by Sam Briggs | Feb 18, 2020 | Employment Law
The existing joint employer rule is over a half-century old. In January 2020, the Department of Labor finally updated the controversial rule. Joint employer relationships often occur in franchise businesses. For example, 7-11 has over 55,000 worldwide locations. 7-11...
by Sam Briggs | Jan 21, 2020 | Employment Law
This issue is important. Employees are entitled to financial benefits, like a minimum wage and eligibility for a group health plan. Additionally, legal employees have legal protections, in terms of anti-discrimination laws and unionizing activities. Generally, unpaid...
by Sam Briggs | Jan 14, 2020 | Employment Law
The Eighth Circuit upheld a lower court’s order that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pay $3.3 million in damages for failing to conciliate an employment discrimination matter. According to court documents, the EEOC investigated CRST International, a...
by Sam Briggs | Dec 10, 2019 | Employment Law
The average employee works about fifteen hours of overtime every month. Most families count on that extra income. Fortunately, most workers qualify for time-and-a-half for every hour worked over 40 in a week. A few notes before we get to the exempt categories. These...
by Sam Briggs | Dec 2, 2019 | Employment Law
Cushman & Wakefield must pay a former systems analyst, who was 63 at the time of his termination, $1.3 million in damages, after the Justices rejected the company’s final appeal. Rinsky v. Cushman & Wakefield involved some technical questions. As a result of...
by Sam Briggs | Nov 26, 2019 | Employment Law
The nation’s largest small-box retailer agreed to pay $6 million and provide other relief to resolve claims that it violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Dollar General overused criminal background checks during...
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