“This job is limited to Caucasian, American-born U.S. citizens.” One would certainly hope, in the year 2021, that employers should know not to discriminate so blatantly against candidates and employees. The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 is nearly six decades old. Federal, state, and local governments have since enacted many anti-discrimination laws. We know...
Monthly Archive: September 2021
Employees are often eager to get the covered “overtime” pay—”time-and-a-half,” as it’s often called—while employers are eager to keep their hourly employees from working 40 hours in a week. Most salaried employees are not eligible for overtime. However, employers must do more than simply pay their employees a salary in order to avoid paying them...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides a number of legal protections for employees dealing with disabilities. The federal law applies to all employers (private and public) with 15 or more employees. One of the central tenets of workplace protections for disabled employees and candidates is the requirement for employers to offer reasonable accommodations....
Unfortunately, the answer to this straightforward question is not nearly as simple. The EUA (Emergency Use Authorization) status of the vaccines and buzz about “vaccine passport” bans has led to plenty of confusion about employers and their abilities to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations among their staff. What Are Vaccine Passports? To clear up some of this...
Trembly Law Firm – Florida Business Attorneys, announces the hiring of two new attorneys: Senior Litigation Attorney Yadhira Ramírez-Toro and Business Attorney Natalie Martinez. Ramírez-Toro, a native of Puerto Rico and a 1994 graduate of the School of Law of the University of Puerto Rico, has been practicing law since 1995. She has spent most...
In the State of Florida, and elsewhere throughout the nation, businesses are forbidden to engage in certain forms of discriminatory behavior. There are numerous pieces of law which enforce this ban against certain types of discrimination. For instance, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides certain protections, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides others; more...
Startup founders, as you are probably well aware, have to wear many hats. The amount of work you have to do before hiring just one employee is essentially a crash course in human resources. After your workers get their first paychecks, though, the obligations never seem to end. As a result, many small business owners...
On September 22, the Department of Labor released a proposal to amend the methodology for classifying a worker as an independent contractor. Whether a worker is classified as either an independent contractor or an employee is a highly significant matter. If a worker is classified as the latter, then that worker is covered by the Fair Labor...