Workforce Bulletin

By Ian Carleton Schaefer

The newest issue of Take 5 is online, featuring contributions from Michelle Capezza, Nancy Gunzenhauser, Marshall Jackson Jr., Brandon Ge, Gregg Settembrino, and myself, colleagues in our firm’s Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Strategic Industry Group.

In this issue, we cover employment issues in “The Cloud”:

1. Solving Rainy Day Problems While It's Only Partly Cloudy: Wage and Hour Concerns
2. PHI in the Cloud: HIPAA, Data Privacy, and Data Security
3. The Cloud, the Evolving Role of the CIO, and the Increasing Importance of Attracting ...

 By Aaron Olsen

President Obama’s announcement last week that he was ordering the Labor Department to revise the regulations concerning who can be classified as “executive or professional” employees has created a buzz about what this will mean for both employers and employees.  The fact that the President specifically identified concerns about managers in the fast-food industry suggests that the Department of Labor will be looking for ways to change how employees in the hospitality industry are classified. 

However, there have been very few details about what any of this will ...

On March 13, 2014 President Obama issued a memorandum instructing the Department of Labor ("DOL") to review and revise overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Under the FLSA employees are eligible to receive overtime for all hours worked over 40 per week, unless they fall within certain specified exemptions. The most common of exempt classifications in the retail industry are executive, administrative, and commission sales.

By Amanda R. Strainis-Walker

OSHA recently launched a Regional Emphasis Program (REP) that will focus enforcement resources on employers operating in the automotive supply manufacturing industry.  This new Auto Supply Manufacturers enforcement program will target manufacturers in the southeast that supply engines, airbags, trim, or any other automotive products.  The specific geographic areas covered by the inspection program include at least Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama.

“Hazards associated with the Auto Parts Supplier Industry that are the focus of this REP ...

The EEOC has just published guidance to employers on accommodating religious dress and grooming practices pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This guidance comes on the heels of several high profile religious discrimination cases that have brought the issue of religious dress and grooming accommodation to the forefront. Employers with 15 or more employees are covered by Title VII and should take note of the new guidance.

When hoteliers are considering purchasing, selling or remodeling hotels, one of the most overlooked issues during the due diligence and planning phases relates to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

Most unionized hospitality employers have collective bargaining agreements which require contributions to multiemployer pension funds. In recent years, many of these pension funds have slipped into “endangered” or even “critical” status, and employers who have exited these funds have been hit with substantial assessments of withdrawal liability. These assessments often amount to millions of dollars in withdrawal liability.

Many employers are unfamiliar with the complicated procedures for contesting an assessment of withdrawal liability from a multiemployer ...

On Epstein Becker Green's Management Memo blog, our colleague Adam C. Abrahms writes about the Department of Labor's delay, once again, of its timeline for finalizing the Persuader Rule.

On Epstein Becker Green's Management Memo blog, our colleague Adam C. Abrahms writes about the Department of Labor's delay, once again, of its timeline for finalizing the Persuader Rule.

By: Barry Guryan

As widely reported, employers of all sizes are challenged in complying with the myriad of complex regulatory and compliance obligations under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). As our blog readers are well aware, certain large employers, as defined in the ACA, must provide “essential health benefits” that meet the law’s standards to full time employees under the Employer Mandate by 2015 or face penalties. Companies have spent time and money on consultants and lawyers to understand how the ACA impacts their business and their bottom line.

In response, some ...