Across the nation, criminals are targeting state unemployment insurance systems to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic. In one scam, fraudsters use personal information stolen in earlier data breaches (such as the Equifax breach
The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“WHD”) issued five new opinion letters pertaining to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). FLSA2020-6 finds that salespeople who regularly
Overruling a 2016 decision, the National Labor Relations Board held that employers do not have a duty to bargain with a newly certified union before imposing serious discipline on individual union-represented employees who
On June 19, the Executive Director of the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission issued a letter confirming that during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, employers may implement the following three medical examinations or
On June 22, the State Department of Health launched the Sexual & Gender Minority Online Resource Hub, a website dedicated to resources for SGM (also known as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other, or
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision blocking the Trump Administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. DACA allows unauthorized aliens who arrived in the
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, that federal law banning sex discrimination in the workplace includes prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
Just a couple of months ago, employers were asking whether they had to allow employees to wear masks at work. Now the questions most frequently asked are whether employers can require employees to wear masks, and what should