Welcome to to the Real Workplace Issues Archive, a collection of our periodic newsletters dedicated to providing our clients and friends with practical, everyday employment law and HR information.
- IRS Introduces Voluntary Settlement Program for Misclassified Workers
- NLRB Implements Posting Requirement for Private Sector Employers
- Employer Held Liable for Facebook Firing
- Amendment to NYC Human Rights Law Expands Employers' Religious Accommodation Obligations
- At-Home Tasks Don't Make Commute Time Compensable
- Performance Improvement Plan Alone is Insufficient to Support Employment Discrimination Claim
- CA Overtime Laws Applicable to Non-Residents
- Undocumented Workers Not Entitled to Backpay for NLRA Violations
- Biometric Devices in Time Clocks May Violate NY Labor Law
- NY Marriage Equality Act Implications for Employers
- NY Implements New Hire Reporting Requirements
- CT Governor Signs Nation’s First Paid Sick Leave Law
- NJ Governor Signs Public Worker Pension Law
- USDOL Introduces New Timesheet i-Phone App
- USCIS Launches I-9 Central on USCIS.gov
- OSHA Targets Employers for Texting While Driving
- NYC Restaurant Pays Hundreds of Workers Over $5 Million in Back Wages
- NJ Prohibits Unemployment Discrimination
- Supreme Court Upholds "Cat's Paw" Theory of Employer Liability
- FLSA Includes Oral Complaints in Retaliation Protections
- NJ Adopts Federal "Rounding" Rules
- USDOL Connects Employees to Attorney Referral System
- Governor Paterson Signs New York Wage Theft Prevention Act
- EEOC Issues FInal Rule on Implementation of Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- New York Amends Wage & Hour Order for Restaurant/Hospitality Industry
- Governor Paterson Signs New York Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights
- Massachusetts Employers Must Revise Employment Applications and Provide Notice of Negative Personnel Records
- Illinois Passes Law Limiting Employer Use of Credit History
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Releases 2009 Data on Employment Status of Persons with a Disability
- Deductions for Overpayments and Wage Advances Prohibited Under New York Law
- NYSDOL Revises WARN Regulations
- Affirmative Defense to Harassment Unavailable Under NYC Law
- Individual Liability For Employment Law Violations
- USDOL Releases Updated Child Labor Rules Advisor
- USDOL Publishes Guidance On Unpaid Internships
- Break Time For Nursing Mothers Now Required Under Federal Law
- HIRE Act Provides Employers with Two New Tax Benefits
- COBRA Subsidy Extended Through May 31, 2010
- USDOL Launches Wage & Hour National Awareness Campaign
- New Jersey Businesses Can Sue Each Other For Sexual Harassment
- COBRA "Stimulus Act" Extended Yet Again
- Employers Required to Distribute CHIP Notices
- NYSDOL Revises "NY Mini-WARN" Regulations
- Miami-Dade Wage Theft Ordinance Effective 3/1/10
- EEOC Releases 2009 Statistics
- NYSDOL Clarifies New "Notice of Pay" Requirements
- New York "Notice of Pay" Law Also Affects Commissioned Salesperson Agreements
- New DOD Act Extends COBRA Subsidy
- CT Minimum Wage Increases, CO Minimum Wage Decreases
- New York to Require Written Notice of Pay to New Hires
- Victims of Domestic Violence Protected Under NY Law
- New York City Considers Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
- Updated Employer Guidance for the Fall Flu season
- Form I-9 Revised (Yet Again)
- Immigration Audits on the Rise
- ADAAA
- Revised Form I-9
- NY Enhances Protections for Individuals with Prior Criminal Convictions
- NY Employer's Use of Employee Personal ID Information Restricted
- NY Mini-WARN
- NY's "Shared Work" Program
- NY Commissioned Salespersons Must Now Have Written Agreements
- Greater Restrictions Placed on Employer's Use of Background Screening
- NY Blood Donation Leave
- Nursing Employees Given the Right to express breast milk at work
- Last NY Employer Will Soon be Able to Have Unemployment Benefit Charges Recalculated
