The Federal Trade Commission has adopted a final rule adding a prohibition on post-employment non-competes. The rule is scheduled for publication on May 7, 2024, meaning the effective date of the rule will be September 4, 2024.
WHAT IS A WORKPLACE INVESTIGATION? Workplace investigations are an important element in effective risk management for companies. They are formal inquiries conducted to determine if any internal policies, laws or regulations are in violation. Third-party investigations assist in responding to reports of wrongdoing, and can provide preventative measures for businesses to mitigate future employee misconduct…
On August 30th, the Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise the regulations that govern when certain employees are entitled to overtime. While it is currently tentative whether and when these proposals will become effective, if effective, these proposals would significantly increase the number of employees required to receive overtime pay…
On July 21, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced several changes to Form I-9 in an effort to modernize the verification of employment eligibility. Currently, an employee must physically bring authorization documents to their employer, and the employer must examine the documents and verify that the employee is eligible to work.
The effective date of the majority of the Cannabis law is August 1, 2023, including the provisions pertaining to employees and employers.
This week, multiple changes in Federal and Minnesota legislation become effective, significantly altering an employer’s obligations and an employee’s rights. These legislative changes will affect the accommodations that an employer must provide to employees while pregnant and post-pregna
On May 25, 2023, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed the Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) bill into law, also known as the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), which provides a significant increase in an employee’s benefits and changes to an employer’s
A common pitfall of employers is to narrowly think of discipline as a tool to punish an employee for inappropriate conduct or deficient performance. However, discipline can also serve many other purposes. For instance, discipline can be used to provide employees with information about how their current conduct or performance differs from what is expected….
On January 5th the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking indicating that they intend to adopt a rule which, if adopted in its current form, would prohibit with only a few exceptions, private businesses from entering into or enforcing non-competition agreements with their workers.
You did the hard work and built your business from the ground up to be the successful company that it now is. You started without any employees or perhaps a few. Eventually you needed help at the top of the company.