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The NLRB Issues Two Major Labor Law Rulings- NLRB Modifies Voluntary Recognition Bar to Allow
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May 6, 2008 Rod Stephens
A failed work romance can still lead to a claim of workplace harassment. Regardless of what you wish, workplace romances will happen and they will fail. Once the romance ends, hurt feelings may create a less than harmonious workplace. As an employer, your best line of defense is to make sure your employees are aware of your policy on interpersonal relationships and that inappropriate conduct following a failed romance will not be tolerated.
May 6, 2008 Kelli Hill
In addition to the recent military family leave changes to FMLA, employers will be interested in learning about the Department of Labor's decision to update the fifteen-year old regulations in an effort to improve communications among workers, employers, and health care providers.
May 5, 2008 Michael Newman
A case recently decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, involving an employee who was discharged because of reports that he had been sleeping on the job, reinforces the idea that the relevant inquiry in such a case is not whether the stated basis for termination actually occurred, but whether the employer had a good faith belief that it had occurred.
April 30, 2008 Cynthia M. Stamer
Medical diagnostic testing company Quest Diagnostics Inc. (“Quest”) has agreed to pay 238 employees across the country a total of $688,772 in overtime back wages due under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) after having misclassified certain computer systems workers, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division announced today. The settlement stems from a misclassification of systems workers as “exempt” which commonly occurs not only among health industry employers, but also among other employers as well.