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I make a lot of employment decisions in the average day, and I’m just not sure of all the laws that cover each type of action. My question is, if I’m acting in good faith, in what circumstances could I be held personally liable for my actions? Thanks for your help.— Rose Ann, HR Specialist […]
We’re trying to straighten out our auto reimbursement policy. First, we have employees who drive their own cars between worksites each day as well as to different sites each day. The miles vary from 10 up to 100 miles in a day. Do we have to reimburse them and, if so, at what rate? We […]
Just a few months after Macy’s department store paid out $125,000 to settle a bias lawsuit by a Muslim sales clerk who was terminated from the Westfield Shoppingtown Valley Store in San Jose, the retailer has been hit with a second lawsuit by another Muslim worker at that store. Hiam Yassine, who is Palestinian, was […]
A group of 88 grocery workers will share $248,000 in back wages under a settlement announced between the U.S. Department of Labor and Mi Pueblo Markets in San Jose. The settlement arose out of an investigation by the DOL revealing that Mi Pueblo failed to pay some workers premium rates for overtime hours. What’s more, […]