by Stephen D. Hans | Oct 10, 2013 | Social Media Accounts, Uncategorized
In 2012, state legislatures started introducing laws to restrict employers from obtaining user names and passwords to employees’ personal and private social media accounts. As 2013 rolls forward, the trend is continuing with proposed legislation 26 states . ...
by Stephen D. Hans | Oct 2, 2013 | Healthcare
Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not require small business with fewer than 50 employees to provide health insurance, all companies are required to notify their employees about the Obamacare marketplaces before Oct. 1st of this year. The state and federal...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Author: Stephen D. Hans A New York jury awarded $30,000 in punitive damages and $250,000 in compensatory damage to an employee in an employer discrimination case that centered around the use of the N-word. Brandi Johnson, an African-American, filed a lawsuit in New...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 19, 2013 | Employment Discrimination
In February 2011 a former healthcare director at MSL, Monique da Silva Moore, filed a $100 million class action gender discrimination suit against the company. The suit alleges that MSL and parent company Publicis: • Paid female execs less • Did not promote women...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 11, 2013 | Employment Harassment
In Vance v. Ball State University, the Supreme Court considered the definition of supervisor to determine employers’ liability for workplace harassment . At the heart of the case was the issue of whether a supervisor was an employee with authority to direct and...
