This past September, Apple announced a new feature on its Apple Watch: a Live Rewind feature that allows users to review the last fifteen seconds of speech in their environment as a text transcript. This was announced together with another feature, S…
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This is notice that a charge of employment discrimination has been filed against your organization… Getting an EEOC charge is a moment most employers would rather avoid, but it is also a familiar part of managing a modern workplace. EEOC charges of…
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How granular is the FLSA’s requirement to pay overtime? Let’s say an employee is in the middle of editing a document for work and, rather than stopping short at 5pm, goes until 5:05. Do you have to pay time-and-a-half for those extra five minutes…
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Can a company discipline, or even terminate, an employee who misbehaves outside of work? Here’s the scenario: a warehouse operations supervisor at a Maryland distribution company disciplines an employee for repeated safety violations and insubordin…
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“Employee is expected to serve as a positive role model.” Employers often ask the wrong question when it comes to drafting their employment agreements: Is this legal? The real question is: Do you really want it in there? That’s because the purp…
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Here’s an everyday scenario for your consideration: A company issues its annual merit-based raises to all its employees. Two employees are overheard discussing their bonuses in the break room, with one wondering out loud why the other got more than…
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Trump v. Slaughter is not an employment law case, at least not in the traditional sense. Yet it remains the most important case of the year to shape the future of the employment law landscape, because it weakens the legal foundation for independent a…
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Maryland’s paid family and medical leave program is moving from concept to reality, at long last. Beginning on January 1, 2027, Maryland employers will need to start making payroll contributions to the state’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance p…
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It’s the bane of many employers’ existence. How much paid time off do I have to give? How much should I give? Can I place strings on it? Blackout dates? Two-week notice requirement? Probationary periods? Sick time or vacation? Does it matter? Emp…
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Can a company discipline, or even terminate, an employee who misbehaves outside of work? Here’s the scenario: a warehouse operations supervisor at a Maryland distribution company disciplines an employee for repeated safety violations and insubordin…
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