by wpps-support | Sep 22, 2020 | Franchise Agreements
Franchise Agreements – No Poaching Provisions As written previously, if your company has agreements with no poaching employees language, it is new jurisdiction for the HR Manager or in-house employment counsel under anti-trust law. Such provisions are typically...
by wpps-support | Aug 25, 2020 | Employee Hours
Yesterday, the U.S. DOL issued a Bulletin clarifying an employer’s duty to exercise reasonable diligence to accurately account for teleworking hours worked by hourly employees, whether due to COVID-19 or not. Quoting from the Bulletin: (1) “If the employer knows...
by wpps-support | Aug 18, 2020 | COVID
Are OSHA and Workers Compensation The Appropriate COVID Battlegrounds? Employers are seeing all types of claims and lawsuits being brought on behalf of employees regarding safe working conditions. I like the way Amazon.com is defending such a suit in NY –...
by wpps-support | Jun 30, 2020 | COVID
Is your company’s Questionnaire within the permissible margins? Here’s a quick test – – can you identify the one question below that would NOT be permissible? Symptoms: Have you had a fever in the last 10 – 14 days? Shortness of breath? Cough?...
by wpps-support | Jun 23, 2020 | Layoffs
NEWS: As we all know now, the law on protecting LGBTQ employees is now settled. The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 split last week held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other federal workplace laws prohibit employers from firing gay, lesbian and...
