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Mar

08

2018
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
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Employers should prepare now to deal with DACA-related issues affecting their workforce. Here are a few relevant facts and tips:

- Current DACA recipients can keep their deferred action period and their employment authorization documents (EADs) until they expire, unless terminated or revoked. 

- DACA benefits are generally good two years from the issue date.

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Mar

05

2018
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
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Official Relief for EEO-1 Filers: Last week the federal Office of Management and Budget

Official Relief for EEO-1 Filers: Last week the federal Office of Management and Budget directed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to stop requiring employers to report pay information as part of a new EEO-1 report. https://lnkd.in/gHAGFWt

The EEOC's controversial rule and data collection program would have required companies with 100+ employees and federal contractors with 50 +), to spend significant time and money on gathering and sorting wage and hour information and then reporting that information based on employees' race, gender, and ethnicity.

 
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Dec

08

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
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Protection Roadmap: National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Publishes Updated Recommendations for Properly Preventing and Investigating Sexual Misconduct.

The report is a good road map for keeping campuses & workplaces free from abuse and harassment. See link in comments below. Per the report, 110+ private schools are accused of sexual assault occurring on campus and “90+ lawsuits/legal claims have been filed on behalf of alleged victims.

The report recommends that schools (& employers) strengthen policies, investigation procedures, and response plans by:

 
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Nov

28

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Employer Medijuana Defense Goes Up In Smoke: Federal Court Rules for the First Time

Federal Court Rules for the First Time that Federal Law Does Not Prohibit Employing Illegal Drug Users.

Employee suffering PTSD was prescribed Medijuana by her doctor, registered with Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection, and notified her employer before taking her pre-employment drug test that she took Marinol at night before bed.

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