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From Marijuana To #MeToo—Top Employment Law Updates For 2019

PlanSource

We’re only a quarter through 2019 and employment law is already changing at a rapid pace, with an increasingly widespread commitment to greater pay equity, access to paid leave, and protection from harassment and discrimination. This salary level was set in 2004. Fair Labor Standards Act. What does this mean? Regular Rate.

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How Will California’s Fast Food Council Bill Affect QSRs Across the Country?

Zenefits

Passed by the legislature in August, the bill creates a Fast Food Council, with labor and management at the table, to set standards for wages, safety, security, and time off. On September 5, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, into law in California. Franchisees. Franchisors.

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Two tough lessons on training

HRExecutive

The cases involve two trucking companies that got in trouble over sexual harassment of female trainees. After a female trainee charged the company with sexual harassment and the EEOC sued, the company in 2004 adopted a new procedure: women trainees were paired only with female trainers.

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Price tag for training policy that led to sex discrimination in hiring: $3.1 million

HR Morning

A new lesson in hiring from the EEOC: You can’t get away with discriminating against a specific group of applicants by improperly structuring your training program. . million and will make job offers to women who were victims of the employer’s discriminatory hiring policy, the EEOC announced. New Prime Trucking, Inc.,

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I’m telling you. Bad things happen when the Board Chair plays matchmaker for her son, the CEO.

The Employer Handbook

When I first blogged about this case , the plaintiff had just filed her complaint for sexual harassment and retaliation and the defendant moved to dismiss it. When I first blogged about this case , the plaintiff had just filed her complaint for sexual harassment and retaliation and the defendant moved to dismiss it.

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Marbet Lewis of Spiritus Law: “Endurance”

Thrive Global

Learning and becoming an expert in your trade takes a significant commitment to learning and continuing to learn and keeping up with trends. She has focused her practice on the laws governing the alcohol industry and the manufacture, importation, and sale of alcohol beverage products since 2004.

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Valentine’s Day at Work: Cupid as Career Killer

Thrive Global

Negative results can include allegations of sexual assault, harassment, retaliation and emotional distress. Love Contracts & Legal Liability Workplace romance puts you and your employer at heightened risk for any alleged misconduct or unlawful actions, like sexual harassment.