays ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Drug Testing ,
OSHA ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Last month, we published an article explaining the amendments to the recordkeeping requirements issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding new mandatory electronic...more
Fifty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 making pay discrimination illegal, equal pay in the workplace is clearly a hot topic on the minds of our state and...more
In This Presentation:
•How Did We Get Here?
•The Overtime Rule: Four Changes You Must Know
•Misunderstandings About the Final Rule
•Opposition to the Final Rule
•Seven Steps Employers Should Take Now
...more
6/2/2016
/ Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Over the past several years, employers have been bombarded with news about the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its ever expanding control over employers’ internal workplace policies. In fact, just a few years ago,...more
Recently, and as we predicted in an article published last month (“Approval of the DOL’s Changed to the Overtime Exemption Rules is Imminent”), the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it will be publicizing its...more
5/19/2016
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In November 2013, in response to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report than an estimated three millions workers were injured on the job in 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more
Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rules to increase the salary level for employees exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rules sought to increase the salary level...more
5/3/2016
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Salary ,
OMB ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The Ober|Kaler Health Care General Counsel Institute presented this webinar on key considerations for health care facilities in protecting patients, workers and visitors from workplace violence and active shooter situations....more
As the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board"), traditionally the arbiter of all issues involving labor and unions, continues to broaden its reach into the world of non-union employers, it has begun to dismantle...more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its 2015 Misclassification Initiative aimed at combatting misclassification of employees as independent contractors. At the top of its target list? Employers in...more
On June 25, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Memorandum to its Compliance Officers expanding its enforcement policy regarding workplace hazards facing employees in the health care...more
On June 23, 2015, the Montgomery County, Maryland Council passed the Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act requiring all private employers, including both taxable and tax-exempt entities, in the County to provide employees with sick...more