Many HR professionals spend a significant amount of time investigating employee complaints and, depending on the outcome of these investigations, implementing corrective measures to halt and prevent bad behavior in the workplace. Some within an organization (usually not the HR…
Yearly Archives: 2019
HR Investigations Pay Dividends: A Healthier Workplace and Protection in Court
Posted in Human Resources, Investigations
Five Ways to Simplify Your Employee Benefit Plan Administration For 2020 and Beyond
As we get ready for 2020 (and beyond) here are five hot employee benefits ideas to implement in order to make your employee benefit plan administration easier: 1. Adopt (or update) Cafeteria Plan and Wrap Plan Document for Health and…
Posted in Benefits, Labor & Employment
Countdown to 2020: Five Hot Compliance Tips to Keep HR Professionals Out of Hot Water
It is time to make sure you are ready for 2020 (and beyond). Here are five (5) hot HR compliance issues you should be tracking and implementing: New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act Effective…
Posted in Benefits, Labor & Employment
IRS Sets March 31, 2020 Deadline for 403(b) Plan Document Compliance
The United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has released Revenue Procedure 2019-39, which sets forth a March 31, 2020 deadline by which tax-qualified 403(b) plans must have plan documents that fully comply with the 403(b) requirements. A 403(b) plan…
Posted in Labor & Employment, Tax
#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2
Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. Those bygone times, however, have been replaced by a…
Posted in Labor & Employment, Social Media
Texas’ Expansion of Medical Marijuana May Impact Employers
Texas has largely avoided the wave of marijuana legalization sweeping the country and the accompanying legal complications that have come along for the ride. Those days may be numbered as the Texas Legislature recently passed a significant expansion of the…
Posted in Cannabis, Labor & Employment
Is It Illegal To Consider A Foreign Accent When Evaluating Candidates For a Customer-Service Job?
Yes, unless the candidate’s language skills would clearly interfere with their ability to do the job. Amidst all of the current controversy concerning immigration in the United States, the experience of immigrants in the workplace is also receiving heightened attention.…
Posted in Discrimination
Don’t Say That! … Or Do? New Court Guidance on Employer Statements in Union Organizing Campaigns
Misconceptions Here, There and Everywhere. I often advise employers large and small on what to do (and what not to do) during union organizing campaigns. I am continually surprised at how many employers have misconceptions about the do’s and don’ts…
Posted in Labor & Employment, Union
Dallas Paid Sick Leave Ordinance – What You Need to Know
Update: On July 30, 2019, two Dallas-area businesses filed a federal lawsuit to stop the Dallas Paid Sick Leave ordinance from going into effect on August 1. The lawsuit, brought by the Texas Public Policy Foundation on behalf of ESI/Employee…
Posted in Labor & Employment, paid sick leave
What Does Your Minnesota Business Need to do to Comply with Minnesota’s new Wage Theft Law?
Starting today, Minnesota has one of the toughest wage theft laws in the country. The civil portions of Minnesota’s new Wage Theft Law, effective July 1, 2019, require employers to take the following additional actions: About The Authors
Posted in Labor & Employment, State and Local Laws
