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On-Site Drug Testing: Remember to Support Need, Confidentiality
We’ve been bringing our employees back into the office, and pursuant to our “reasonable suspicion” drug testing, would like to conduct in-house drug testing. Can…
Scary Stories Abound Even on This COVID-19-Impacted Halloween
Halloween 2020 looks different this year. Will children be able to trick or treat? Does employee morale improve if remote workers dress up? Is a…
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Another Favorable Arbitration Agreement Ruling
On June 23, 2023, in a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires district…
Top Nine Blog Posts of 2019
Although we are a few days into the new decade, let’s look back at the top HRWatchdog blog posts of 2019. They offer an overview…
Class Action Settlement Doesn’t Prevent Second Lawsuit: Employee Gets Another Bite of Apple
An employee, who was a member of a wage-and-hour class action settlement with her employer, is able to pursue a subsequent lawsuit against her employer…
Comment Open On Proposed Federal Overtime Rule
As reported earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new, proposed federal overtime rule that would increase the white-collar salary threshold for exempt…
U.S. DOL’s New Overtime Rule Increases Exempt Employee Salary Threshold
Tasked with implementing and enforcing the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its final rule expanding overtime eligibility…
Bias, Discrimination Concerns Over Video Resume Platform
Following the release of a survey that found video chat proficiency to be the most in-demand job skill right now, social media platform Tik Tok…
U.S. Supreme Court Reins in NLRB Ability to Obtain Injunctions
In a win for employers, the U.S. Supreme Court recently made it harder for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to obtain injunctive relief against…
Federal Overtime Final Rule Effective January 2020
As reported earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed an update to the federal overtime rules that would increase the salary threshold…
