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CalChamber to Host Seminar on Leaves of Absence

HRWatchdog

California employers will find clarity and guidance about the state’s complex leaves of absence policies at the August 18 seminar hosted by the California Chamber of Commerce. Plenty of documentation and tracking are involved, which aren’t so simple when leaves are intermittent or when California and federal rules overlap.

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Arbitrary maximum leave policy, disability discrimination costs retailer $8.6 million

HR Morning

post documentation related to this settlement. 1, 2004, and May 13, 2010, after having taken the maximum amount of leave then available under Lowe’s leave-of-absence policies, can go to www.loweseeocsettlement.com or email lowes.settlement@eeoc.gov or call 1-855-725-4456 for more information on how to complete a claim form.

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Is addiction a disability under the ADA?

Business Management Daily

Applicants or employees may test positive for these drugs and employers who do not permit employees to explain and document that the drug found in the test is legally prescribed violate the ADA. Supreme Court considered whether a former addict was entitled to a second chance: an opportunity to be rehired in 2004.

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HR, Legal Experts Discuss Overtime’s Future

Namely

Edelstein interjected with an important reminder—“documentation should be the lifeblood of HR.” Document any conversation regarding pay, whether you’re discussing raises, adjustments, reclassifications—whatever it may be, err on the side of caution. Whenever an employee brings up compensation, even casually, document that too.

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How to Prepare for the New White Collar Overtime Requirements

Insperity

If not, the employer must prove that they are exempt. Since 2004 (the last time the DOL updated the regulations), companies have had to pay white collar employees overtime if they made under $455 per week or $23,660 a year. Download our e-book, Employment Law: Are You Putting Your Business at Risk? , Effective Dec.

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The NLRB’s New Guidance Loosens Reigns on Handbooks

HR Daily Advisor

The NLRB not only added a balancing test but also significantly altered its jurisprudence on the reasonable interpretation of handbook rules, severely criticizing the effects of the previous standard set forth in 2004 under Lutheran Heritage Village-Livonia.

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Your Action Plan for the DOL’s New Overtime Rules

Namely

On May 18, the Department of Labor unveiled new rules significantly altering the wages test for the first time since 2004. The document should include instructions on how to log time, what “hours worked” really means, frequently asked questions, and a summary of your company’s overtime policies. So What Is Changing?