Krispy Kreme Agrees to $1M Settlement Regarding Overtime Violations The doughnut chain failed to include monthly bonuses in some workers’ regular rates of pay, the Department of Labor said. As a result, Krispy Kreme paid overtime at lower rates than required by the Fair Labor Standards...
New Senate Bill S1958A amends section 215 of the New York Labor Law to enhance protections for employees who take legally protected absences....
These grants are funded by the California Employment Training Panel and California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. They are geared toward helping small businesses offset the increased costs that may arise when an employee is out on leave, such as cross-training existing staff, and hiring...
Q: Can you tell me what the new IRS mileage rate is for 2023? A: Beginning on January 1, 2023, the standard mileage rate for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be 65.5 cents per mile driven for business use....
“To avoid overtime, I’m just going to pay everyone a salary.” We hear this phrase, or other iterations like it, a lot. And we’d love to say it was that easy. So many headaches and problems would just disappear if it were. Of course, it is...
Employees and individuals who visit a workplace in the course of their own work may make complaints and receive counsel and assistance regarding workplace sexual harassment by calling the toll-free hotline (1-800-HARASS-3), Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The hotline is set...
With limited exceptions, Assembly Bill 2188 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual “in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person, if the discrimination is based upon the person’s use of cannabis off the...
Q: I need your help with a question. When we give an employee a write-up and they refuse to sign it, what do I need to do/say? A: There are a number of options that can be deployed if an employee refuses to sign a disciplinary...
Gender Dysphoria Covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
In Williams v. Kincaid, No. 21-2030 (4th Cir. Aug. 16, 2022), a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that Gender Dysphoria is not excluded from the broad definition...
“CROWN” stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” and prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of hairstyles or textures historically associated with race, such as afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, curls, and hair styled to protect hair...