In the news recently, U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings of the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing the revised Persuader Rule. It was to become effective on July 1, 2016. The Persuader Rule was developed by the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) to...
Jennie-O – Gender Discrimination
Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corporation will be paying $492K in back wages to 339 female applicants after the US Labor Department’s investigation found hiring discrimination. It was recently found that the Minn. based company discriminated against qualified female applicants who were looking for jobs at the company from...
Parental Leave for Fathers is Important for Working Families
In the U.S. paid parental leave is too rare. There is however places like San Francisco CA where the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted to mandate that employers offer six weeks of paid leave for new parents at 100 percent of an employee’s salary. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a...
FedEx Independent Contractor Misclassification
FedEx has fiercely fought the employee v. independent contractor issue for many years. About a year ago, Fed Ex settled a dispute with Fed Ex Ground California Drivers – which date back to the year 2000 and extended through 2007- for about $228 Million. This settlement came about in the wake of a 2014 Ninth...
GUIDANCE ON EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMS
Employee wellness programs are becoming very popular in the workplace. If not carefully implemented, these wellness programs can violate Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). These laws generally prohibit employers from using information about workers’ own health conditions and that of other family members, including spouses,...