LEGAL: When it comes to employee car pools, liability is complex
Many employers depend on employees being able to get to work from remote locations, or encourage car pool or van pools for economic or...
DOL proposes new regulations on mandatory paid sick leave
Having declared a minimum wage hike to $10.10 per hour for federal contractor employees by Executive Order in 2014, President Barack Obama followed up...
DOL issues rule on long-anticipated salary increases for exempt workers
An estimated 4.2 million salaried workers will be affected
The Obama administration continues to rush a whole host of new, wide-ranging regulations as the final...
LEGAL: Majority of states now right-to-work
On July 1, West Virginia will become the 26th right-to-work state. Right-to-work laws prohibit unions and employers from requiring workers to pay union dues...
LEGAL: Performance evaluations – new trends for employee reviews
There seems to be a trend developing among many employers of eliminating annual performance reviews altogether, and instead relying on more continuous feedback throughout...
LEGAL: Are you a joint employer? Guidance issued on wage-hour liability
Attorneys and clients are familiar with cases in which a plaintiff sues a group of defendants, hoping that the plaintiff can find a "deep...