Many employers go above and beyond any legal requirements in providing paid or unpaid leave benefits to employees to bond with their child. So what could be bad about that? Well, check your employee handbook. Do you have a maternity…
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Good Intentions May Not Be Enough: The Hidden Dangers of “Maternity Leave” Policies
Posted in Labor & Employment
An Apple a Day: Why Building Positive Employee Relations Can Keep the Outsiders Away
An obvious key to maintaining good employee relations is to keep employees satisfied with their work and their work environment. While it is, of course, impossible to keep all of your employees happy and satisfied at all times, it is…
Posted in Labor & Employment
Fight Heats Up Over Sick Pay in Texas Cities
San Antonio City Council approved a Paid Sick Leave Ordinance on Thursday, August 16, 2018, which allows workers to accrue up to 64 hours of paid sick leave each year. This law largely tracks the recent Austin sick pay ordinance,…
Five Tips for Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets
Protecting your trade secrets and proprietary information is a vital part of your business. Every company needs to have policies and agreements in place to prevent employees from stealing property, and wrongfully soliciting your employees and customers when they leave…
Tagged with: employment agreements, human resources, loyalty agreements
Posted in Labor & Employment
Posted in Labor & Employment
New Bill is Preview of What Might Happen if Congress Flips in November
Many pollsters are predicting Congress could switch from Republican to Democratic control in November. It has been quite some time since we have seen any significant employment legislation from the Congress, but a newly invigorated Democrat Congress might get busy…
Is Comp Time Finally Coming to Private Employers?
Comp time has long been available to public sector employees, but never for private companies. That might be changing soon. On May 2, the House passed the Working Families Flexibility Act. This bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act…
Seventh Circuit Recognizes Sexual Orientation as Protected Class
This week, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit became the first Federal Court of Appeals to hold that discrimination based on sexual orientation is actionable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. A news article about…
Tagged with: EEOC, human resources, sex discrimination
Posted in Discrimination, Federal Government, Labor & Employment
Posted in Discrimination, Federal Government, Labor & Employment
Trump Administration Brings New Priorities on Immigration Front for Employers
President Trump has only been in office a little over a month, but one thing is clear. He intends to do what he said he would do on the campaign trail, especially in regard to immigration. What does that mean…
Tagged with: DACA, I-9, ICE, immigration, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Posted in Federal Government, Immigration, Labor & Employment
Posted in Federal Government, Immigration, Labor & Employment
Cozen O’Connor’s 2017 Observer
Well, 2017 is here; and Cozen O’Connor has just issued its annual Labor and Employment Observer, which contains thoughtful analysis on the year and review of what to expect in the future. A link to the materials can be found…
White House Pushes for Ban on Non-Competes
The enforceability of employee restrictions on competition has traditionally been up the states, with some, like California, largely banning such agreements, while others, like Texas, allowing them with reasonable limitations. On Tuesday, October 25, the White House took the unprecedented…
Tagged with: employment agreements, human resources, non-competes
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment
