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Nov

23

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
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Abracadabra! Start Polishing Your Crystal Balls: Oregon becomes the first state to require large employers to provide employees with advance notice of schedules.

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Oregon becomes the first state to require large employers to provide employees with advance notice of schedules.

Come July 1, 2018, employers with 500+ employees must give employees "good faith estimates" of their work schedules at least 7 days in advance. Come July 1, 2020, that notice period increases to 14 days. Other gems from the new law:

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Nov

15

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
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Possible Relief for Joint Employers:

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Staffing agency clients, franchises, and other workforce contractors may soon have reason to breath a sigh of relief . A standalone bi-partisan bill on the hill takes aim at the NLRB's infamous Browning-Ferris decision. That 2015 ruling expanded the definition of joint employment, going from a decades-old "direct and immediate control" standard to a much broader "indirect control" standard.

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Oct

15

2017
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Protecting Witnesses and their Statements:

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Per a recent D.C. Circuit ruling, unions are still presumed to have access to your witness statements before an arbitration hearing. See https://lnkd.in/gQwT-rW

HR and Employers should ensure they can offer “substantial justification" for withholding witness statements as confidential. While there is no bullet-proof protection, a few things can help protect confidentiality of witness statements:

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Oct

02

2017

Arbitrating Employment Claims In Hawai`i Just got More Expensive; Time to Review Your Employee Arbitration Agreements:

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The Hawai`i Supreme court just invalidated an employee's entire arbitration agreement based on the requirement that the employee split arbitration costs with the employer. See Gabriel v. Island Pacific Academy, Inc., SCAP-15-912 (Haw. 2017). The court found that it was unconscionable to force a fired school teacher who used to earn about $40k/year to pay half of the $20k arbitration cost before she could have her claims heard.

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