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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Employers Should Take the EEOC More Seriously In 2013
Some executives and managers consider EEOC charges to be a cost of doing business. Based on past experience, they do not treat Discrimination Charges with the same concern as other legal matters. The EEOC’s current focus on Systemic Discrimination and the … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, cultural changes, EEOC, employer policies, food processing, generational differences, government contracting, government inspections, harassment, hospitality, manufacturing, plastics, recruiting, retail
Tagged 2013, 2013 eeoc strategic plan, accomodating injured workers, ADA, controlling workers comp costs, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, discrimination claims, disparate impact, eeoc challenge of sick leave policies, eeoc systemic discrimination investigations, employee attitudes, employer policies, fast food restaurants, generational differences, managing younger workers, obesity in the workplace, retail workers, Return to Duty
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OSHA’s Latest Regulatory Agenda Suggests Few New Regulations In 2013
OSHA tardily published its Fall Regulatory Agenda on December 21. The Administration did not even publish the Spring Agenda, and commentators for management and labor have described the dates as bearing little relationship with temporal reality as we know it. … Continue reading
Posted in combustible dust, construction, food processing, government inspections, manufacturing, OSHA, plastics, retail
Tagged 2013, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer policies, I2P2, I2P2 still at pre rule stage, osha and safety incentives, osha combustible dust requirements, osha fall 2012 regulatory agenda, OSHA Inspections, osha making regulations by directive, safety programs
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NLRB Again Shows No Concern For Employee Privacy In New Ruling
Following its recent rejection of 50-year-old precedent, the NLRB today announced that it reversed 34-year old precedent and eliminated the categorical exemption of employee Witness Statements from being provided to a Union in disciplinary cases. The decision, American Baptist Homes of … Continue reading
Posted in discipline and discharge, NLRB, Uncategorized, union organizing, unions
Tagged 237 NLRB 982, American Baptist Homes of the West d/b/a Piedmont Gardens, Anheuser-Busch, employer policies, Inc., NLRB and confidentiality, NLRB and discipline, nlrb and social media, NLRB out of control?, NLRB requires balancing of employer confidentiality interests and a union’s need for information concerning employee discipline, retail workers, right to work laws and business location, right-to-work, union organizing, union right to employee witness statements, union right to employer information
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New Service Contracts With the Federal Government Require Employers to Offer Jobs to Displaced Employees of the Previous Employer.
It was already difficult to understand and comply with Federal Government Contracting Laws, such as Davis-Bacon, Walsh-Healey and the Service Contract Act (SCA). As of January 18, 2013, employers obtaining service contracts with the Federal Government will be required … Continue reading
Posted in construction, government contracting, government inspections, hospitality, Uncategorized, unions, wage hour
Tagged APPLICATION OF MCNAMARA-O’HARA SERVICE CONTRACT ACT (SCA), davis bacon, displaced workers, government contractors, McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA, SCA, service contract act, successor contractors, walsh healey
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The Hidden Safety Hazard – Domestic Violence
The Hidden Safety Hazard – Domestic Violence Date: November 1, 2012 By Betsy Weintraub (Former Prosecutor) As the holidays are approaching, you notice that Susan, one of your longtime employees with a near perfect attendance record, has missed several … Continue reading
Top Ten Ways To Hold A Company Party – Without Getting Sued
Top Ten Ways To Hold A Company Party – Without Getting Sued Date: December 3, 2012 By Michael Mitchell (Labor Letter, December 2012) With the Holiday Season in full swing, many employers ask us about the wisdom of holding company parties … Continue reading
Posted in construction, discipline and discharge, EEOC, employer policies, food processing, generational differences, government inspections, harassment, hospitality, manufacturing, plastics, recruiting, retail, social media, Uncategorized, workplace violence
Tagged company parties, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, discrimination claims, EEOC, employer policies, fast food restaurants, generational differences, retail workers, sued over company parties
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What Should I Think About TV Coverage This Week and the New Congressional Report On the NLRB
A number of people asked me about Fox News and other discussions this week about an “out of control” NLRB. I have linked to a Fox story yesterday on a new Congressional Report that calls the NLRB a “rogue” agency. … Continue reading
Posted in concerted protected activity, construction, discipline and discharge, employer policies, food processing, government inspections, hospitality, manufacturing, NLRB, recruiting, retail, social media, union organizing, unions
Tagged concerted protected activity, Congressional Report, employer policies, NLRB, nlrb and social media, retail workers, union organizing
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Can I Get In Trouble “Rounding” Employee’s Time?
Is It OK To “Round” An Employee’s Worktime? November 30, 2012 01:00 by John E. Thompson For many years, some employers have chosen to “round” non-exempt employees’ time entries in computing their wages. News items in recent days have reported … Continue reading
What the New Michigan Right-to-Work Law Does… and Doesn’t Do….
Many people confuse Right-to-Work laws with the Employment at Will concept. Employment at Will is a common law concept standing for some variation of the rule that either the employee or the employer can terminate employment at any time for … Continue reading
Posted in concerted protected activity, construction, NLRB, plant openings and closures, plastics, union organizing, unions
Tagged affects of right-to-work laws, concerted protected activity, employee attitudes, generational differences, indiana right to work, michigan right to work, retail workers, right to work laws and business location, right-to-work, union organizing
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