The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also called the CARES Act, has provided ongoing support to businesses experiencing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was the leading economic relief package...
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Proper Work Classification
With President Biden’s election and the change in administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is once again examining rules governing classification of workers as independent contractors. Proper classification of workers as independent contractors, as opposed...
Employer Mandated Covid-19 Vaccines in the Private Sector
With the COVID-19 vaccine becoming more readily available, private sector employers want to know whether they can require vaccination of employees. The general consensus in the legal community is a qualified yes subject to a few caveats and requirements. Obviously...
Spilled Milk to “Spoliation”: Investigating Workplace Incidents
By John Price A customer falls near the entrance to your business. An employee complains that she is being sexually harassed by a coworker. What do you do? These are just examples of incidents which could occur in the life of any business. Yet, many employers have...
EEOC’s Move to Digital Charge System Changes the Landscape of Discrimination Claims
By Kyle Perry Employment discrimination claims have gone digital. Following a brief Pilot Program, on January 1, 2016 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) implemented the Digital Charge System nationwide. The move to online filing is meant to ease...
Fair Labor Standards Act Regulations to be Updated
By Elizabeth McLeod The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law that addresses minimum wage and overtime standards for most public and private employers. It also provides recordkeeping requirements and standards for child labor. Employees must be paid at...
EMPLOYERS – Make Your Employee Handbook Work for Your Business
Employee handbooks can be an extremely useful tool for employers, regardless of size. A well-drafted handbook clearly defines and communicates an employer’s standards to its workforce. No employer can address every single policy during new employee orientation, so a...
Affordable Care Act Article
As deadlines are fast approaching for employers affected by the Affordable Care Act, Fulcher Hagler LLP has offered a series of seminars covering the Act’s reach and requirements. Jim Allen, of our Employment Law Group, began conducting breakfast seminars for local...
Seminar Updates from Fulcher Hagler
The Employment Law Team of Elizabeth A. McLeod, Mary B. Robbins, Andrew W. Holliday, Dora H. Hogg, and Andrew Murdison conducted labor law related seminars to keep clients, businesses and sole practitioners abreast of the ever changing employment regulations. Seminars...