Corporate Services, Inc. News (2012)

12/31/2012

In another decision that affects non-union as well as union employers, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that comments posted on Facebook are protected in the ...more

12/28/2012

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to accurately record the hours their employees work and to compensate them for each of those hours. While this mandate a...more

12/27/2012

Here is a rundown on two lesser-known sections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that every human resources professional with non-exempt staffers should know about: on-ca...more

12/26/2012

Last week, the IRS issued two announcements that will affect its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) that was first instituted in September 2011....more

12/21/2012

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced its approval of a Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) that establishes agency priorities and integrates all compo...more

12/20/2012

Many were in favor of the Obamacare mandate preventing health insurance companies from turning away individuals with pre-existing conditions. But two questions remained: How m...more

12/19/2012

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives by a vote of 388-4 overwhelmingly approved a one-page bill that broadens the scope of what constitutes an employer's trade secret unde...more

12/14/2012

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (Kansas,et al.) recently clarified that discharging an employee within two days of a request for medical leave does not by itself e...more

12/13/2012

A recent case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Ill., et al.) concerning one Latice Porter, a data entry specialist in the Field Services Section ...more

12/10/2012

Better settle the case, right? Not if you are Flannery Oaks Guest House. Instead, you move for summary judgment and try to get your former employee's Family and Medical Leave ...more

12/07/2012

By this time, most companies are aware of their right to monitor employee email activity at work. But as these cases show, putting an email monitoring policy to work comes wit...more

12/05/2012

Want to guarantee yourself a jury trial in an age-discrimination case? Just mention the word "younger" to any employee age forty or above right around the time you fire him....more

12/03/2012

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Wis., Ill., Ind.) recently affirmed an employer's decision to terminate an employee because it reasonably believed the employee was ...more

11/30/2012

Marijuana use — either medicinal or recreational — is now, or will shortly become, legal in over one-third of U.S. states. What do the recent changes in marijuana ...more

11/29/2012

The Supreme Court is currently mulling over one of the most basic questions in today's workplace: Who fits the legal definition of "supervisor"? The high court's ruling could ...more

11/28/2012

The case of Merivic Inc. and Zurich North America v. Enrique Gutierrez involved a workers' compensation claimant who had a ninth-grade education and a "limited worki...more

11/27/2012

It is a challenge to convince a business person that unlike any other business contract, when a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) has expired, virtually all of its terms c...more

11/26/2012

It is not every day that flying animals that lived almost 150 million years ago play a prominent role in a gender discrimination case....more

11/23/2012

A new court ruling reiterates that employees cannot take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to prevent themselves from being fired....more

11/21/2012

Every HR professional has come across applicants who try to game the system — to hide something in their past, or cover holes in their resumes. And the Digital Age has g...more