by Charla Stevens | May 23, 2023 | Blog
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) which goes into effect on June 27, 2023, requires employers of fifteen or more to provide “reasonable accommodations” to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the...
by Charla Stevens | May 16, 2023 | Blog
In a typical year, the EEOC can field between 60,000 and 80,000 charges of discrimination. Most are either settled through the EEOC’s voluntary mediation process or end up being resolved through state agencies (in places like Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire...
by Charla Stevens | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
Once again changes are being proposed to one of the federal independent contractor tests, that which determines whether an individual is an employee or contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The USDOL proposes to rescind the 2021 rule which made it...