Poolman Hertz Employers Blog

EEOC guidance on harassment in the workplace

EEOC guidance on harassment in the workplace For the first time since 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently proposed updating its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, which provides EEOC staff with direction for investigating, adjudicating, and litigating harassment claims.  The proposed Guidance places an emphasis on sexual harassment but also covers…
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MacKenzie Hertz Employers Blog

U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule yesterday that would raise the salary threshold for exempt employment, impacting up to 3.6 million salaried workers

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) proposed a new rule, which, if implemented, would raise the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (“FLSA”) salary threshold for exempt employees and make more employees eligible for minimum wage and overtime premiums. The proposed rule addresses Section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA, which exempts certain white-collar salaried…
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North Dakota Physicians Magazine

Q&A: Physician Immigration as a Recruitment Tool

Physician recruitment throughout North Dakota can be a major challenge. International Medical Graduates (IMGs) play an important role in addressing this challenge. Immigration programs like the Conrad State 30 J-1 waiver program offer support to employers seeking to recruit an IMG physician. Employment lawyer KrisAnn Norby-Jahner asks her law partner and immigration lawyer, Michelle Scimecca,…
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MacKenzie Hertz Employers Blog

Attention Employers: New Minnesota Cannabis Laws Effective August 1, 2023

Major changes to the Minnesota Lawful Consumable Products Act (“CPA”) and the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (“DATWA”) will go into effect this week on August 1, 2023, in conjunction with the legalization of recreational marijuana in Minnesota. As Minnesota becomes the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, here is what…
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MacKenzie Hertz Employers Blog

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Now in Effect

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) went into effect this week on June 27, 2023.  The PWFA, which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, requires employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” for a worker’s known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, unless the accommodation would cause the employer an “undue…
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Bailey Voge and MacKenzie Hertz The North Dakota Employer's Blog

Important Legislative Updates for Minnesota Employers

On May 16, 2023, the Minnesota Legislature passed SF 3035, which will make significant changes to various employment-related laws. The Governor is expected to sign the bill into law in the very near future, which would make the law effective July 1, 2023. Minnesota employers should be aware of three major components of SF 3035:…
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The North Dakota Employers Blog Krisann

The North Dakota Employer’s Blog: Proposed Independent Contractors Rule is Released

As promised, today the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The proposed rule would replace the Trump-era rule of 2021, which has made it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees by…
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The North Dakota Employers

Minnesota Frontline Worker Payments Act

On April 29, 2022, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Minnesota Frontline Workers Payments Act (“The Act”) to serve as a thank you by providing bonus pay for COVID-19 frontline workers. Those who were employed for at least 120 hours in Minnesota in one or more of the eligible frontline sectors (discussed below)…
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The North Dakota Employers Blog Lisa

Osha Withdraws Large Employer Ets: But Wait, There Is More Coming . . .

To our dedicated followers, if you are keeping score, we last reported that the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Emergency Temporary Standard dictating larger employers implement a vaccine or testing mandate in its decision on January 13, 2022. (Supreme Court Blocks OSHA ETS But Upholds CMS Vaccine Mandate).  OSHA announced today that it is…
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Generic Nd Blog

CMS Clarifies Compliance Dates for Vaccine Mandate

In our previous blog (Supreme Court Blocks OSHA ETS But Upholds CMS Vaccine Mandate), we updated you on the United States Supreme Court’s upholding of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) rule, requiring all staff for certain Medicare-certified providers to be vaccinated. Prior to this decision, the CMS rule was temporarily enforceable in…
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