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Some employers are surprised to learn that the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) governs employment background checks. They are also shocked to find out that failure to comply with the FCRA’s disclosure and authorization requirements can be very expensive. As an example, Delta Air Lines reached a proposed $2.3 million settlement agreement last month… More

GUEST POST – from my partner, Andrew Friedman: College football’s most recent Heisman winner, Kyler Murray from Oklahoma, had to respond to his homophobic slurs on Twitter mere hours after receiving the award. Murray is a professional-caliber athlete in football and baseball, on the cusp of being a very public figure. The tweets in question… More

  Contact info: Meredith S. Campbell Chair, Employment and Labor Group, Shulman Rogers mcampbell@shulmanrogers.com | T 301.255.0550 | F 301.230.2891 

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently signed the “Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act of 2018” (the Act). The Act repeals Initiative 77, which would have increased the District’s minimum wage for tipped workers. Consequently, the minimum wage for tipped workers will remain $3.89 per hour, but will increase to $4.45 per hour on… More

I’m speaking as part of the panel at the upcoming Small Business Network seminar. Please join us on December 6 from 8-9:30 in Rockville, Maryland! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/december-sbn-hiring-firing-in-the-metoo-era-tickets-52628793137   Contact info: Meredith S. Campbell Chair, Employment and Labor Group, Shulman Rogers mcampbell@shulmanrogers.com | T 301.255.0550 | F 301.230.2891 

Email me if you would like to be signed up for this FREE webinar  Contact info: Meredith S. Campbell Chair, Employment and Labor Group, Shulman Rogers mcampbell@shulmanrogers.com | T 301.255.0550 | F 301.230.2891  Webinar: Security, Privacy and the Cloud in the Age of GDPR and California’s Consumer Privacy Act Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:00 p.m…. More

On September 24, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on the business tax credit for paid family and medical leave under Section 45S of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 45S, added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was signed into law in December 2017, provides employers with a temporary tax credit for… More

INTERNAL I-9 AUDIT: TRAINING FOR HUMAN RESOURCES OCTOBER 24, 2018 • 1:00 PM EDT The Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and legal authorization to work of all paid employees in the United States, including US citizens. The Form appears deceptively simple but is fraught with potential compliance issues including all-time high civil… More

DOL ISSUES UPDATED FMLA FORMS The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently extended the validity of its online notices and medical certification forms for use in connection with leaves of absence under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) until August 31, 2021. There are no substantive changes to the forms. The updated forms… More

ARE YOU READY FOR MARYLAND’S DISCLOSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE ACT ON OCTOBER 1, 2018? As a reminder, on Oct. 1, 2018, Maryland’s “Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018” goes into effect. The Act prohibits employers, regardless of size, from requiring their employees to submit to mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment or… More