Jun 11, 2018
State and local governments are increasingly adopting laws and regulations that prohibit employers from requesting salary history information from job applicants. The goal of these laws is to help end the cycle of pay discrimination and decrease the gender pay gap. ...
Jun 4, 2018
News agencies are reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a nationwide increase of Form I-9 audits this summer. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s agency Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has already doubled the amount of...
May 21, 2018
A Memphis Light, Gas, & Water (MLGW) in-house attorney filed suit against MLGW for equitable relief based on lost pay and her forced use of sick leave time when her request to telecommute was denied. The attorney submitted an official accommodation request to be...
May 16, 2018
Sometimes a manager who has the authority to supervise according to a job description is not exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a building manager who attended management meetings...
May 9, 2018
In FY 2017, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recovered $1.1billion in direct payment to plans, participants and beneficiaries. EBSA reviewed fewer cases but the amount recovered is larger compared to the $777.5 million in total recoveries in fiscal...
Apr 16, 2018
After a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation, a member of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and general foreman for a Port Elizabeth terminal operator was sentenced to 24 months in prison for fraudulently collecting a nearly $500,000 annual...
