On March 23, 2015, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a new law, H.B. 2081, that restricts the ability of employers in Virginia to access the social media accounts of current and prospective employees—making Virginia the nineteenth state to enact such...
On April 10, 2015, the 6th Circuit reached what many believe is the right decision and reversed its much–debated decision in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., 752 F.3d 634 (6th Cir. 2014) from April 2014 – which had held that Ford had violated the Americans with Disabilities...
Last week, we discussed the fluctuating workweek method and its possible benefits. Remember that the fluctuating workweek method is not a “save lots of overtime expenses method.” Employers who use the fluctuating workweek to clamp down on overtime expenses...
On April 15, 2015, the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) published a request for information (RFI) on the occupational hazards experienced during communication tower construction and maintenance activities.[1] More specifically, OSHA is...
The Department of Labor (DOL) has now proposed long-anticipated changes to the regulation that delineates when financial advisors become fiduciaries to certain benefit plans (such as retirement plans and Health Savings Accounts). This is an important distinction...
