FMLA Medical Certifications: What If My Employee Does Not Return the Form?

By David E. Stevens, on 04/27/18
Filed As: Employee Leave

Generally speaking, if you issue an employee FMLA paperwork and they refuse to return a certification to you, you’ll want to address this noncompliance.

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The Revival of FLSA Opinion Letters from the USDOL

By David E. Stevens, on 04/20/18
Filed As: Wage and Hour Law

The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued its first opinion letters in nearly a decade this past Thursday.  Opinion letters contain meaningful compliance assistance from the Department of Labor, and are responses to real-world questions posed by employers to the DOL. 

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The High Stakes of Wage and Hour Litigation

By David E. Stevens, on 04/6/18
Filed As: Wage and Hour Law

Wage and Hour issues present among the highest risks of litigation to any employer.  But as we’ve said before, “sometimes it’s costly to be correct.” You might want to sit down for this one.

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The Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act: A Flood of Class Action Litigation

By David E. Stevens, on 03/30/18
Filed As: Compliance

Since last summer, over thirty class action lawsuits have been filed against Illinois employers alleging violations of the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). 

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“Mind-Numbingly Complex” Incentive Pay – It might create more problems than it solves…

By David E. Stevens, on 03/2/18
Filed As: Wage and Hour Law

As an employer, you’re regularly challenged to develop new and unique ways to motivate employee performance and productivity incentive-based compensation.

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