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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your November To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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#NoFilter: Outside-of-Work Social Media Posts Can Create a Hostile Work Environment

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Prior to the advent of social media, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. Those bygone times, however, have been replaced by a...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Five lessons plus four in social media and workplace harassment

The following may be a true story. The events depicted allegedly took place in Lompoc, California, in 2020. Out of deference to the judges involved, their names have not been used. Out of respect for the victim, her story...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Don’t Talk Politics at a Cocktail Party but Can Employees Talk Politics at Work?

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Come November, the United States citizens will vote for the next president. While all presidential elections cause differences of opinion (and sometimes hurt feelings), when can an employee talk politics at work? When can...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Biting the hand that feeds you. Don’t bite back.

You’ve got an employee who is an outspoken critic of your company’s equal employment policies or practices. He or she has violated your dress code by wearing anti-discrimination messages, fomented discontent amongst your...more

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2024 Brings Change for New York Employers

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LEGISLATION - This year brings significant legislative updates recently passed in New York that may impact your business operations. Three of these laws, and a recent Court of Appeals decision, introduce important changes...more

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NYS ban on employer social media inquiries takes effect

New York employers, are you thinking of asking applicants or employees to divulge their personal social media information? Think again. Last September, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation that prohibits all employers in...more

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Emerging Businesses and Venture Capital in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Founders, Investors, and Executives of Emerging Companies

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2023 was a pivotal year for the emerging companies, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. Emerging companies incorporating artificial intelligence or that have clear line of sight to positive cash...more

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Preferred pronouns and the aging workforce

What takes priority? There was a social media storm this week after a large non-profit organization terminated a volunteer after the volunteer questioned the point of having preferred pronouns in signature blocks. The woman...more

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Beverage & Food Industry in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Beverage & Food Industry Founders, Investors, and Executives

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2023 was a pivotal year for the beverage and food industry globally, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. With a full year of operations largely relieved of pandemic-era restrictions, restaurant...more

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New York Employers: Important Legislative Updates from Albany

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For New York employers, fall has brought with it more than just cooler temperatures, thanks to a wave of activity from Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk (after a busy legislative summer). Below, we highlight six significant...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

EEOC Issues Long-Awaited Updates to Guidance on Workplace Harassment

Nearly six years after previous attempts to issue guidance stalled, on September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced long-awaited draft guidance on workplace harassment. The EEOC is acting under...more

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Employees who self-destruct

Mental illness can cause problems at work, and keep employees from getting help. If my experience is typical (and it may not be), it seems that a significant percentage of employers’ legal and Human Resources problems come...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Would you have fired these hotheads?

Inquiring minds want to know! It's been a slow week for real news, and we have a long weekend coming up. But I found two stories relating to employees (one was a law partner, so technically not an employee) who blew their...more

McAfee & Taft

Facebook Messenger for FMLA leave requests? Maybe.

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The attendance policy - Gestamp West Virginia, LLC manufactures auto parts in South Charleston, West Virginia. Under Gestamp’s attendance and leave policies, employees must notify their group leader at least 30 minutes...more

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Labor Day 2022 Shows Union Activity at Highest Level in Decades

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Labor Day 2022 comes at an optimistic time for U.S. labor unions. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, representation petitions and elections were declining steadily. However, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election filings...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.17.2021 | Top Story: Uber to Reclassify Its 70k British Drivers as “Workers”

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Uber will officially classify its British drivers, all 70,000 of them, as “workers” following a “major legal defeat” for the ride-hailing company in the British Supreme Court last month. The move entitles the drivers to “a...more

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Workers' Compensation Academy: The Smoking Gun: Importance of Investigation in Insurance & Workers’ Compensation

Investigation can be a crucial part of any workers’ compensation case. Weber Gallagher associates, Vanessa Mendelewski and Scott Wilson explain why wage and rate, medical records, personnel files, and an ISO search are...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for August 2020

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1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling directing an unfair labor practice trial to be conducted by videoconference because of the COVID-19 pandemic. William Beaumont...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2020 | Top Story: Uber and Lyft Warn Gig-Worker Ruling Could Push Them Out of California

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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft are warning that California’s new moves forcing them to classify their drivers as employees could force them both to shutter their operations altogether in that state (at least while they...more

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Elections, Political Protests, And The Workplace

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As campaign season heats up and political protests continue on top of an already stressed workforce, most employers seek to maintain a harmonious work environment. While perhaps tempting to regulate employee behavior to keep...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can Employees Face Disciplinary Action For Their Social Media Posts?

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Social media has long been an outlet for expression. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming elections and the protests surrounding police brutality and racial injustice, social media has been an instrumental...more

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Littler Global Guide - Australia - Q3 2019

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From October 30, 2019, heavy penalties will apply to labor hire providers who operate without a license and to businesses that use unlicensed labor hire providers in Victoria. Similar schemes apply in Queensland (since 2018)...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.18.2019 | Top Story: Unpacking the UK/EU Brexit Deal and Its Rocky Road Ahead in Parliament

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Details are trickling in on the tentative Brexit agreement reached between UK and EU negotiators this week, just 14 days ahead of the Halloween departure deadline.  A massive sticking point here remains the British...more

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Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q3 2019

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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) provided useful clarity on when an act by an employee is done “in the course of employment” making the employer liable. The claimant had seen a colleague’s social media post featuring a...more

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