HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

HR professionals are all too familiar with the McDonnell-Douglas burden-shifting standard for establishing discrimination from circumstantial evidence. The employer then presents a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for its action, and he in turn tries to prove its stated reason is merely a pretext (false excuse) for discrimination.

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HR Daily Advisor

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

According to DOL Fact Sheet #8: Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , fire protection personnel include firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, rescue workers, ambulance personnel, or hazardous materials workers who: are trained in fire suppression. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

JULY 25, 2017

is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince also served as an expert on several audio conferences discussing the 2004 changes to the federal regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

APRIL 18, 2018

In the situation presented, the employees’ medical certifications required them to have an hourly break of at least 15 minutes. Jones, JD is a Senior Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Contact Holly at hjones@blr.com for more information on this topic. Follow Holly Jones on Google+.

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HR Daily Advisor

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Unlike most other federal employment laws, employers do not need to employ a threshold number of employees to be covered. Instead, specific criteria are applied that are different for public and private employers. Private Employers. Most employers will meet those criteria. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 1, 2018

is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince also served as an expert on several audio conferences discussing the 2004 changes to the federal regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hours worked includes time during which an employee is “necessarily required to be on the employer’s premises, on duty or at a prescribed work place” (29 C.F.R. is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School.

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 21, 2017

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) employers must pay overtime to employees who work in excess of 40 hours per week. However, FLSA regulations exempt certain salaried employees from the overtime pay laws if: The employees are paid on a “salary basis” and receive at least a prescribed minimum salary; and.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Sam” began working for the city of Flushing, Michigan in 2004. He subsequently sought psychological treatment for the harassing conduct he experienced at work, which he claimed led to distractions and interfered with his performance. However, by May 20, Sam reported to his psychologist that things at work were better.

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Business Management Daily

MAY 4, 2020

Employers were covered if they employed 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius. The law covered employees with one year on the job. To qualify for the leave, employees had to have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous year. Like regular FMLA leave , this was capped at 12 weeks per year. The move toward paid leave.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 2, 2017

The child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibit employers from hiring minors (individuals under the age of 18) to work at dangerous occupations, for an excessive number of hours, and at unsuitable times of the day or night. Child Labor Laws Are Strict and Detailed. But, the U.S.

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HR Daily Advisor

APRIL 19, 2018

In FLSA2018-18 , the DOL addressed several questions about when travel time is compensable for technicians paid on an hourly rate under the various travel scenarios excerpted below: Scenario 1: An hourly technician travels by plane from home state to New Orleans on a Sunday for a training class beginning at 8:00 a.m. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

AUGUST 16, 2017

However, after exerting significant amounts of energy in the process, one Illinois employer got a reaction it had hoped to avoid—a lawsuit. In 2004, “Cathy” began working as a security officer at one of Exelon Nuclear Security’s nuclear generating stations in Braceville. She can be reached at ksmithhaley@fslc.com. .

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HR Daily Advisor

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Hours worked can also include waiting time; travel time, other than time spent commuting to and from the employee’s regular place of work; breaks or meal periods that are less than 20 minutes long; and time the employee is required to spend in training, at seminars, or in meetings. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School.

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HR Daily Advisor

JUNE 14, 2017

Employers may not avoid minimum wage and requirements by having the employee reimburse the employer in cash for the cost of such items in lieu of deducting the cost from the employee’s wages. The following items may be deducted from pay, but the resulting wage must be at least the federal minimum wage : Cash shortages.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In San Francisco, employers covered by the law are required to provide new employees with a good faith written estimate of the minimum number of scheduled shifts per month, as well as the days and hours of those shifts. Schedules can be posted or provided electronically if employees are given access to the electronic schedules at work.

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Global People Strategist

MARCH 8, 2023

Whether you’re an employer or employee, it is essential to understand the discrimination and harassment laws that are in force in Australia. These regulations provide employees with vital protections from workplace bullying and abuse – but do employers have a handle on them?

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hours worked includes time during which an employee is “necessarily required to be on the employer’s premises, on duty or at a prescribed work place” (29 C.F.R. is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

District Court for the District of Massachusetts, retail giant Walmart has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against gays and lesbians in the administration of its spousal health insurance benefits. Renaud is an associate at the firm of Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C Background. Stefanie M.

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HR Daily Advisor

AUGUST 27, 2018

At age 7, Bennet played the part of Argento’s character’s abused and neglected son in her 2004 film, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things. At the time I believed there was still a stigma to being in the situation as a male in our society. The two have publicly referred to one another as having a mother and son relationship.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Such records include payroll records, work certificates, collective bargaining agreements, and individual employment contracts. Supplementary records—documents serving as the source documents for other payroll records maintained by an employer—must be preserved for at least 2 years. Prince, J.D., Follow Susan Prince on Google+.

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HRExecutive

JUNE 10, 2016

After a female trainee charged the company with sexual harassment and the EEOC sued, the company in 2004 adopted a new procedure: women trainees were paired only with female trainers. Was Prime’s 2004 training policy a well-intentioned response to the first complaint that accidentally led to a second one? Marcus and Michael A.

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HR Daily Advisor

JUNE 30, 2017

At the request of 21 states, the U.S. This means that until further action, the minimum salary threshold for the white-collar exemptions will remain where it has been since 2004, at $455 a week. The salary threshold for the highly compensated employee exemption will remain at $100,000 per year. Prince, J.D.,

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Ohio Employer's Law

APRIL 28, 2017

(For what’s it’s worth, I prefer what many consider the definitive version of this song—from George Harrison’s 2004 induction into the Rock Hall —performed with zero Beatles, one spawn of Beatles, two Traveling Wilburys, and one beautiful and blistering Prince guitar solo —The New York Times has a wonderful account of that performance here ).

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HR Daily Advisor

DECEMBER 8, 2016

3rd Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss an employee’s gender discrimination and retaliation claims against her former employer. Court’s analysis. Brittany E.

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HR Daily Advisor

DECEMBER 15, 2016

3rd Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss an employee’s gender discrimination and retaliation claims against her former employer. Court’s analysis. Brittany E.

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