Say It Ain’t So!
Mark Tabakman, Labor and Employment Lawyer, Fox Rothschild LLP
New And Proposed Transparency Rules
Kim A. Buckey, Vice President, Client Services, DirectPath
When Can Employers Use “Good Faith” Defense In Wage Claims
Sarah Wieselthier, Associate, Fisher & Phillips LLP
Will The Federal Arbitration Act Dismantle California’s Prohibition Against Employment Arbitration?
Triston "Chase" O'Savio, Attorney, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
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In any industry and any workplace, gut instinct just doesn’t cut it anymore – strong job candidates who pass the pre-hire background check and wow leadership with their interview skills can easily devolve into individuals who put the company at risk.
Validating the fact that this is now a common workforce occurrence, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF) spent all of September raising awareness for insider threat.
The New Jersey test for independent contractor status under the unemployment laws is already very tough, the very infamous, A-B-C standard. That is seemingly not enough for this Administration and Commissioner Asaro-Angelo.
While multiple hospital associations and individual hospitals have already filed suit over the final regulations, claiming that their first amendment protections are being violated, the comment period for the proposed rule remains open until January 14, 2020.
The New Jersey Supreme Court just agreed to review whether the “good faith” defense is available to employers that rely upon determinations made by employees of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Section 432.6 of the law goes further to provide that requiring employees to opt out of an arbitration agreement to avoid being bound, or to take any affirmative action to preserve their rights, is “deemed a condition of employment.”
It can be difficult for HR Leaders to stay up-to-date and prioritize the issues and changes they should pay attention to. And, not understanding compliance obligations is not a legal defense.
As winter once again approaches, employers, particularly those in cold-weather states, face the recurring specter of inclement weather affecting business operations and employee attendance.
Woody Allen is credited with saying that 80% of success is showing up. That could certainly apply to the workplace. To be fair though, he made that comment in 1977 before remote work, telecommuting, video conferencing and similar technological advances were in existence.