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Compensation Disparities Are the Focus of Every OFCCP Compliance Review
In 2011, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) heralded its focus on federal contractor compensation decisions and policies with two significant initiatives. In May, OFCCP...
View ArticleLet’s Get Physical: Five Legal Issues With Telecommuting
In a little over a month, two large companies have made headlines for either eliminating or greatly reducing the availability of their telecommuting programs. Both companies claim to be motivated by a...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: California’s Minimum Wage Goes Up—But There Are Some Pitfalls...
Minimum wage earners across the state are celebrating. This morning, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 10 into law, raising California’s minimum wage to $10 per hour by January 2016. The first increase...
View ArticleAvoiding Mistletoe Mishaps, Part VII: Bonuses Have You Saying “What the...
As 2013 comes to an end, we have been considering a number of workplace issues that employers might face at the end of the year and the beginning of the holiday season. In parts one, two, three, four,...
View ArticleWill the Star Quarterback Be Sacked by the Taxman?
On March 26, 2014, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided scholarship football players at Northwestern University are employees because they “perform services for the...
View ArticleNLRB Rules That Employee who Launched “F-Bombs” at Company Owner Did Not Lose...
If an employee curses at and blatantly disrespects the owner of the company for whom he works, most people would reasonably conclude that the employee can be discharged. However, a recent decision...
View ArticleIllinois Permits Employer Use of Payroll Cards
On August 6, 2014, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB5622 into law, amending the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA) to permit employers to pay employees using payroll cards. Up until...
View ArticleTexas Supreme Court Establishes That an At-Will Employee Does Not Have a...
The Texas Supreme Court recently issued a much-anticipated opinion regarding fraud claims in the employment at will context. In Sawyer v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 430 S.W.3d 396 (Tex. 2014),...
View ArticleNCAA’s Limits on Athletes’ Compensation for Use of Their Names or Likenesses...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) fundamental beliefs about the role of student-athletes and its economic model just received a partial rebuke from the courts. On August 8, 2014, a...
View ArticleOFCCP’s New Scheduling Letter and Expanded Itemized Listing
As many federal contractors know, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) begins a compliance evaluation (or audit) by sending to the selected contractor a letter scheduling the...
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