The NLRB Returns to Former Standards of Workplace Investigation Confidentiality and Use of Company Email

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has recently decided two major issues by returning to standards that it held prior to the Obama Administration. Based on the NLRB’s most recent decisions, employers have some clarity regarding confidentiality requirements in workplace investigations and employees use of company email systems for nonbusiness purposes. Confidentiality in Workplace Investigations…

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Rewritten: The New Rule for Calculating the Overtime “Regular Rate”

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On December 12,2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Final Rule that permits employers to more easily offer perks and benefits to their employees. The Final Rule is effective January 15, 2020. The Final Rule marks the first significant update to the regulations governing regular rate requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in over…

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