Q: We have a lot of shift work in a 24/7 industry, and we really struggle with absenteeism. Can I fine employees for failure to show up or to get their own replacement?...By: Davis Brown Law Firm
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In preparation for a webinar I gave this week with my colleague Chris Engler, I took a deeper dive into the statistics from the annual report released by the CHRO, in a followup to my initial report here. When you look at the numbers in a snapshot,...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP
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Recent reports of abuse in nursing homes are not only disturbing; they also shed light on the difficulties that long-term care (LTC) facilities face in screening potential health care workers. We believe background screenings of potential employees...By: Harris Beach PLLC
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Portal, Ga., Store Manager Refused to Interview Applicant After Seeing Her Arm in a Sling, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - The owner-operator of a Georgia Dollar General store will pay $70,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers are required to offer minimum essential coverage (that is both affordable and meets the minimum value standard) to at least 95 percent of their eligible full-time equivalent employees....By: Bricker & Eckler LLP
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As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the state and local levels,...By: Littler
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In early May, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that 100% commission-based inside salespersons are entitled to separate, additional overtime pay and premium pay for Sunday work. The decision, Sullivan v. Sleepy’s LLC, underscored the...By: Conn Kavanaugh
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On November 5, the U.S. Department of Labor published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to provide some clarity for employers that seek to use the fluctuating workweek method of overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act....By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC
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OFCCP posts new guide for construction contractors. Keeping its pledge to provide more technical assistance to federal contractors, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs just issued a new Technical Assistance Guide for construction...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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The 1970s were known as a decade of disaster movies. They were a really popular genre thanks to the classics Airport, The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. It was a money-making genre until producer Irwin Allen ran it into the ground with...By: Ary Rosenbaum
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