by Kyle Smith | Mar 24, 2019 | Business Ownership, Employees, Human Resources
FMLA FLSA2019-1-A – The first question to the agency involved employers permitting employees to exhaust paid leave prior to designating the leave as FMLA leave? The second question was whether an employer can designate more than 12 weeks of leave as FMLA leave. The...
by Kyle Smith | May 30, 2018 | Business Ownership, Employee Turnover
How Does The Law In A Case Applicable To A Monkey’s Selfie Potentially Impact Employers? The monkey selfie case involves a federal lawsuit in California filed by PETA on behalf of a monkey, “Naruto.” Naruto apparently took a picture of himself with a camera set up by...
by Kyle Smith | Apr 30, 2018 | Business Ownership, Human Resources
A recent federal court case from the Eighth Circuit illustrates an employer’s obligations when facing a union “salting” campaign. “Salts” are union members who seek to be hired by non-union employers in order to attempt to organize the employer’s worksite. Briefly,...
by admin | Nov 28, 2017 | Human Resources
As everyone who has not been on a deserted island for the past month knows, there has been somewhat of an explosion in reported cases of sexual harassment of late. Many of these involve Hollywood entertainers, but the scope seems to be growing past the lifestyles of...