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BREAKING: DOL Proposes New FMLA Rules Impacting Military Leave

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations, Wage & Hour

The Department of Labor today proposed new regulations of the FMLA that would explain further the military family leave provisions and incorporate some special provisions for airline flight crews.  The new proposed regulations are in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 which amended the FMLA to extend the military caregiver… Continue Reading

Three Takeaways from Labor & Employment Seminar

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations, Wage & Hour

We had another great turnout last week  for my firm’s seminar on labor & employment law.  Many of the topics would be familiar to avid blog readers, but there were three interesting points that I haven’t talked much about that I thought were also notable. 1.  In September, the IRS announced a Voluntary Classification Settlement… Continue Reading

NLRB Shifts Workplace Landscape, As Expected; New Posters Required Soon

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

As I mentioned last week (when in Connecticut, we were focused on Irene), the NLRB has been busy in August issuing new rules and new rulings. Some people are expressing surprise at the shift seen in these rules and disgust that prior NLRB rules are effectively being overturned.  But none of this should be surprising… Continue Reading

More About the NLRB’s Proposed Rules on So-Called “Quickie Elections”

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

This morning, I appeared on Ray Dunaway’s show on WTIC radio (1080 AM) to discuss the NLRB’s new proposed rules on union representation elections.  (A link will be available when it is posted online.) Of course, in 5 minutes, there wasn’t much time to explain everything about it (here’s a summary of the proposals from… Continue Reading

“No Spanish Allowed” – Special Free Webinar on English-Only Rules On Wednesday

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Our monthly free monthly webinar series continues on Wednesday, December 8th at noon EST with a unique program on whether employers can adopt English-only rules.  You can register here to join us.   This should be a terrific one-hour program that you can listen to during your lunch hour.  Even if you’re not considering adopting… Continue Reading

Prompt Corrective Action May Be Painful To Company, But Necessary

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Imagine this scenario: You just received a sexual harassment complaint about your company’s top sales performer.   What do you do? Well, the law requires that you, as the employer, conduct an investigation and, if necessary, take prompt corrective action to remedy the situation — which may in some circumstances be termination. But this is… Continue Reading

Social Media Guidelines and Policies: Do Your Employees Know the Ground Rules Too?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social Media

Early on when writing the blog, I came across an issue that was so exciting to write about that I spent an evening crafting it up.  It had links, pictures, and was well-sourced. But then I discovered that the issue involved a client of the law firm.  Uh-oh. It was then that I decided it… Continue Reading