Employment Laws

Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Virginia Legislation May Affect Your Business

The following is a review of some major Labor and Employment Law developments from the recently concluded General Assembly Session. Until March of last year, the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission had made workers' compensation benefits ...
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Virginia Worker’s Compensation Law Update

. The Workers' Compensation Act was amended to allow employers or insurers to include chiropractors on the panel of physicians furnished to injured employees, but only if the employees' injuries can be treated within the scope of practice for a ...
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Virginia Worker’s Compensation Legislative Update

. Increases the maximum amount of burial expenses an employer may be required to pay for a deceased worker from $5,000 to $10,000. Also, this legislation increases the amount of reasonable transportation expenses an employer may be required to pay ...
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Vizcaino v. Microsoft Raises the Stakes on Worker Classification; Other Major Changes Give Guidance to Employers

Microsoft serves as a warning to employers whose independent contractors could be reclassifed as employees."Large corporations have increasingly adopted the practice of hiring temporary employees or independent contractors as a means of avoiding ...
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Wage Act Claims

The Massachusetts Wage Act (the "Wage Act") provides protections for employees by requiring the prompt payment of wages within six (6) days of being earned. G.L. c. 149 § 148. The purpose of the Wage Act is to limit the interval between the ...
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Wage and Hour Laws to Get Long Over-Due Facelift

On March 31, 2003, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed regulations that would modify the definitions of employees who are categorized as exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA ...
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Wage Games: Law On Docking Exempt Employees’ Salaries Is In Flux

Re-printed with permission from the August 30, 2001 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Determining whether employees are exempt from certain wage-and-hour laws is not easy. Determining when an employer can dock an exempt employee's salary while ...
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Walking the FMLA Termination Tightrope

With the enactment of federal and state statutes related to leaves of absence, employer discretion to terminate employees on leave has eroded considerably. Employees are protected against discrimination for exercising their rights under the federal ...
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War and the Workplace: Staying the Course in Times of Crisis

Current political and international events, most notably September 11 and the war with Iraq, have had a significant effect on the workplace. Employers are now keenly aware that they must take steps to prevent and prepare for catastrophe on a number ...
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WARN Act Obligations In Chapter 11 Bankruptcies

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ("WARN Act" or the "Act"),1 29 U.S.C. ' 2101-2109, requires covered employers to give 60 days' advance written notice to affected employees in the case of either a permanent or extended temporary ...
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