Helping Employers in Employment Law Matters and Labor Relations
You don’t have to pay for workplace posters. New laws often take effect July 1 and the poster solicitations are already coming fast and furiously. As we always say: you do not have to buy, just comply! State and federal … Read More
On June 2, 2025, the DOL announced its plan to broaden and expand its opinion letter program across five subagencies.* This is a change in federal labor policy from the prior administration. What are opinion letters? An official, written response … Read More
WHAT? The 2024 EEO-1 data collection on the portal is now open. The EEO-1 Component Report is a mandatory annual workforce data collection. The data is used to enforce anti-discrimination laws, which could be in the form of investigations and law … Read More
Stay on top of changes, but don’t throw out the baby with the bath water. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been without a quorum for months. No quorum, no power. (Let’s skip the what happened and how we … Read More
Remember OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration)? Still alive and kicking! Last year, OSHA launched a program to identify and address heat-related injuries and illnesses in workplaces (blog here). The statistics on heat-related deaths and illnesses are astounding. OSHA has … Read More
How to strike a balance when enforcing dress code. A cocktail server in Maryland will get her day in court to challenge a dress code that required her to wear high heels. She suffers from plantar faciitis (ugh, same) and … Read More
Know the rules before you hire. Several Dunkin Donuts franchises in Massachusetts were just cited and fined for violating the state’s child labor laws. Yes, it still happens and it cost the franchises hundreds of thousands of dollars. The laws … Read More
Dismissing or making assumptions is risky – and bad for workplace culture. You may have to provide a reasonable accommodation for a qualified employee even when you think it is not needed. Say what? Under the Americans with Disabilities Act … Read More
Sigh. Performance reviews are so misunderstood. We frequently hear from employers desperate to terminate an employee but they have excellent reviews. Why? Most employee reviews are like olives: they start with large. Why not give a good review to make … Read More
Severance agreements that do not comply will be void and unenforceable. Remember when we mentioned that many states would be working overtime to counter the federal law swings? Can you say in a New York Minute? In a first, the … Read More
Gwynne Wilcox reinstated. In the latest chapter of “As the Court Turns,” a federal judge has reinstated Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). She had been terminated without cause by the President. The judge came on strong … Read More