Five Compliance Issues Employers Need to Know for 2020
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Business Law, Employment LawFive compliance issues to watch for in 2020.
Investigation for Law Suit: DevaCurl No-Poo Hair Products Alleged to Cause Hair Loss, Hair Damage and Injury to Scalp.
DevaCurl Lawsuit News, NewsChristiansen Davis LLC is a Dallas law firm currently investigating products sold under the DevaCurl brand name. We believe these products, particularly the no-poo products, may lead to hair loss and damage as well as other injuries to the hair and scalp. If you have purchased any of the products and/or are unsatisfied with the advertised […]
Courts Examine the Toll of Noncompete Agreements
UncategorizedNoncompete provisions are common in employment contracts. Such agreements (NCAs) usually state that an employee agrees not to compete with the employer in the same industry for a specified period of time after the employee leaves the company. Many employers include a tolling clause in their NCAs, which states that the restrictions can be extended […]
Implicit Bias in Hiring — What to Look For and How to Avoid It
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, NewsLast month, we looked at how to avoid inappropriate topics during an employment interview. But often, discrimination in hiring is less overt than a direct question. And employers must ensure that the entire hiring process is truly fair. I recently completed a continuing education class on implicit bias and would like to share some insights […]
Topics to Avoid During Job Interviews
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, NewsJob interviews are a fact of life for employers. They are also minefields, full of potential violations of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) laws that protect job candidates and employees from discrimination. Some interview questions and topics obviously are discriminatory — How old are you? Do you plan to have children? — and employers know to […]
NLRB Proposes Changes to Election Procedures
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, EventsThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has not often enacted rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, preferring that the Board’s legislative policies be established in individualized rulings. But recent actions indicate a break with that tradition. Earlier this month, the Board proposed regulations targeting three areas of current policy that govern the filing and […]
Acosta Replacement May Pick Up the Pace at DOL
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, NewsPatrick Pizzella takes the reins as acting Secretary of Labor following Alexander Acosta’s resignation over a 2008 plea deal he arranged for Jeffery Epstein. Pizzella has been deputy secretary just over a year and held various positions related to labor policy during two previous administrations. While Acosta was cautious about too-quickly reversing Obama-era policies that favored workers […]
Supreme Court Mitigates Use of Charge-Filing Requirement in Employer Discrimination Defense
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, NewsIn a ruling earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Title VII’s exhaustion of administrative remedies requirement is a mandatory claim-processing rule rather than jurisdictional, settling a long-standing disagreement among appellate courts. The need for the clarification stems from a general rule that a federal discrimination claim should be dismissed unless a timely […]
Supreme Court agrees to consider LGBT discrimination in the workplace
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, NewsSupreme Court agrees to consider LGBT discrimination in the workplace As mentioned in a prior post, the Supreme Court of the United States will soon resolve uncertainty as to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. In the first two consolidated cases, Altitude Express Inc. v. […]
DOL Proposes New Overtime Rule
Amy’s Velvet Hammer Blog, Employment Law, NewsAfter several years of starts and stops, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposal to update the overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As we reported earlier, the DOL— during the Obama administration — raised the minimum salary threshold for exemption from overtime to $47,476 per year. Early in the Trump […]