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25

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Changes to the White Collar Exemption are Afoot Again

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Employers breathed a sigh of relief in late 2016 when a Federal court stayed the new regulation that was set to double the minimum salary threshold for managers to be exempt from overtime.

Now the DOL is asking for input on how to proceed. Interested parties have until September 25, 2017, to submit comments.

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Jul

17

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Massachusetts Employers Take a Hit on MediJuana Accommodation Requests:

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In the first decision by any state supreme court requiring employers to accommodate medijuana users, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week ruled that violations of federal drug laws alone don't make a requested accommodation unreasonable.

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Jul

17

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

The gripping tale of how granting one obvious accommodation request

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The gripping tale of how granting one obvious accommodation request can legitimize other seemingly unreasonable accommodation requests: Employer in West Virginia to pay hundreds of thousands in back pay for not accommodating an employee's religious-based request to punch in without using the company's new biometric time clocks.

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Jun

26

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Florida Joins Hawaii and Others On The High Road: Supporting Employer Efforts to Keep Workplaces Drug Free.

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Florida now joins with Hawaii, see HRS 329-122(c)(2)(B), and supreme courts in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Colorado, ensuring medijuana laws do not change or undermine employers' rights to enforce drug free workplace policies.

 

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