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Compensation & Benefits
Nike’s lesson on paying for security checks: Just do it
06/17/2021
Nike recently agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by paying a total of $8.25 million to 16,000 retail-store employees in California who should have been paid for their time spent in pre- and post-work security checks.
Employee Relations
HR pros gain broad Title VII protection
06/17/2021
A recent federal appeals court decision may be good news for HR pros and bad news for employers that think they can get away with retaliation if they try to quash discrimination investigations.
Employment Law
Be alert to new legal risk: vaccine-status harassment
06/17/2021
Harassing a co-worker because of his or her unvaccinated status might cross the line into unlawful protected-class harassment. In that case, an employer might have honest-to-goodness liability for allowing such harassment to continue uncorrected.
Hiring
Prepare for the end of virtual I-9 verification
06/17/2021
If your organization has been taking advantage of the relaxed COVID-era rule to verify new hires’ I-9 documents via electronic means, start planning now to perform an in-person review of all those documents.
Terminations
Can you fire worker for being a public jerk?
06/17/2021
When an employee’s bad behavior outside of the workplace draws negative attention on your organization online, is it legal to terminate that person?
HR Management
Courts are beginning to toss employees’ covid vaccination lawsuits
06/16/2021
Most plaintiffs haven’t gotten in front of a court yet. But one group of plaintiffs in Texas did and their case was dismissed. That’s good news if you’re thinking of requiring employees to get their shots before coming back to work.
Article Archives
Paycheck Fairness Act stalls, lacking Senate votes
Do your obligations follow digital nomads?
Highly paid contractors may be FLSA HCEs
Revise policies to protect health, encourage taking sick leave
OSHA revises covid guidance to protect unvaccinated workers
Snapshot: The next wave of employment law risks
Help hard-working staff recharge this summer
These 5 red flags signal a toxic hybrid workplace
Same-sex harassment may include nonsexual behavior
HR can help prevent ransomware hacks
Consider paying back employees’ PPE costs
Lawsuit claims retaliation for raising coronavirus concerns
Address staff anxiety over relaxed mask rules
Survey: Employers struggling to fill jobs, retain workers
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