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DOL orders extra helpings of damages against restaurants

02/12/2024

The Depart of Labor is cracking down hard on restaurants that cheat workers out of tips and otherwise fail to pay them properly. On Feb. 7 alone, the DOL announced it had recovered more than $850,000 from eateries in Florida, Hawaii and Oregon.

Know the limits on banning weapons at work

02/02/2024

Employers are required to keep their employees safe at work. To that end, many ban weapons of any kind on company premises. But depending on your location, that may or may not be permissible.

Use blind résumé screening process to reduce liability for discrimination in hiring

12/20/2023

Every applicant you ever rejected could decide to sue for some form of discrimination. Make that less likely by using a blind screening process to sort through applications and résumés.

Warn managers against sending after-hours texts and emails to nonexempt subordinates

11/21/2023

Chances are, almost all your employees have mobile devices that let them send and receive texts and emails at any time. Advise managers of hourly employees not to send electronic messages to them outside working hours. That counts as work for which they must be paid under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Keep it Legal: Train managers on military service

02/17/2023

Employees who are current or past military members are protected from discrimination based on their past, present or future service under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Including information on USERRA in management and supervisor training is essential.

Decided to terminate? Don’t wait to act

02/13/2023

Once you have made the decision to fire a worker, try to carry out the firing promptly. Delaying can backfire. If you must wait, write a memo memorializing when and why you made the discharge decision. That documentation can help you later if the terminated worker files a lawsuit.

How to manage pregnancy-related accommodations

01/18/2023

With the recent passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, all pregnant women are now entitled to reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related complications. A recent case decided before the PWFA became law offers tips on how to handle pregnancy-related accommodation requests.

Court revives claim of HR manager

12/15/2022

A week after an HR manager testified in a lawsuit against a former employer, she was fired. The HR manager then sued the employer who fired her for unlawful retaliation, a violation of Title VII.

Consider accommodation request as illness

10/06/2022

Here’s a warning to share with managers and supervisors. An employee with a medical issue may be disabled and entitled to reasonable accommodations but doesn’t have to request one. It’s enough that he lets someone in management know about the condition and requests a change in the workplace.

Replace supervisor to prevent retaliation