Employment and Labor

This post was written by Rachel Felton.  Employee handbooks should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis to ensure that the policies in the handbook are consistent with the company’s current [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to increase the salary threshold requirement for employees to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s [...]

Hire & Fire: Essential HR Documents to Protect Your Company From on-boarding to off-boarding and everything in between, the employee lifecycle is filled with documents. While all employee [...]

Last year, the federal government passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP for Nursing Mothers) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to strengthen [...]

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that severance agreements that include confidentiality or non-disparagement provisions that “have a reasonable tendency to interfere [...]

It is important for all companies to have a well-written and up-to-date employee handbook. Employee handbooks inform employees of workplace policies, set expectations between employees and the [...]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a new “Know Your Rights” poster as of October 2022, replacing the now outdated “Equal Opportunity is the Law” poster.  Employers [...]

Last week, The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 went into law. The Act amends the Federal Arbitration Act and allows employees who are subject to [...]

Allegheny County’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance has taken effect. The Ordinance, which was passed on September 15, 2021, requires employers with 26 or more employees (including part-time and [...]

The newest development in the litigation over OSHA’s vaccination-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) occurred last Friday when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved [...]