Employment Law Newsletter In an earlier issue we advised that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had issued a final rule requiring most private-sector employers to conspicuously post a notice of employee rights to unionization in the workplace. The posting requirement was to take effect on November 14, 2011, but in…
Employment Law Newsletter The NLRA posting requirement discussed above is only one of several recent actions taken by the NLRB that serve as a sober reminder that even in non-unionized workplaces, private sector employees have statutory rights under Section 7 of the NLRA to engage in concerted activity for, among…
Employment Law Newsletter For decades federal contractors have been dealing with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) requirements designed to promote workplace equality for women and minorities in the workplace. Recently, the OFCCP announced proposed regulations under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that would extend,…
Employment Law Newsletter Periodically, we remind employers that they cannot effectively defend sexual harassment claims if they fail to implement and enforce a sexual harassment program that includes well-publicized policies prohibiting unlawful harassment, periodic training of supervisory personnel in the sexual harassment policy, and clear monitoring and investigative procedures reasonably…
Employment Law Newsletter By now most employers know that the wage payment mandates of the FLSA may require an employer to compensate employees for unauthorized work time when the employer “suffers or permits” the employee to work and receives the benefit of the employee’s services. However, a federal appeals court…