Aug 5, 2015 | Employment Law
Consider the following scenario. You are an employer to which the FMLA and ADA apply. One of your employees has been on unpaid FMLA leave due to medical conditions that have required ongoing treatment by a team of doctors. The employee has exhausted all of his sick...
Jul 27, 2015 | Employment Law
July 26, 2015 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), which created comprehensive federal protections for individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including the workplace, providing equal access to the same...
Jul 22, 2015 | Employment Law
Violence in the workplace has become a growing concern for businesses and business owners across the country. In Virginia, employers of all sizes are actively considering, many for the first time, whether it would be prudent to have extra security personnel on hand...
Jul 15, 2015 | Employment Law
Part I of this article can be found here. The Fair Credit Reporting Act Having considering the perils summarized above, an employer who still decides to use employee criminal background checks faces additional restrictions under other federal statutory provisions,...
Jul 8, 2015 | Employment Law
Use of employment-related background checks by employers to discover information about the work history, education, criminal record, and financial history of job applicants has become ubiquitous. In one recent survey of employers, 92% of those responding stated that...
Jul 1, 2015 | Employment Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) has just released its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the white collar exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The amendments, if passed, will significantly increase the minimum salary test (from $23,660 to...
