By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEThe employee is gone, but won’t leave well enough alone. You are tempted to fight back. But you cannot make that same mistake, because anti-retaliation protections can …
As you may know, beginning with the third quarter of 2015, the Taxable Wage Base (TWB) - the maximum annual wage on which an employer must pay unemployment taxes – will be lowered from the …
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEWhen a legitimate request for a religious accommodation is granted, employers have to be careful to train all managers to respect the need for the accommodation and …
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEWhen the writing is on the wall for employees, they generally know it. And when the company changes its processes and methodology for work, tenured employees tend …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASELast week the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrative Interpretation (AI) advising on the use and misuse of those workers deemed Independent Contractors. An …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEThe State of Michigan has passed a law prohibiting municipalities from passing local wage and hour and benefit requirements. In doing so Michigan has joined several …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEThe recent case of Boyer-Liberto v. Fontainebleau Corporation in the Fourth U.S. Circuit addressed the validity of a hostile work environment claim that arose from a …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEIt is becoming more and more urgent for employers to review their policies that address off-site work. New proposed rules from the Department of Labor (DOL) …
As reported last week in everythingpeople.™ This Week!, the Department of Labor (DOL) has released its new “Exemption” regulations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for their review. The public has not yet …
By Joe DeSantis, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEIt is well established that the Great Recession had a negative effect on the U.S. birth rate. New numbers now seem to suggest that even though the …
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEFLSA tops the list of employee lawsuits, by type, hitting employers today. Most of those suits have to do with misclassification of employees as contractors. That is …
By Nicole Sitter, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEThree new Michigan Laws (Public Acts 359, 360 and 361) designed to lower the unemployment rate among convicted felons and ex-offenders became effective January 1, 2015. They …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner NuWave Technology PartnersEndpoint Security is the practice of protecting each of the user’s computers on a network. By providing protection for each endpoint, if malware, ransomware (malicious software that …
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEAs HR professionals know, an employee becomes eligible for job-protected leave by meeting three criteria: (1) being employed by a covered employer for at least 12 months; …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEYears ago this author was a young worker pumping gas at a local gas station (these were truly ancient times: no customer ever pumped his or …
Michael Rogers talks with Rodger Young, attorney and founder of Young & Associates. Rodger is an expert in complex commercial litigation and specializes in winning jury trials in federal and state courts. He has years …
By Joe DeSantisRecently the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that an employer did not have to pay its employees for time spent waiting for and then going through a security check at the end of …
A letter from the Department of Labor and Regulatory Affairs (See full letter here)If your workers receive vacation pay, holiday pay or bonus pay, we are happy to inform you that the Unemployment Insurance Agency …
