FMLA LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYER WHO FAILED TO COMMUNICATE

Strict Compliance with Notice Requirements Important under FMLA The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to provide different types of notices to an employee when he or she […]
SPOTLIGHT: NEVADA PREGNANT WORKERS’ FAIRNESS ACT

Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act Goes Into Effect October 1st On June 2, 2017, Governor Sandoval signed the Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act into law. The Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness […]
DOL WITHDRAWS GUIDANCE ON INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MISCLASSIFICATION

Trump DOL Withdraws 2015 Obama Administration Guidance Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced earlier this month that the Department of Labor would be withdrawing it’s 2015 guidance regarding independent contractors. In 2015, the Wage […]
Equal Employment – the Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act became an official civil rights law in 1990. This law prohibits the following: Discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life (i.e., […]
AMERICAN WORKERS ONLY TAKING HALF OF THEIR EARNED VACATION TIME
WORKERS IN THE U.S. FORFEIT NEARLY HALF OF THEIR VACATION TIME EACH YEAR Employees who receive vacation or paid time off are only taking about half according to a recent […]
Employing Millennials, What You Should Know
Quick Growing Hub The Reno-Sparks area is growing and longtime residents have started to take notice. Within the last three years more than 100 companies have relocated to Reno to […]