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For more than 70 years, the Fair Labor Standards Act has allowed employers to pay some workers with physical or mental impairments less than the federal minimum wage. H.R. 3086, introduced by Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) and Gregg Harper (R-Mo.) earlier this fall, would change that. HR 3086 would phase out special wage […]
Federal investigators fined an Arkansas farm $8,000 for illegally hiring a 10-year old to pick blueberries and for other wage and hour violations . The Labor Department also has recovered $1,160 in back wages for four of the farm’s workers. “The laws and regulations for vulnerable young workers are very specific, and employers in violation […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured highlights from the 2011 Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation Trends Survey; today, what the survey revealed about litigation budgets and wage/hour litigation, plus good news about your job descriptions. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is a leading full-service international law firm, with approximately 850 lawyers. Litigation Spending Is Up Spending on litigation […]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has decided to hold a vote on November 30 on portions of a controversial proposal that would speed up union elections. That decision is sparking outrage among foes of the measure. “This announcement confirms what we’ve suspected all along: the Obama NLRB is determined to impose a flawed rule […]
Electronic recordkeeping saves trees, office space, and maybe time, but security and retention issues come along with it. Let’s explore them.
Regulatory actions and internal investigations are climbing, according to the 2011 Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation Trends Survey; however, businesses faced slightly less litigation in 2011 than in 2010. More than one-third of respondents report there has been an increase in external regulatory inquiries directed at their companies, and more than one-quarter of respondents expect the […]
Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas. If the EEOC suggests that you mediate with your complaining employee, you should accept, says attorney Mark Schickman. He and his clients have had good experiences with it, he adds. Schickman is a partner at Freeland Cooper & Foreman LLP in San Francisco. His remarks came […]
Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas Attorney experts from the Employers Counsel Network delivered hard-hitting answers to HRDA’s question about the most expensive mistake HR managers make. The remarks came at BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, held November 17-18 in Las Vegas. Refused Accommodation Requests The number one mistake is untrained supervisors […]
We asked for your comments this year — and you delivered. Here’s a list of the top 10 HR Daily Advisor articles you discussed this year. 5 Dumbest Management Concepts — Is HR One of Them? “It’s a truism that nothing is certain in this world except death, taxes and bad management. But why?” asks […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is touting fiscal year 2011 as a record year for obtaining monetary settlements and taking in discrimination charges. Also, the agency said it finished the fiscal year on September 30 with a 10 percent decrease in its pending charge inventory, the first such reduction since 2002. The agency released […]