A December 16, 2019 NLRB decision reinstated employers’ discretion to maintain confidentiality in workplace investigations. In 2015 the federal Labor Board had found that employees’ rights to communicate with each other generally trumped company secrecy in this area. The new ruling allows investigatory confidentiality to be the default, rather than the exception. Previous Standard In …
For the first time in over 50 years, the U.S. Department of Labor updated its interpretation of “regular rate of pay” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new DOL rule takes effective January 15, 2020. The changes address new, more complicated perks and benefits. These include wellness plans, fitness classes, nutrition classes, and …
Say “goodbye” to Purple Communications and “hello” to Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino. On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board released a new ruling about employees’ company email use. Specifically, the NLRB reversed a 2014 decision that had granted some employees the right to use their work email account for certain non-work purposes. What …
