Last month, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a request for public comments on its preliminary interpretations of a new provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act that requires employers to provide nursing mothers with reasonable break time and a private space for expressing breast…
Previously, I wrote (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted earlier this year, amended the
Next week is our firm holiday party. And I am a big fan. At the party, I like to drink Four Loko boilermakers all night until I get blackout drunk socialize with colleagues for a few hours before cabbing home for the evening. Generally, I go crazy have a good…
Recently, I had an article published in Bloomberg Law Reports about how employers can reduce their potential exposure to employee litigation by implementing a strong anti-harassment policy and then coupling that with training for supervisors and employees. If I do say so myself — and I do — this is…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , enacted earlier this year, amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require a “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the child’s birth each time such employee has need to…
You will now. Here’s the after. Easy lesson: Make sure you have a media relations policy. Below is a good starting point. SECTION: About Your Job POLICY TITLE: Communicating with the Media All requests made by members of the media for any information, comments, details, etc., concerning XYZ, Inc. are…
Congress created the Occupational Safety & Hazard Administration (OSHA) to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance. That sounds nice. But my clients and I both know this: you don’t want OSHA sniffing…
Last week we had flu shot day at Dilworth Paxson. I missed it. I was out prepping a client for an upcoming deposition. So, over the weekend, I shelled out the $24.95 and got a flu shot at the local drug store. Why? Because I don’t want to get sick…
In March of this year, I finally wised up and opened a health care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through my job. Simple enough. Fill out some paperwork. Decide how much to deduct each pay period. Spend the money on deductibles, prescriptions, glasses and, best of all, over-the-counter medication. It’s use-it-or-lose-it…
Note: This article has nothing to do with the Red Sox. Nothing at all. Just Massachusetts. And Massachusetts employment law at that. It’s ok, though. Still worth a read IMHO. Good advice for my PA, NJ, and DE readers. I was checking out Gruntled Employees — get it? “gruntled” ……