As you may have already heard from multiple sources, on November 22, 2016, a United States District Court Judge granted an Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction, enjoining the Department of Labor from implementing and enforcing the Overtime Final Rule on December 1, 2016. The Department of Labor, at the time of the decision, stated that it strongly disagreed and was pursuing its options for … [Read more...] about This Just In: Injunction on New Overtime Rule Appealed
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As Dust From Election Starts To Settle, Employers Wondering What Will Change With Affordable Care and Other Federal Rules
With the Election Results in, employers should consider all possible options on what could happen with the Affordable Care Act and other Federal “Rules.” With the election results now in and Republicans having control of both Congress and the White House come late January, it appears likely that some action will be taken with respect to the Affordable Care Act and possible the National Labor … [Read more...] about As Dust From Election Starts To Settle, Employers Wondering What Will Change With Affordable Care and Other Federal Rules
Businesses are One Step Closer to A Six-Month Delay on the DOL’s Overtime Rule
Just yesterday, September 28, 2016, the House of Representatives passed a Bill, by a vote of 246 to 177, to provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of the Final Rule of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) raising the salary threshold for white collar employees. Although the delay would be applicable to all employers, the Bill was introduced in the House as regulatory relief for small … [Read more...] about Businesses are One Step Closer to A Six-Month Delay on the DOL’s Overtime Rule
Just in Time for Flu Season: The EEOC Files Suit Based on An Employer’s Vaccination Policy
Just in time for the upcoming flu season, on September 23, 2016, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) sued St. Vincent Health Center, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), for what the EEOC alleged to be discriminatory discharges under a flu vaccine policy. More specifically, the EEOC claimed that St. Vincent Health Center, although providing … [Read more...] about Just in Time for Flu Season: The EEOC Files Suit Based on An Employer’s Vaccination Policy
When Firing an Employee, Sometimes Form Matters More than Substance
The case of Vladimirksy v. School District of Philadelphia, recently issued by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, is an important reminder that when it comes to employment terminations and discipline, process and procedure sometimes matter even more than what you are terminating the employee for. In Vladimirksy, a school district attempted to fire a teacher for an incident in which the teacher … [Read more...] about When Firing an Employee, Sometimes Form Matters More than Substance
“New” Agency Interpretations Expand Definition of Sex Discrimination To Include Gender Identity
With recent guidance issued from the Obama Administration, a lot of focus has been given to the rights of transgender students in the context of public schools. But public and private sector employers beware; the same rules may have also applied to you all along. Several agencies: the EEOC, OSHA, and the DOJ to name a few, have all taken the position that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the … [Read more...] about “New” Agency Interpretations Expand Definition of Sex Discrimination To Include Gender Identity
