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Recently, the National Labor Relations Board reviewed upscale grocer Whole Foods' policy within its General Information Guide ("GIG") which banned...
Last week, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico issued a memorandum and order granting Tractor Supply Company's Motion to...
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that could significantly inhibit public unions' abilities to collect dues from...
Well, this just got interesting. Tracking a position it took last summer in an agency decision involving a federal employee, the EEOC recently filed...
Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission holding that an employer was liable for...
Last week Judge Joseph N. Laplante of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire issued a decision in Posteraro v. RBS...
Loyal blog readers may recall our post last August reporting on an Ohio company that required its workers to swipe into and out of the restroom at...
Last week, a Massachusetts state court ruled on a motion for summary judgment finding that an all-girls Catholic School (Fontbonne Academy in Milton,...
Dear reader, the powers that be at Blog HQ have decreed that all posts between now and next Friday adhere to a holiday theme. So while you're...
In the holiday song that I most often picture sung by the woman portrayed in Madonna's Material Girl, this year my mind shifted away from diamond...
If you have had the feeling that the creators and enforcers of the ACA speak with forked hoof, just see how the Federal Government speaks about...
When was the last time you reviewed the "minimum lifting requirements" in your job descriptions? In several cases this year, courts have looked...
Because of how often we hear from clients regarding requests for "emotional support" animals to accompany employees to work, we figured a refresher...
We're all familiar with the holiday tune that recounts Grandma's unfortunate encounter with Santa and his reindeer. She's found the next day with...
Debbie Friedman's "The Latke Song" has a wonderful message regarding remembering those who are less fortunate than ourselves during the holiday...
Last year we brought you a lively selection of labor and employment-related tips insofar as my true love gifted me presents (or failed to gift said...
As Jose Feliciano wishes us a Merry Christmas from the bottom of his heart, it is important that we as employers recognize that in order to maintain...
In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting, less than a week after the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs, news reports show that in the...
As most employers know by now, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") has proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act's ("FLSA") "white collar"...
While this blog does attempt to bring humor to employment law, we by no means make light of the difficult issues that corporations are faced with...
You, like I, may not have been up-to-date on Methadone's street names—but now you are. After that brief (but important) education, we turn to why...
Do you want your employees to work during working hours? Do you want your employees to keep confidential information private? Do you have policies...
Last month a group of individuals filed a class action lawsuit accusing the former H.J. Heinz Co. (now Kraft Heinz) of breaching an agreement the...
Earlier this week I found myself in a car dealership in the middle of the day watching daytime television and waiting for a ride; Wendy Williams was...
My four-year-old spent the vast majority of the weekend publically announcing (louder than her grandparents and I would have preferred) "excuse me I...
Yesterday the Supreme Court refused to grant certiorari in Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation Corp., No. 14-1302 (cert. denied 10/5/2015), the case we...
Recently, New Mexico employer Presbyterian Healthcare Services successfully defended a claim of disability discrimination after terminating a...
While normally EEO-1 reports have a filing deadline of September 30 (yes that was yesterday), this year the EEOC Joint Reporting Committee extended...
Yesterday marked the end of the Spring/Summer 2016 fashion shows in Milan. Some of next year's fashion has been described a "lyrical nerdiness,"...
My Facebook news feed blew up last week with reaction to Martin Shkreli's company, Turing's, 5,000% increase in the price of the anti-parasitic drug...
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Human resource professionals, supervisors, and company executives alike face a constantly changing and evolving legal landscape. Verrill’s Taking Care of HR Business blog is here to keep you up to date on the newest and most important legal developments for employers.
Verrill’s employment and labor attorneys are based throughout New England but practice on a national stage. In addition to regular appearances in state and federal courts, they often appear before state and federal agencies that create and enforce the various frameworks that regulate the employer-employee relationship. The Group has a wide range of experience in all aspects of labor and employment law and is frequently tapped to serve on state and national legal organizations, participate in industry seminars, and contribute to professional journals, thereby continually adding value to their client relationships. Learn more about Verrill’s Employment and Labor Group.