As the holiday lights start to fade, we come to one of the most anticipated times of the year – bonus season! Such a happy time. Who doesn’t love getting a bonus, and what employer doesn’t like rewarding good performance […]
Q. We use the tip credit for servers who work in our restaurant. When service is slow, we ask our servers to pitch in with other jobs around the restaurant, like sweeping up the dining room and cleaning the restroom. […]
Q. Our company’s busy season is coming up, meaning we will be asking employees to work longer hours. Our non-exempt employees will all receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Some of them will […]
There’s nothing like a looming deadline to prompt action. Back in August, Governor Rauner signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act that, for the first time, requires Illinois employers to reimburse employees for reasonable […]
As we mentioned in our article last month, the November 2018 version of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Case Processing Manual (CPM), deleted a section that was added in March 2018 that allowed OCR to dismiss burdensome complaints by […]
The U.S. Department of Education formally published today the proposed regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The proposed changes would dramatically alter the landscape for Title IX compliance for schools. Comments to the proposed rules must be […]
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education issued proposed regulations that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) would use to investigate complaints against schools under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination—including sexual misconduct such as […]
It has been just over a year since the New York Times published its first report regarding allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault against Hollywood rainmaker Harvey Weinstein. In the wake of the Times’ report, the social media usage […]
