In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017 called social media “the modern public square” and noted in Packingham v. North Carolina, 582 US ___ (2017) that websites can provide perhaps the most powerful mechanisms available to a private citizen to make his or her voice heard.” Since then, Courts have examined: Employees Have Been Disciplined...
The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) is a federal law which protects employees 40 years old and over from being forced into signing a release of certain claims. The OWBPA requires that employers provide employees 40 years old and over with information about their rights if the employer requires the employee to sign a...
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) advised today that it is putting forward a rule to raise the salary threshold under which employees are eligible for overtime pay under federal labor law. A proposed DOL rule would raise to about $55,000 per year the salary threshold under which employees are eligible for overtime The proposed...
PEO Focus asked Keven Steinberg to be a guest author for their blog on the topic of Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) for Professional Employer Organizations (PEO).
