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Heidi Macomber reads DOL WHD Final Rule updating FLSA regs on Joint Employer … More U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations
Heidi Macomber reads NLRB 1/10/20 updated re CNN to Pay $76 Million in BackPay including NLRB Fact Sheet on Proposed Rule regarding the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status … More NLRB – CNN TO PAY $76 MILLION IN BACKPAY
Heidi Macomber reads Chapter Two, FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words) by M. Tamra Chandler and Laura Dowling Grealish. Chapter Two explores the authors’ movement to fix feedback. … More Feedback – Chapter 2, Chandler and Grealish – a Movement to Fix Feedback
Heidi Macomber reads today’s post re an EEOC lawsuit charging Jackson National Life Insurance for race, national origin, sex discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Jackson will pay 21 former employees in largest monetary settlement ever reached by the EEOCs Phoenix District and Denver Field Offices. … More JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE TO PAY $20.5 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads and summarizes the first DOL WHD Opinion Letter of 2020 – FLSA2020-1 … More DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2020-1
Heidi Macomber reads the 12/30/19 EEOC press release “Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit” including notes on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). … More Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit
Heidi Macomber reads NLRB decision dated 12/23/19 United Parcel Service, Inc. and Robert C. Atkinson, Jr. Case 06–CA–143062 … More NLRB – Babcock is Overruled in UPS Inc. and Robert C. Atkinson Jr. Case 06–CA–143062
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC update dated December 20, 2019, United Airlines to Pay $321K and Fight Internet Harassment to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit … More United Airlines to Pay $321,000 and Fight Internet Harassment to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC notice dated 12/19/19 Massey Services Will Pay $63K to Settle EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit … More Massey Services Will Pay $63,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
Heidi Macomber reads 12/18/19 EEOC notice re Uber to Pay $4.4 Million to Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge including notes on sexual harassment and retaliation … More Uber to Pay $4.4 Million to Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/18/19 re Goodwill Industries to Pay $65K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit. … More GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO PAY $65,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/21/19 re Crossmark to Pay $2.65 Million to Settle Disability Lawsuit. … More CROSSMARK TO PAY $2.65 MILLION TO SETTLE DISABILITY LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the intro, chapter 1 and about the authors page from FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words), Why We Fear It, How to Fix It, by M. Tamra Chandler with Laura Dowling Grealish. … More FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words) by M. Tamra Chandler
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/18/19, Dollar General to Pay $6 Million to Settle EEOC Class Race Discrimination Suit and additional joint publication by the EEOC and FTC, Background Checks, What Employers Need to Know. … More DOLLAR GENERAL TO PAY $6 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC CLASS RACE DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/18/19 re EEOC and LifeWell Living Center, LLC Conciliate Disability Charge as well as Part IV, Reasonable Accommodation Procedures, C. Interactive Process of the EEOC Policy on Reasonable Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities. … More EEOC and LifeWell Living Center, LLC Conciliate Disability Charge
Heidi Macomber reads Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter – Book Introduction and Parts One, Two and Three summaries … More Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter – Book Introduction
Heidi Macomber reads the Job Accommodation Networks (JAN) Employers’ Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA specific to Job Applications and Interviews. … More JAN – Employers’ Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – Job Applications and Interviews
Heidi Macomber reads the EEOC bulletin dated 11/15/19 re Adecco to pay $49.5K to settle EEOC disability discrimination suit. … More ADECCO USA TO PAY $49,500 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/14/19 re Walmart to Pay $80K and Implement Nationwide Change in Policy to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit. … More WALMART TO PAY $80,000 AND IMPLEMENT NATIONWIDE CHANGE IN POLICY TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the intro to the book Simple Sabotage by Robert M. Galford, Bob Frish & Cary Greene (2015), A modern field manual for detecting and rooting out everyday behaviors that undermine your workforce. … More Simple Sabotage
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC notice dated 11/13/19 re The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public hearing on Proposed EEO-1 Report amendments on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 … More EEOC CONVENES PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED REVISION OF THE EMPLOYER INFORMATION REPORT (EEO-1)
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC news release dated 11/8/19 re: Bisconti Farms to pay $200K to settle EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation suit … More BISCONTI FARMS, INC. AND BISCONTI MANAGEMENT, INC. WILL PAY $200,000 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the DOL WHD NPRM dated 11/5/19 re RIN 1235-AA31 Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime … More U.S. Department of Labor Announces Proposal to Expand Access to Bonuses for America’s Workers
Heidi Macomber’s reading of Title 29 Part 1606 National Origin Discrimination as an overview to understanding the EEOCs definition of the law. … More Title 29 Part 1606 National Origin Discrimination
Heidi Macomber reads 11/4/19 EEOC bulleting, La Cantera Resort and Spa to Pay Over $2.5M to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit … More La Cantera Resort and Spa to Pay Over $2.5M to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit
Heidi Macomber reads Chapter 2, Seven Reasons Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work from Daniel Pinks book, Drive. … More Seven Reasons Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work – Daniel Pink
My reading of the EEOC press release yesterday, 10/29/19, EAGLE UNITED TRUCK WASH WILL PAY $40,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RACIAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION SUIT … More EAGLE UNITED TRUCK WASH WILL PAY $40,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RACIAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION SUIT
My reading of Chapter 5, The State of Presence in Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now. … More Chapter 5 – The State of Presence
Heidi Macomber reads the 2002 Peter F. Druker essay, They Are Not Your Employees, They Are People. … More Druker – They Are Not Employees, They Are People
My reading of an alleged disability discrimination issue involving Tech Firm Guidewire. Today’s reading is of the EEOC press release 10/24/19, Guidewire Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination. … More GUIDEWIRE SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
My reading of an October 15, 2019, EEOC press release having to do with an alleged denial of reasonable accommodation and hire. The EEOC filed suit in Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-02693 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Eastern Division … More EEOC ALLEGES HEARING IMPAIRED APPLICANT DENIED REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND HIRE
My reading of US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-1109, Carl Leeper v. Hamilton County Coal LLC, appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of IL No. 16-CV-250 – Nancy J. Rosenstengel, Chief Judge. Clarification of Temporary vs Permanent Layoff and the WARN Act. … More Temporary Layoff v. Mass Layoff – WARN Act
My reading of the EEOCs press release today Interim Healthcare to pay $50k to settle EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit. … More INTERIM HEALTHCARE TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE EEOC EQUAL PAY LAWSUIT
My thoughts on management and a new Saturday plan to read from management gurus various thoughts and articles that are still relevant and important today. Today’s reading is Peter Druker’s How to Make People Decisions. … More Druker – How to make People Decisions
What can employers do to prevent and address harassment in the workforce? This podcast is my reading of the 5 Core Principals to Correct and Address Workplace Harassment provided by the EEOCs Select Task Force. … More 5 Core Principals to Correct and Address Workplace Harassment (EEOC)
My reading of the press release today from the EEOC, it has sued Norval Electric for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
… More NORVAL ELECTRIC SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION
My reading of the Notice of Proposed Rule (NPRM) of the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL regarding Tip Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Also, I have included full reading of the associated Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions document. Links to each are included in this document. … More Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): Tip Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
My reading of the press release dated today, 10/2/2019 from the EEOC: EEOC Sues Walmart for Discriminatory Hiring Practices at Oklahoma Distribution Center … More EEOC SUES WALMART FOR DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES
My reading of the DOL WHD Fact Sheet issued today, 9/24/19 regarding the FLSA Final Rule to Update the Regulations Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, and Professional Employees. This includes the questions and answers about the Final Rule. … More Fact Sheet: Final Rule to Update the Regulations Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, and Professional Employees
The US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division issued a final definition for Over Time Rules, 29 CFR Part 541. Today’s blog is a full reading of the new release. … More DOL WHD Issues Final OT Rule Today 9/24/2019
My reading of HiQ Inc v LinkedIn Corp, No. 17-16783 D.C. No. 3:17-cv-03301-EMC. … More HIQ Labs Inc. v LinkedIn Corp US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit No 17-16783
My reading of the following translation by William David Ross (1908) of Book 1: The Good for Man by Aristotle. … More Aristotle – The Nicomachean Ethics – Book 1 – The Good for Man, Chapters 1 and 2
My reading of today’s press release from the EEOC. It is suing a Kansas City Nursing home for Wage Discrimination, a violation of the EPA. … More EEOC Sues Kansas City Nursing Home for Violating the Equal Pay Act
My reading of today’s blog about disparate impact and disparate treatment as well as the EEOC’s fact sheet on Employment Tests and Selection Procedures. … More EEOC Employment Tests and Selection Procedures
My reading of the EEOC’s press release that it is suing Miner’s Gems for Age Discrimination plus a review of the ADEA … More Miner’s Gems Sued by EEOC for Age Discrimination
My reading of today’s blog for The HR Learning Podcast regarding the NYC Int No 136 that passed yesterday, 9/12/19 providing Independent Contractors and Freelancers discrimination protections under Section 8-107(23). … More NYC Int No. 136 passed – Freelancers and Independent Contractors protected under Section 8-107(23)
My reading of AB5 after The California Assembly voted 56 to 15, passing AB5 Worker Status: Employees and Independent Contractors on 9/11/19 … More AB5 gig-work bill
My reading of the CCPA2019-1: Addressing whether employers’ contributions to employees’ health savings accounts are earnings under the CCPA … More CCPA2019-1
My reading of FLSA2019-13: Addressing the ordinary meaning of the phrase “not less than one month” for purposes of FLSA section 7(i)’s representative period requirement … More FLSA2019-13
The DOL issued three opinion letters today, September 10, 2019. Today’s blog is a word for word reading of the full FMLA2019-3-A opinion letter including footnotes. FMLA2019-3-A: Addressing whether an employer may delay designating paid leave as FMLA leave due to a collective bargaining agreement. Opinion Once your employer has enough information to determine … More FMLA2019-3-A
My reading of today’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it has issued three new opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA). … More U.S. Department of Labor Issues Three New Wage and Hour Opinion Letters
Blog #09092019 Picking up where I left off in my Part 1 reading of the JAN Workplace Accommodation Tool Kit, page 17 to 32 (out of 57 total pages). This is really a great tool that I recommend downloading and going through to get the full benefit of all the links (some need updating) to … More JAN Workplace Accommodation Tool Kit pg 17 to 32
blog 09062019 **Updated reading of today’s blog, How Accommodating are You, and JANs Workplace Accommodation Tool Kit through page 16. The rest will be posted under a new blog/podcast** If you work in employment of any sort, you know about the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and the basic tenets of compliance. Today I received … More How Accommodating Are You?
A short blog post on why paying attention to current legislation and topics tied to banning salary history questions on employment applications can impact employer branding. … More Ban Salary History Laws and employer branding
Today I received an updated from the NLRB stating that they have decided that the misclassification of workers as independent contractors does NOT violate the NLRA. Velox Express, Inc. Case Number: 15-CA-184006 NLRB Board decision dated 8/29/19 SUPER SHUTTLE Case Number: 16-RC-010963 NLRB Board decision dated 1/25/19 If you like this update and would like … More Misclassifying Workers?
FLSA2019-1-A. A reading of this DOL WHD proposed rule: The obligation to designate FMLA-qualifying leave and prohibition on expanding FMLA leave … More FMLA2019-1-A
My reading of the DOL, FLSA2019-1 Wage and recordkeeping requirements for residential janitors and “good faith” defense … More FLSA2019-1
An update on the FLSA 80/20 rule and Dual Jobs … More The 80/20 rule for Dual Jobs FLSA update
July 1, 2019 US DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2019-9, Permissible rounding practices for calculating an employee’s hours worked. An mp3 reading of the full letter. … More US DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2019-9
COLE V. CRST VAN EXPEDITED, 9TH Circuit asks the CA Supreme Court 2 questions to determine whether California Employers should be held accountable to more than just posting a wage order that states they have a duty to provide but not police breaks. Are they required to provide and follow a formal policy? And should they be required to keep track of breaks? What are the presumptions if they do not? We will have to wait and see what the California Supreme Court decides. … More 9th Circuit asks CA Supreme Court for Meal & Break Clarification
