Millions of additional workers will soon be eligible for overtime pay thanks to the Labor Department’s new salary threshold for certain exempt employees – which raises the rate higher than initially anticipated.
Millions of additional workers will soon be eligible for overtime pay thanks to the Labor Department’s new salary threshold for certain exempt employees – which raises the rate higher than initially anticipated.
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Today, over 60 million workers are subject to arbitration — a 55% increase since the early 2000s — yet the arbitration field remains dominated by white men. While workplaces across the country have increased their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, it is no surprise that there are prevalent obstacles in efforts to close the race and gender gap in the realm of arbitrator selection, specifically regarding employment-related disputes.
The City of Chicago recently amended two existing ordinances to provide greater protections for employees in the areas of bodily autonomy and criminal conviction histories. Both the Bodily Autonomy for All Ordinance and the amendments to Chicago’s “Ban the Box” Ordinance are now in effect, so Chicago employers should immediately review their hiring and employment practices and make any necessary changes to comply with the new requirements. What should you do to get in line with these significant changes?
A highly anticipated decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) makes it significantly harder for companies to classify their workers as independent contractors. The Board’s June 13 decision in Atlanta Opera reverts to a broader independent contractor standard that was established during the Obama administration in 2014 — which means more workers will again be considered “employees” under federal labor law. What are the top four things employers need to know about this development?
Employers have only a few months left to train all employees working in Chicago on sexual harassment prevention and bystander intervention. While this requirement is to be completed annually, the first round of training must be completed by June 30. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the deadline.
Federal safety officials are gearing up for an aggressive enforcement agenda in 2023 – including a new proposal that would give workers and certified bargaining units the right to designate a worker or union representative to accompany an OSHA inspector during a facility walkaround — regardless of whether the representative is your employee or the facility is a union shop. The agency intends to issue its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in May, but you can plan ahead. What do you need to know about this upcoming proposal, and what are the five key steps you can take to prepare?
Missouri voters approved Amendment 2 on Election Day 2018, one of the three medical marijuana measures appearing on the state’s ballot. Amendment 2 adds an article to the Missouri Constitution legalizing medical use of marijuana for qualifying patients and allowing people who qualify to grow their own plants. With a new law comes new questions about how this development will affect workplaces across the state. Here are a series of the most common questions Missouri employers may have while adjusting to this new reality.