July 26, 2013
Social Media Headaches: Don’t Look to the NLRB for Help
Like all forms of technology, social media is changing at a breakneck pace. By now most employers are aware of Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter, but do you have policies and procedures in place that cover of impact employee activity on micro photo and video websites such as Instagram and Vine?
July 5, 2013
Health Care Law’s Employer Mandate Delayed Until 2015
On July 2, 2013, Mark J. Mazur, the assistant secretary for tax policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, announced a one-year delay, until January 1, 2015, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate that employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees provide health care coverage to their full-time employees or pay steep penalities.
April 1, 2012
Jury grants EEOC award of $240 Million for disability discrimination.
Jury grants EEOC award of $240 Million for disability discrimination. In a particularly egregious set of facts, the jury determined that the Company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by creating a hostile environment and imposing discriminatory conditions of employment, and acted with “malice or reckless indifference” to their civil rights.
