Summary of the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division's first round of published guidance to inform employees and employers about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which includes the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (Emergency PSLA) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (Emergency FMLA).Read More

COVID-19 and Unemployment Benefits in Indiana, Kentucky & IllinoisRead More

Employers facing the difficult decision of reducing hours and laying off employees due to the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic must ensure they are following the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act when taking such actions.Read More

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, federal, state and local governments have taken unprecedented measures, including recommending that no more than ten people gather at a time, and ordering the closure of certain businesses like gyms, bars and restaurants. For employers concerned about liability to employees who you ask to report to work as...Read More

What can an employer do to manage employees' use of social media, balancing an employee’s right to voice his or her complaints about issues in the workplace against the employer’s right to protect the business’s goodwill? Start with the employee handbook.Read More

Recent Indiana case illustrates the importance of carefully drafting reasonable non-competition and non-solicitation restrictive covenants to enhance their effectiveness and enforceability.Read More

Keeping pace with the barrage of labor and employment law changes is a constant challenge for employers. The experienced KDDK labor and employment law attorneys invite human resource professionals, in-house counsel and other management-side business leaders to this FREE two-hour seminar to receive legal insights and ask questions about developments affecting employers such as: National...Read More

Employment-related records consist of general records, payroll records, background investigation documents and medical records, each of which has a different retention period based on the applicable federal employment laws. KDDK labor and employment attorney Olivia Robinson discusses record retention requirements.Read More

After a successful pilot testing phase, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced it has fully implemented an electronic pre-registration program for H-1B visas.  This mandatory pre-registration process is designed to streamline the process for both the agency and employers.  Now, in order to be eligible to submit an H-1B petition, the employer...Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced today its final overtime rule, increasing the minimum salary threshold for avoiding overtime eligibility to $35,568. The current annual salary threshold is $23,600. The final rule will become effective on January 1, 2020. It is estimated that the rule will extend overtime coverage eligibility to 1.2 million Americans....Read More