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EEOC Provides Employers With Key Workplace Investigation Tips: Your 5 Biggest Questions Answered

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal, Safety & Security. Posted June 21, 2024

Employers recently received some helpful guidance from federal workplace officials to ensure your workplace investigations run smoothly, comply with legal standards, and put you in the best position to reach a fair and reasonable outcome. The EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace contained some valuable information about investigations that you might have overlooked ...

Pride Month is Here: Employer Resources for Supporting LGBTQ+ Workers and Staying Compliant All Year Long

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal. Posted June 7, 2024

Federal employment protections for LGBTQ+ individuals have greatly expanded over the past four years. While the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) remains committed to preventing workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, this area of the law keeps evolving. You might feel overwhelmed or confused by rapidly changing and sometimes contradictory developments. ...

White House Says Employers Should Do These 8 Things When Using AI at Work

by Fisher Phillips in Legal, Technology. Posted May 28, 2024

The White House just provided employers with a series of best practices that you should consider when using artificial intelligence for workplace purposes. The May 16 Fact Sheet, crafted in conjunction with the Department of Labor, doesn’t carry the weight of law – but could be relied upon by courts and others in these early ...

10 Steps Employers Should Take to Protect Workers this Summer as Feds Prepare to Finalize Heat Rule

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal, Safety & Security. Posted May 23, 2024

Employers need to take action to protect workers from heat illnesses and injuries as temperatures begin to rise nationwide – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because federal workplace safety officials are finalizing a stringent new heat rule that would considerably raise the stakes for employers. The Occupational Safety and Health ...

FP Hospitality Industry Snapshot: Hospitality Employers Must Quickly Prepare for New Overtime Rule With 7 Steps

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal. Posted May 16, 2024

Hospitality employers will likely feel a big impact from the new federal overtime rule, which significantly raises the exempt salary threshold for certain employees in two phases. Specifically, the salary threshold for the so-called “white-collar” exemptions will rise from $35K to about $44K on July 1 and will jump to nearly $59K at the start ...

New EEOC Workplace Harassment Guidance on LGBTQ+ Workers and More Takes Effect Immediately: 5 Key Takeaways for Employers

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal, Safety & Security. Posted April 30, 2024

Employers may need to update their harassment-prevention policies, procedures, and trainings now that the federal government released long-anticipated guidance on the topic. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace was updated yesterday for the first time in 30 years to adapt existing standards to the modern workplace. Specifically, the agency ...

Starbucks Asks SCOTUS for Clearer Standard for NLRB Injunctions: What Employers Need to Know

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management. Posted April 23, 2024

In a case before the Supreme Court, Starbucks says it fired several employees for violating valid company policies — but the National Labor Relations Board convinced a lower court to reinstate the employees while a legal battle ensues over whether they were actually fired for engaging in union organizing activities. The coffee chain argues the ...

How Much Data is Too Much? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as California Focuses On Data Minimization Requirements

by Fisher Phillips in Legal, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted April 16, 2024

Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its first Enforcement Advisory on data minimization under the state’s hallmark data privacy law on April 2, focusing on a very specific context: when businesses ...

The 10 Things Employers Need to Know About Sweeping New Federal Data Privacy Law Proposal

by Fisher Phillips in Legal, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted April 9, 2024

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers just unveiled a sweeping proposal to pass the nation’s first data privacy law and hand a significant amount of power to consumers, one that would bring about a massive change in the way that businesses treat customer data. While it would create a consistent framework across the country and ...

3 AI Bills in Congress for Employers to Track: Proposed Laws Target Automated Systems, Workplace Surveillance, And More

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted April 2, 2024

Employers that use artificial intelligence – and developers that create AI systems – could be subject to extensive new laws under several bills introduced by federal legislators. While much of the existing legal landscape on AI centers on broad, overarching principles, Congress is now considering bills that hone in on more specific issues like the ...