Employers Face Election Day Penalties

October 30th, 2008 Posted by Derrick

Thirty-one U.S. states have laws requiring employers to give workers time off to vote. The penalties for employers who don’t give workers time off to vote can be severe.

 

In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, Election Day is a legal holiday. This includes any day a referendum is held. General elections are legal holidays in the Virgin Islands, and employees who give prior notice must be permitted two hours off, with pay, to vote.

 

Internationally, in many countries, election day (more…)

2009 Americans with Disabilities Act Guidelines

October 13th, 2008 Posted by Jolie

Exceptions to 2008 Oregon Non-compete Law

October 7th, 2008 Posted by Jolie

The Oregon non-compete law prohibits noncompetition agreements between employers and hourly workers, in almost all cases.

 

However, under this new law, employers are still permitted to have management and sales employees sign non-compete agreements. The agreements limit the employee’s ability to work for a competitor, at least for a period of time.

 

Such non-compete agreements – even voluntary ones – are illegal when applied to hourly or salaried non-exempt employees under Oregon law.

 

The law set limits on the (more…)

With 2 major hurricanes affecting the Gulf Coast in just 11 days, the US Department of Labor personnel is stretched thin, but responding to demands for assistance, thanks to volunteers from Alabama, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota and Utah.

 

Initially volunteers from Texas traveled to Louisiana to assist survivors of Hurricane Gustav.  

 

However, as Hurricane Ike pummeled the Texas coast just days later, most of them returned to their home state to aid in recovery efforts there.

 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and state and local workforce organizations have (more…)

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