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A Shifting Landscape of Workplace Challenges

EverFi - HR

Over the last 19 months, employers and employees have been grappling with these and other constantly-evolving challenges and opportunities in the workplace. Pearlman is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of the Whistleblowing & Retaliation Group. Pearlman | Partner, Proskauer.

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Are Employees Entitled to Leave During an Emergency or Natural Disaster?

HR Daily Advisor

Surprisingly, I have found her adage to ring true for employment law. I think we tend to be reluctant to admit that our professional lives are anything other than Instagram-perfect, so it’s a rare occurrence for even close friends and family to come to me with questions about their employment and compensation rights.

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Pandemic discrimination: remind staff of policies

Business Management Daily

The wave mirrors the discrimination Middle Easterners experienced following the September 11, 2001 attacks. As during that period, employers may face similar episodes in the workplace. Race and national origin discrimination take several forms including harassment or discrimination in pay, benefits, or other employer policies.

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Permanent Vacation: ‘Use It or Lose It’ Policies and Payout of Vacation at Termination

HR Daily Advisor

Other states, such as New York, North Carolina, and Ohio, will also treat vacation time as wages by default; however, employers in these states are also permitted to draft policies to the contrary. Then there are states such as Alabama, Florida, and Texas, which have few or no laws addressing payout of vacation at termination.

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Vacation Rules! (All Work and No Play Makes Workers Leave Your Employ)

HR Daily Advisor

It’s a rare occurrence to encounter an employer that doesn’t provide some form of paid vacation to employees. In fact, because vacation is such a prevalent benefit—practically a given expectation—many employees and employers alike don’t even realize that there is generally no legal requirement that private employers offer paid vacation.

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Does That Law Apply to Me? Sick Leave Laws Raise Questions for Out-of-State Employers

HR Daily Advisor

In fact, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan promptly created, by Executive Order , a Small Business Regulatory Assistance office to smooth the transition and help Maryland employers comply with the new law. If you were a California employer, then California employment law applied. Best Practices. Bottom Line.

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Bring Your Own Device: Good for Business if Done Correctly

Compensation Today

HR professionals have been contemplating their social media policies for years now, pondering the question should we or shouldn’t we. Develop your policy now. Companies Need a BYOD Policy. If they find shortcuts, ways around official policy that let them provide better service, they will take them.”. Click To Tweet.