New OSHA Accident Reporting Rules on Mandatory Drug Testing
It may be time to revise your company’s drug testing and accident reporting policies (again). Many companies have policies requiring drug testing following a workplace accident. However, a new federal OSHA rule effective in August [...]
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order
As employment lawyers in South Carolina, we've been following the progression of the Fair Pay and Safe Places Executive Order. The FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) Council and the Department of Labor (DOL) published final versions [...]
Student Assistants are Statutory Employees Under the National Labor Relations Act
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made decisions affecting private, nonprofit universities for decades. The NLRB has applied the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to faculty in the university setting, which has been upheld [...]
New Draft Guidance from the EEOC on Retaliation
Retaliation against employees for reporting harassment in the workplace continues to be a persistent and widespread problem in American workplaces that the EEOC combats. An employer must make certain its employees feel free to report [...]
Gender-Specific Bathroom Use and Transgender Employees
Does your workplace have a policy on the use of gender-specific bathrooms by transgender employees? Should it? Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past year, you are aware of the controversy about gender-specific [...]
Defend Trade Secrets Act Offers New Civil Protections
Did you know your company probably has intellectual property that needs protection? Many business owners don’t know they have intellectual property assets. Nearly every business has some form of unique name, logo, slogan, or confidential [...]