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Employment Laws for Election Season

click image for sourceWe are deep into election season, with under a week to go until the big day.  With that in mind, it is not too late to review some policies and practices that are rarely discussed by employers: Voting Leave, Election...

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Emergency Response Leave

Often we live thinking, or at least hoping, that no natural disasters will befall us. However, over the last several years, tragedies and natural disaster have plagued too many, whether on the East Coast with hurricane Sandy, in the Midwest...

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Joint Employers under the FMLA

A recent decision of a U.S. District Court reminded me of some of the lesser-known legal principles that expand an employer’s legal liability. This particular decision involved the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and an employer who uses a...

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