August 27th, 2018 Veterans’ Preference Definitions On May 15, 2018, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed legislation (H.B. 1617) altering the definition of eligible veteran to include […]
August 27th, 2018 Noncompete Agreements and Trade Secrets On August 10, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation (House Document 4868 which amended H.B. 4732) banning […]
August 27th, 2018 Veterans’ Preference On June 1, 2018, Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed legislation (S.B. 573) permitting private, nonpublic employers to grant a preference in hiring […]
August 27th, 2018 New York City Sexual Harassment Fact Sheet and Notice The New York City Commission on Human Rights released a new sexual harassment fact […]
August 27th, 2018 Discrimination Poster The South Carolina Human Rights Commission updated its employment discrimination poster, South Carolina Law Prohibits Employment Discrimination. All employers, public and […]
Austin Paid Sick Leave Temporarily Blocked On August 17, 2018, an Austin-based appeals court blocked the city’s paid sick leave ordinance, which would have required private […]
August 20th, 2018 Question: We found pornography on an employee’s computer. How should we handle this? And, is an employee’s addiction to pornography protected under the […]
August 15th, 2018 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard several cases with employment implications during their 2018 session, including the following four cases […]
Robin Shea, partner with leading national labor and employment law firm (and ThinkHR strategic employment law partner) Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP asks if it’s time […]
April 30th, 2018 Sexual Harassment On April 12, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation (S.B. 7507C): Requiring that bids submitted to the state, or […]
April 30th, 2018 Question: Can we require employees to use their vacation and sick time at the beginning of an approved medical leave of absence? Answer: […]
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court filed its decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court and held that businesses must apply the […]