UAW withdraws objections to NLRB over Volkswagen vote. The United Auto Workers (UAW) in April withdrew its objections filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding the February vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. UAW President Bob King said the decision was made in the best interests of Volkswagen employees,...
Kansas celebrates older workers. The Kansas Department of Commerce will host the Older Worker Awards Ceremony on April 24 in Topeka. The event honors older workers who are employed in both publicand private-sector jobs and businesses that regularly employ workers who are 55 and older. The department is accepting nominations until March 31, 2014,...
Many Maryland employers are aware that litigating class claims filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) can be a very difficult and expensive proposition. If the employees are successful in proving minimum wage or overtime violations, not only will the employer be required to repay their lost wages along with liquidated damages, but the...
Restaurant owners, beware: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has its eye on tip-pooling arrangements. As a recent investigation of a restaurant chain in Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey illustrates, restaurant employers can face serious penalties and fines for requiring employees to contribute to illegally run tip-pooling arrangements....
Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery has its headquarters in Tempe, but the Celtic sports bar chain has 90 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada. A couple of workplace issues have put the chain in an unflattering light in the hometown media in recent months.
The most dramatic was a November 2013 incident in which a kitchen employee stabbed...
In most cases, if your employee is injured on the job, he will be eligible for workers' compensation benefits. But did you know that employees may also be eligible to receive workers' comp for nonphysical (i.e., emotional) injuries?
Recently, a jail officer in the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department filed a claim for workers' comp benefits for...
The Oregon Court of Appeals recently affirmed a jury's verdict that a class of employees was wrongfully denied pay for time worked while they were donning and doffing protective gear necessary for their jobs. The class action was brought against an Oregon business and the staffing company it used to find employees.
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A report issued on December 11, 2013, by the Democratic members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee contains the results of a year-long investigation conducted by the majority staff of the committee. The report, titled "Acting Responsibly? Federal Contractors Frequently Put Workers' Lives and Livelihoods at Risk,"...
In a recent wrongful termination case, the jury awarded a former employee three years of back pay even though he had obtained new employment soon after his termination. The appellate court upheld the award, finding that his back-pay claim didn't need to be reduced because the jury could reasonably conclude that the new employment was inferior to...
On December 11, 2013, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that Houston Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, LLP, had been cited for multiple violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) following a WHD investigation.
According to the DOL, the investigation found that the clinic violated the FMLA when...
