Jun 26, 2023 | Summer 2023 Newsletter
By Kate Kriner, PHRca The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“USICE”) has announced the inevitable end to the COVID-19 exception from the physical inspection of employment eligibility documents (i.e., social...
Jun 26, 2023 | Summer 2023 Newsletter
By Laurie Nooren, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-CP Do you have temporary, seasonal, part-time, on-call, inactive or “as needed” employees on your payroll? We will often ask clients “how many employees do you have?” This question is asked to determine which employment laws an...
Jun 26, 2023 | Summer 2023 Newsletter
By Jennifer Lippi, SPHR, PHRca In a recent National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision McLaren v. Macomb, the Board ruled that offering severance agreements with certain confidentiality and/or non-disparagement provision violates the National Labor Relations Act...
Mar 22, 2023 | Spring 2023 Newsletter
By Stacey Sommerhauser, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP We all know if a non-exempt employee works in California for more than eight hours in any one workday or more than 40 hours in a workweek, then overtime wages are due at the rate of one and one-half the employee’s regular...
Mar 22, 2023 | Spring 2023 Newsletter
By Kate Kriner, PHRca We are well into the 21st century and many of the workplace practices and benefits have been around so long we just assume they are based on laws, regulations and rules. In fact, many of these practices have no legal basis. Let’s separate some...
