The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) recently created another potential pitfall for employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors. Most employers know that, if they misclassify an employee as an independent contractor, they may be subjected to fines, penalties and other types of liability. Such employers also can be sued by the misclassified employee and
Does Your Service Animal Need a Stand Up Desk? Discrimination and Accommodation of Employees, Customers and Third-Parties
Summary of Program
The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very informative training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers to both comply with legal record keeping requirements and also prepare and maintain effective defensive documentation.
Most business owners know that customers and employees may
University Student Assistants Are Employees Under NLRA
On August 23, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and Graduate Workers of Columbia-GWC, UAW. The NLRB decided that graduate and undergraduate student assistants are common law “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Illinois’ “Child Bereavement Leave Act”
On July 29, 2016, the Illinois General Assembly adopted SB 2613 – the Child Bereavement Leave Act (“Act”) which provides eligible employees with the right to take bereavement leave for the death of a child. The law went into effect immediately.
Covered Employers. The Act defines covered employers the same way the federal Family
NLRB Revises Back Pay Formula
In a 3-1 ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) recently revised its back pay formula and radically departed from its traditional remedy for compensating employees who have been unlawfully terminated. The Board’s ruling now supports employees’ rights to recover search-for-work and interim employment expenses, regardless of whether the employees have interim earnings and regardless