http://www.staff-line.com Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:51:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Adding to the growing number of states limiting employers’ use of credit reports, including Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, and Maryland), Connecticut recently passed Public Act No. 11-223 restricting employer use of credit reports and credit history for employees or job applicants.  The Connecticut law goes into effect October 1, 2011, and ... http://www.staff-line.com/general/connecticut-restricts-use-of-credit-reports-for-employees-and-applicants/ Service workers entitled to up to 5 days per year On June 8, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation mandating paid sick leave for certain employees. Public Act No. 11-52 requires employers of 50 or more employees to provide up to five paid sick days per year to service workers. ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/connecticut-first-state-in-nation-to-mandate-paid-sick-leave/ The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) launched an application for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to help employees track their own work hours and independently determine the wages employers owe them. The app is available in Spanish and English and tracks regular work hours, break time and overtime for one ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/dol-and-iphone-wage-and-hour-application/ A New York nonprofit has been cited by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for discharging five employees in an alleged violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The complaint alleges that a Facebook discussion the employees engaged in was protected concerted activity within the meaning of Section 7 ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/nonprofit%e2%80%99s-firing-of-employees-for-facebook-postings-may-have-violated-nlra/ An employee brought a retaliation lawsuit against his former employer claiming violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employee claimed that his employer placed time clocks in a location so that workers could not receive credit for the time they spent donning and doffing protective gear for work. ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/supreme-court-rules-oral-flsa-complaints-are-protected-from-retaliation/ The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking redress against an employer for refusing to hire a call center applicant that refused to work on Saturdays because of his faith. The applicant, a Hebrew Israelite, responded to an online job posting for customer service at the call center. The posting was ... http://www.staff-line.com/archives/working-weekends-and-religious-accommodation/ You know that nonexempt employees must be paid for all hours they actually perform work. But what about time when they are not really working? The FLSA requires you to pay some of this time, too.     This may sound like a trick question, but do you know when you have ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/when-do-you-have-to-pay-non-exempt-employees/ The long awaited information from the state labor department on employer’s implementation of the wage theft prevention act is now available on the labor department’s web site. This new law affects all private sector employers in New York State and all employers must take action now.  A quick look will show ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/new-wage-theft-prevention-act-guidance-and-foreign-language-forms-available/ Q: If we allow one employee to telecommute, do we have to offer this option to all of our employees? We are concerned that not all jobs can be performed out of the office, and not all of our employees are well-suited to work off-site and unsupervised. Are there some ... http://www.staff-line.com/archives/telecommuting-a-good-option/ On March 25, 2011, more than two years after the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) went into effect, the EEOC published final regulations to implement the law. The final regulations are effective May 24, 2011. The ADAAA amended the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to "reinstate a broad scope ... http://www.staff-line.com/management/eeoc-issues-final-adaaa-regulations/