Worker's Compensation
“We can’t accommodate spitting”: Employment & Labor Insider
It was a dark and stormy night. There I was, the second shift HR supervisor, trying to renew my annual...
“We can’t accommodate spitting”: Employment & Labor Insider
It was a dark and stormy night. There I was, the second shift HR supervisor, trying to renew my annual...
Time Spent Booting Up Computers May Be Compensable Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
On October 24, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Cadena v. Customer Connex LLC, concerning...
Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives Update: October 2022
Our October update covers the following: an update on equal employment regulations in the PRC, including the recent circular addressing...
Hong Kong Safety Snapshots – Confirmation of limits on statutory compensation for internal injuries
The Hong Kong District Court has re-confirmed that ‘internal’ injuries suffered by employees are not compensable under the Employees’ Compensation...
Ninth Circuit Holds Time Spent Logging On and Off Computers May Be Compensable Under FLSA (US)
Employers who have employees log onto computers before clocking into a time-keeping system and who have them clock out before...
UK: Employers should consult before adopting redundancy selection criteria which effectively determine a pool of one
Carrying out a fair redundancy usually involves identifying an appropriate pool from which to provisionally select employees using fair selection...
Should “sorry” be banned from the workplace?: Employment & Labor Insider
Is it bad to apologize at work? Rachel Feintzeig of the Wall Street Journal had a column this week saying...
Should “sorry” be banned from the workplace?: Employment & Labor Insider
Is it bad to apologize at work? Rachel Feintzeig of the Wall Street Journal had a column this week saying...
The Haunting Return of the Economic Reality Test: U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Resurrecting the Pre-Trump Era Employee/Independent Contractor Test
On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its proposed rule regarding the classification of employees and...