As discussed in a prior post , the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) continues to target certain employee work rules and policies, including employee handbook provisions, as running afoul of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Although the current NLRB has reversed several previous NLRB decisions regarding handbook policies, the line between permissible policies and
Most of us have driven behind or next to a driver who is talking on a cell phone. Some of you have driven with a cell phone leaning on your ear. Obviously, a cell phone can be distracting and can be a factor in an accident.
The Minnesota legislature decided to reduce the threat that
Earlier this month, we issued an article entitled, “Minnesota Enacts New Wage Theft Laws and Employee Notice Requirements.” Please click here to read the article. This article detailed sweeping new laws regarding wage theft, and requirements that employers provide employees detailed information regarding their employment at the commencement of their employment, as well as at
The Minnesota legislature, at the end of its most recent session, passed sweeping new amendments to statutes which create criminal penalties for the failure to pay wages and impose requirements for employers to document the terms of employment with their employees. The new amendments have not yet been signed into law by the Governor, but
Employee work rules and policies continue to be controversial at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Under President Obama, the NLRB determined that many common employer policies and work rules violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) because they interfered with and chilled employee rights to engage in protected concerted activity. The NLRB found these
Almost 2 million workers in the United States report that they have been victims of violence in their workplace each year. OSHA is focusing on workplace violence and employers need to be aware of their obligations to protect employees from known or foreseeable violent situations in the workplace.
OSHA (a division of
Recently, Quest Diagnostics, a company offering drug-testing services to employers, issued a report highlighting year-over-year double-digit increases in positive urine tests for marijuana between 2015–2017 in almost one-third of all U.S. industry sectors. The company has catalogued over thirty years of national workplace drug positivity trends, and it reports significant increased positive tests both in
In the latest move in the proverbial tug of war over possible changes to the overtime laws, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a potential new rule on March 8 that would increase the salary required for the so-called “white collar exemptions” under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $23,660 to $35,308, with automatic cost
Businesses constantly search for ways to protect their competitive advantages, customer relationships, confidential business information and trade secrets. Non-competition agreements (which often include confidentiality provisions) are usually part of those protection efforts. Despite the belief of many employers (and employees) that these non-competition agreements are unenforceable and not worth the paper they’re written on, they
Companies are becoming more aware of the need for their websites to be accessible to people with disabilities. But what does this mean and what are the legal requirements? The current state of the law is in flux and the fact is, there is no clear set of criteria to which a company can look