New I-9 Form Required for Employers
Effective January 22, 2017, employers must use a new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The form can be found here: Form I-9. As a reference for employers, the new form is dated 11/14/2016. Among other changes, the new form has prompts to ensure information is entered correctly, has the ability to enter multiple preparers and […]
Employer’s End of Year Checklist
As we approach the end of another year, there are a lot of things to keep in mind regarding your business and your employees. Here are just a couple of quick thoughts and items for your end of year checklist: Holiday Parties – Many people are already aware of the dangers created by holiday parties […]
Employment Law News & An Update
Today, we have an update on our previous post about challenges to the upcoming changes to the Department of Labor’s overtime regulations. We also have a quick note on other legal action affecting employment laws. It’s been a pretty busy few weeks in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas! Shortly after […]
DOL Overtime Regulations Fight Continues
As you are aware and as we have discussed in this blog before, the revisions to the Department of Labor’s overtime regulations are set to go into effect on December 1, 2016. In light of this impending change, the United States Congress and various states have taken action to delay the change. On September 20th, 22 […]
Discrimination Changes on the Horizon?
At the time of the June 30, 2014 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. decision from the United States Supreme Court, many employment law experts and practitioners recognized that the Court’s decision to let Hobby Lobby opt out of portions of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) on religious grounds could lead to a litany of lower […]
Workplace Drug Testing
Drug testing often can be a confusing area of the law for many employers. The first thing to consider is whether you operate in an industry in which drug testing is required or regulated (i.e. trucking/transportation) or are subject to certification or licensure requirements that include drug testing (i.e. ISO, etc.). If you are not […]
New EEOC Guidance on Retaliation
We posted a few days ago about the EEOC’s new guidance on Position Statements. Well, the EEOC has been busy because they also have proposed new enforcement guidance regarding retaliation claims and charges. From January 21, 2016 through February 24, 2016, the EEOC accepted input regarding its draft proposed enforcement guidance on retaliation claims. The […]
EEOC Position Statements
In order to assist employers in drafting EEOC position statements, we recently released a video on our YouTube page outlining tips for crafting EEOC position statements. As a follow up to that video, we want to highlight the EEOC’s recent updated information and guidance regarding employer position statements. A position statement is the employer’s response to an […]
What Justice Scalia’s Death Means for Employers
You likely have seen or read numerous stories and reports about the death of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and what it means for U.S. politics and the upcoming presidential election. We will leave that discussion to the experts. If a replacement is not appointed and approved, though, the Supreme Court will be […]
