Labor Days
The Fourth Bite at the Apple Uncovers a “Worm” for Duane Reade
Just last week, we offered a web training to our clients highlighting the continuing challenges faced by employers as they strive to comply with state and federal wage and hour laws. A June 9th decision by New York…
Are Higher Wages Coming To A City or County Near You? The Minimum Wage Legislation Trend As Told By California
From city to county to state, in the past three years, Californians have witnessed extensive propagation of minimum wage legislation at the local level. After staying silent for several years, the upper echelons of…
Deep Impact: New Overtime Rules Will Change Work, Not Overtime Pay
I'm going to say it: wage and hour laws can be a little boring. The vagaries of how to determine a fluctuating workweek, or the DOL's hyper-specific rules about how much an employer can subdivide time for purposes of…
New OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements to Take Effect August 2016
On May 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) finalized a recordkeeping and reporting rule to “ modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public, and OSHA…
Transgender Rights In the News
Almost every day the news has some new legal development involving the rights of LGBT employees. We already reported on the litigation heating up between North Carolina and the DOJ concerning that state’s now infamous…