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Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Do You Know the Difference?
Employers owe contractors far fewer obligations than employees. Employers take a risk when they classify someone performing services for them as an independent contractor instead of an employee.
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How Much Does it Cost to Defend an Employment Lawsuit?
Defending a case through discovery and a ruling on a motion for summary judgment can cost an employer between $75,000 and $125,000. If an employer loses summary judgment (which, much more often than not, is the case), the employer can expect to spend a total of $175,000 to $250,000 to take a case
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Debunking Myths of a Pro-Business Supreme Court
There are still two key employment cases pending this term. These two rulings will help determine this Supreme Court's developing legacy as either pro-individual or pro-business in deciding employment cases.
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Still Afraid to Jump in the Social Media Pool?
… possibility that employees will embarrass the brand with ill-advised tweets to concerns about complying with National Labor Relations Board guidelines on protected employee speech. In addition, young employees in particular are defiant about their …
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EEOC Lands Its Largest Settlement Ever
I never thought I'd read about a case in which I could say to myself, “A $240 million jury verdict doesn't seem all that out of whack.” Then I read about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent $240 million jury verdict against Henry's Turkey Service. The agency alleged that the farm
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NLRB Confirms Legality of Most At-Will Employment Disclaimers
The National Labor Relations Board has confused me with its apparent reasonableness. Last week, the NLRB published an advice memorandum from its Office of …
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NLRB Offers Further Guidance on Confidential Workplace Investigations
Last July I cautioned employers about the National Labor Relations Board's decision in Banner Estrella Medical Center . In that case, the NLRB held that an employer's request to employees not …
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Is HR at Its Breaking Point?
… and transactional tasks; centers of excellence, which offer specialized consultants on topics such as training or labor relations ; and business partners who advise business-unit leaders on talent strategy such as succession plans.Beam didn …
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Beware Bans on Pay Discussions Among Employees
Does your handbook have a policy that prohibits employees from discussing how much you pay them? If so, get rid of it.
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SCOTUS: Picking Off Individual Plaintiffs Moots Wage and Hour Collective Action Claims
The issue the Supreme Court faced in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk was whether a case becomes moot when the lone plaintiff receives an offer from the defendants to satisfy all of the plaintiff’s claims. Last December, I predicted an employer loss in this case. I’m happy to report that my ...
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Of Storks and Honesty—Avoid Shifting Reasons When Defending an Employment Decision
… credibility, we are not trusted on the important stuff.Case in point— Jones & Carter, Inc. , which the National Labor Relations Board decided earlier this month. In that case, the Board found that the charged employer had unlawfully fired …
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U.S. Labor Department Seeks Clamp Down on Union Activity Advice
… receive "advice" from their labor relations consultants.For more than 50 ..... that some employers and their labor relations consultants were interfering ..... collectively under the National Labor Relations Act. Following the recommendations …
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Does Social Media Change the Meaning of Solicitation?
By defining “solicitation” to include passive social media connections and activities, you are at least putting yourself into a position to have a court consider shutting down an ex-employee for maintaining online relationships.
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Labor Relations Board Offers Split Decision in Supervisor Cases
… for union representation--following a National Labor Relations Board decision announced Tuesday, October 3. In a ..... are not allowed to join a union under the National Labor Relations Act. In its October 3 decision, the board sought …
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What Scares Employers? How About a Union Organizing Campaign
… scary tale? It is not enough merely to have a no-solicitation policy. You must also take seriously the National Labor Relations Act's rules against applying policies to single-out labor unions and the employees who support them. If you only …
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The Internet is Today's Employee Complaint Box
… Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 [pdf] , an National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge ruled that a union ..... post on the site would be illegal under the National Labor Relations Act, as employees have a right to engage in protected …
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Disaffected Workers Want Out of Unions
… their brethren over strikes. In Kansas City, Missouri, a Honeywell Inc. employee filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board this year against an International Association of Machinists local for imposing a $7,361.36 fine for working …
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Another Reason Not to Ban Social Media on Company Time (Hint: It's the NLRB)
… problems employers face when trying to ban employees from accessing social media at work. Last week, an National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge provided us another reason for employers not to implement workplace bans on social media …
