As the holidays draw near this year, Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus may need to reconsider whether he has properly classified his elves as employees or contractors to avoid any wage and hour pitfalls. The question of whether a worker is an employee or a contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act has seen some changes this year. The U.S. Department ...
Let’s face it –employees are expensive. Labor costs are one of the biggest costs of doing business and go beyond just wages. They also include benefits, payroll, and associated taxes. Businesses with employees are required to comply with a multitude of local and federal regulations, and employees are legally entitled to benefits and ...
Marking another win against discrimination, a growing number of states are passing legislation prohibiting discrimination against race-based hairstyles. The CROWN Coalition and its banner legislation, the CROWN Act, are gaining momentum throughout the United States.
The CROWN Act was created in 2019 by Dove, the CROWN Coalition ...
By: Daniel Burke and Daniel O'Connor*
Ohio Senate Bill 47 (SB 47) took effect on July 6, 2022. This law does not break any new ground, but rather aligns Ohio’s overtime pay requirements with similar provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that have been in effect for decades. Most notably, SB 47 created new Ohio Revised Code § 4111.031 ...
By: Liam McMillin
Like a cross off the foot of Megan Rapinoe towards the head of Abby Wambach, you expect the ball to find the back of the net. But, it’s still exciting and you cheer when it happens.
On Wednesday, the men’s and women’s U.S. national soccer teams announced they had come to an agreement with U.S. Soccer, the organization that ...
By: Liam McMillin
It was looking a little sketchy, but baseball is finally back. After a bit of a pause, the long-standing unofficial Cincinnati holiday of opening day is tomorrow when the Cincinnati Reds (and every Reds’ fan who scored a ticket) will step into Great American Ball Park to kick off the 2022 season. After a 99-day lockout, the owners ...
The last two years brought changes that no one could have ever anticipated, and it is safe to say that life as we know it was forever changed by COVID-19. From an employment perspective, many employees embraced the ability to trade in uncomfortable high heels, mind-numbing commutes, and bad office coffee for sweatpants, more opportunity for ...
In February 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Iowa against Walmart alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for sex and race discrimination. The race discrimination claim is based on the allegation that the employee, who is Black, was provided an “unsanitary storage ...
In the words of famed legal scholar, Porky Pig, “That’s all Folks.” The OSHA mandate for employers with 100 or more employees is dead effective today. What? Really? Yes. OSHA published a notice today indicating that it is withdrawing its emergency vaccine or test mandate first published in November. Essentially, OSHA saw the writing on the ...
This update replaces the Phase 1 and Phase 2 implementation dates in our previous blog post written January 13th for those states* identified in the January 14, 2022 CMS memorandum.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a memorandum on Friday January 14th implementing extended timelines for the CMS Vaccine Mandate.
Covered ...