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This article was published in the September edition of the On the Front Lines Newsletter by Chantell C. Foley and Todd B. Logsdon in Louisville. In a memorandum released last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (or OSHA) announced that inspectors can now use drones to collect evidence. In order to not be surprised by one of these inspections, it is a good idea to prepare a resp...

This article was published in the August edition of On the Front Lines, By Chantell C. Foley and Todd B. Logsdon (Louisville). It looks at employee burnout, which is now an officially diagnosable condition. While there are no OSHA standards to govern burnout, some studies indicate that burned-out employees have less awareness of their surroundings and struggle to maintain workplace safety practice...

This Legal Alert was published on July 22, 2019, by Cheryl Behymer (Columbia), Ted Boehm (Atlanta), Edwin Foulke Jr. (Atlanta/D.C.), Christine Howard (Tampa/Atlanta), Todd Lyon (Portland/Seattle), Richard Meneghello (Portland), John Polson (Irvine), Shanon Stevenson (Atlanta), and Travis Vance (Charlotte). It looks at what Eugene Scalia’s recent appointment as Secretary of Labor means for the busi...

This legal alert was published on July 15, 2019, by Davis Bae (Seattle), Steven Bernstein (Tampa), Todd Lyon (Portland/Seattle), and Shanon Stevenson (Atlanta). It looks at how your workplace might be affected by ICE raids or audits and how you can be prepared if one were to take place. If you receive a Notice of Inspection for an audit, contact legal counsel immediately to ensure efficiency and a...

This article by Grant Wills (Columbia) was published in the July edition of On The Front Lines. It looks at the Honest Belief Defense, which can be a valuable tool to employers in a litigation setting if they terminate an employee for misuse of FMLA. In order to build a successful Honest Belief Defense, as well as curb FMLA misuse, employers should detect the abuse, thoroughly investigate the situ...

This Legal Alert was posted by Samantha Bononno (Philadelphia), Rick Grimaldi (Philadelphia, Washington D.C. Metro), and Reyburn Lominack III (Columbia) on June 19th, 2019. It explains how a recent decision may mean that any mandatory arbitration agreements that could be interpreted as preventing employees from filing charges with the National Labor Relations Board are invalid, even if they includ...

This Legal Alert was posted by Reyburn Lominack III (Columbia) and Phillips McWilliams (Columbia) on June 17th, 2019. It explains how an employer prohibited union organizers from soliciting in its cafeteria and then won a court case upholding that ban, reversing 37 years of precedent. To quote from this alert’s conclusion, “For those employers who have historically “tolerated” organizing in public...

This legal alert was posted by Jazmyn Stover (Cleveland) on May 16th, 2019. https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-alerts-nlrb-advice-memo-could-mean-end-for

This legal alert was posted by Richard Meneghello (Portland) on May 10th, 2019. https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-alerts-what-employers-need-to-know-about-the-EEOC

This legal alert was posted by Cheryl Behymer (Columbia) on May 3rd, 2019. https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-alerts-double-duty-you-will-soon-have-to

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