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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...
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...
By Elizabeth McLeod Employers are trying to get their bearings on the heels of last month’s amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). As anticipated, the revised rules more than double the minimum salary required to classify employees as exempt with an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...