Blog Posts: Taking Care of HR Business
Visit the Full BlogHuman 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.
Maine’s New Paid Leave Law: Employer Confusion
On May 28, 2019, Governor Mills signed into law the nation's first ever paid leave law requiring leave for any reason. The statute itself is uniquely brief, giving the impression that it is straightforward, but there are a host of important issues that the statute does not address. Below...
12 Days of HR: Does Your Company have a “Baby It's Cold Outside” Attitude and What To Do To Change That?
In recent years, the familiar seasonal duet "Baby It's Cold Outside" has come under fire as attitudes toward appropriate interactions between men and women have changed. Originally intended as a song of "flirty" banter, it reads more "creepy", with lines like "I ought to say no, no, no sir...
Podcast: Employment Policies in the Trump Administration
In this Verrill Voices podcast, labor and employment attorneys Tawny Alvarez and Richard Moon discuss recent administrative and legislative developments, how they affect employers generally. More specifically, they discuss the current position in which the Department of Justice and the EEOC are taking separate and distinct positions on the...
Feds Figure Out How to Make Workplace Safety a Profit Center – But Not For The Employers
Just in case you missed our earlier post, effective August 1, the Department of Labor issued a new rule implementing significantly higher penalties upon employers for Occupational Safety and Health Act violations. After August 1, the new penalty rates will be effective for any violations which occurred after November...
Santa Makes Him Hurry: Run Rudolph Run - as to Wellness, the Government Speaks with Forked Hoof
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 wellness programs. The ACA increased the ability of employers to reward employees who engage in healthy activities, such as cardio improvement (or, if...
