Compliance
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DOL notes restrictions on running FMLA, state and local leave concurrently
The Jan. 14 opinion letter hits on a compliance topic that is of routine concern to employers.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 17, 2025 -
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NLRB official assuages fears that anti-harassment policies could clash with labor rights
Such policies, however, should be narrowly tailored, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said in a memo to field offices.
By Kate Tornone • Jan. 17, 2025 -
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TrendlineInside the rapidly changing world of compliance
The HR landscape is ever-shifting, leaving compliance professionals to meet today’s requirements while keeping an eye on the future.
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FTC guidance warns of criminal charges for sharing pay algorithms
The week before the Biden administration sunsets, DOJ and FTC issued guidance around a number of key issues, including noncompete agreements and training reimbursement.
By Kathryn Moody • Jan. 17, 2025 -
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SCOTUS rejects higher standard for overtime exemptions
The ruling is a “win” for businesses, partners at a law firm said, and “sets a consistent national standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act.”
By Caroline Colvin • Jan. 16, 2025 -
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P.F. Chang’s drops lawsuit claiming UKG lost, destroyed employee data
The restaurant chain sued in 2022 claiming that the HR vendor had provided “false hope” that it could recover some of the chain’s deleted information.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 16, 2025 -
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DOL allows employers to self-correct 401(k) errors
Beginning March 17, employers may remedy delays in sending participant contributions to retirement plans.
By Kate Tornone • Jan. 16, 2025 -
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SCOTUS asks: Does the ADA permit a retiree to sue for benefits discrimination?
A retired firefighter claimed that the terms of an employer-provided health insurance subsidy discriminated against her on the basis of her disability.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 15, 2025 -
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Trump names former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling deputy labor secretary
If both are confirmed, Sonderling would work alongside former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s pick for secretary of labor.
By Ginger Christ • Jan. 15, 2025 -
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Fewer than 1 in 5 US companies have a pay transparency strategy
“The data highlights a disconnect between the importance employers say they place on advancing these strategies, and how much progress has been made,” Mercer’s global rewards solution leader said.
By Ginger Christ • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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Mastercard agrees to pay $26M to settle discrimination lawsuit
The card network entered into the agreement to settle a proposed class action that alleged it discriminated against Black, Hispanic and female employees by underpaying them.
By Lynne Marek • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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Leading meat processor will pay $4M to counter illegal child labor practices
A DOL official praised the remedial steps JBS proposed as “creative and forward-thinking.”
By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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Court finds seafood company not on the hook for overtime in COVID lockdown case
The case highlights the complexities involved with determining compensability under the Fair Labor Standards Act, particularly when workers are kept on campus.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Attorneys: DOL is increasingly adding wage-and-hour inquiries to FMLA investigations
Items included requests for gross earnings data and information on break time and paid leave policies, among others, according to a list shared by Littler Mendelson’s Jeff Nowak.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Defense Department’s sound interview process saves it from sex bias claim, 7th Circuit says
In its interview process for a new benefits and workers’ compensation team’s supervisor position, the agency “chose the intangibles, and we will not second-guess its decision,” the judges said.
By Laurel Kalser • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Hyatt to pay $2.25M to settle ‘Housekeepers’ Bill of Rights’ lawsuit
The suit, filed by workers at Hyatt Regency Long Beach, was the first of its kind under one of several city-level regulations intended to improve working conditions for hotel housekeepers.
By Noelle Mateer • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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Work permits help prevent child labor violations, think tank finds
Opponents of youth work permit requirements have generally characterized the process as onerous and unnecessary.
By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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DOL’s independent contractor rule evades trucking company’s injunction bid
A federal judge held that the agency acted within its statutory authority in issuing the rule, delivering a regulatory victory to the Biden administration in its final weeks.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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This week in 5 numbers: Workers see minimal annual leave as a red flag
Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including stats on which artificial intelligence skills are growing in demand and which are not.
By Ginger Christ • Jan. 9, 2025 -
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‘Reverse’ discrimination claims may pose a class-action threat
DEI programs drew a “flood of claims” in 2024, Duane Morris LLP found.
By Ginger Christ • Jan. 9, 2025 -
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2 building services companies agree to end no-hire covenants
One of the deals isn’t backed by the FTC’s incoming chair, however.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 8, 2025 -
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United Airlines will pay $99K to settle claim it failed to investigate manager’s use of a slur
The airline never investigated the harassment towards a worker of Mongolian descent, according to the EEOC’s September complaint.
By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 7, 2025 -
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2nd Circuit partially upholds challenge of New York’s abortion anti-discrimination law
The court appeared to outline how employers may show that the state’s law burdens their freedom of expressive association.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 6, 2025 -
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Publix allegedly fired a pregnant employee to avoid giving her leave for childbirth
A former employee in Florida sued the supermarket chain for allegedly violating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, along with several other laws.
By Laurel Kalser • Jan. 6, 2025 -
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Dartmouth basketball players withdraw labor union bid
The decision may be connected to the incoming Trump administration, which is unlikely to back the athletes’ union petition, one attorney wrote.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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Southwest faces $100M lawsuit for allegedly ignoring weekly pay rules
New York labor law mandates that manual workers be paid once a week, not bimonthly.
By Caroline Colvin • Jan. 2, 2025
