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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
New Draft Guidance from the EEOC on Retaliation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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Federal Contractors Required to Provide Paid Sick Leave
Many clients of Gignilliat, Savitz, and Bettis, LLP contract to provide goods or services to the federal government. Requirements for [...]
New OSHA Reporting Requirements Begin in August
As an employment law firm in South Carolina, our attorneys frequently handle complex cases involving the health and safety of [...]
Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
By now, South Carolina employers know about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and, generally speaking, what that means for [...]
GSB Partner Vance Bettis Awarded the 2016 Distinguished Lawyer Award by SC Bar Association’s Employment & Labor Law Section
About Distinguished Lawyer Award Congratulations, Vance! GSB partner Vance Bettis was awarded the 2016 Distinguished Lawyer award by the South [...]