New Salary Threshold Will Entitle Some Salaried Employees to Overtime Pay On January 1, 2020, more employees will be entitled to overtime wages, thanks to a revised rule enacted by the Department of Labor. → Read More
Sinclair Employees Say They Can’t Afford to Quit Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is making it hard for employees to quit by imposing financial penalties if they do so — even if they later do not go to work for the competition. → Read More
Employer Cannot Rescind Job Offer to Medical Marijuana User Employers’ “zero tolerance” policies for drug use are becoming increasingly problematic in the face of new laws legalizing the use of marijuana for social and medical purposes. → Read More
Government Backs Engineers Who Want to Unionize The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against a company that allegedly violated federal labor laws when it fired 14 engineers who tried to form a union. → Read More
Does Targeting Young Job Applicants in Facebook Ads Violate Age Discrimination Laws? The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against job applicants who have reached or passed the age of 40. → Read More
Ninth Circuit Upholds Grand Jury Subpoena to Glassdoor As Reuters reported, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Glassdoor must disclose information about users who posted anonymous comments about working at a company under investigation. → Read More
Do Facebook Job Ads Aid Age Discrimination? The latest Facebook advertising controversy involves potential age discrimination. → Read More
Amazon Sued for Employment Discrimination Abdullah Haydar, a former Amazon.com tech manager, is suing the company for discrimination. Haydar alleges that the company discriminated against him based upon his Muslim religion and Syrian descent. → Read More
McDonald's Sued by Blind Man for Violating ADA A blind man has filed a class action lawsuit against McDonald’s, claiming that the fast food giant’s drive-thrus discriminate against visually impaired customers in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. → Read More
Lowe’s Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $8.6 Million The EEOC alleged that Lowe's violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by routinely discriminating against people with disabilities by firing them and failing to provide reasonable accommodations when their medical leaves of absence exceeded their maximum leave policy. → Read More
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