August 6, 2015 – Page 2 – HospitalityLawyer.com

Mark Your Calendars: The New York City Earned Sick Time Act Will Go Into Effect on April 1, 2014

by Stephanie Aranyos in Human Resources. Posted August 6, 2015

Originally published in Ogletree Deakins’s eAuthority newsletter. As we previously reported in our June 2013 issue, New York City recently became the largest municipality in the country requiring employers to provide sick time to employees under the “Earned Sick Time Act.” However, in order to become effective, the Act contains a unique provision that ties its ...

What The Bleep?

by C.R. Wright in Human Resources, Legal. Posted August 6, 2015

There was a time when cursing at work seemed to be the norm in many businesses. Whether in a shop, an office, a hospital or other work environment, swearing and cursing can still occur. One research study out of London published in a 2007 issue of the Leadership and Organization Development Journal suggested that swearing ...

Will the New E-Verify Security Enhancement Help or Hurt?

by Andrew Merills in Safety & Security, Technology. Posted August 6, 2015

Co-authored by Justin S. Coffey and Nicole Brooks. “E-Verify” is an internet-based system, operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). Used in conjunction with Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, it allows employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of new employees. In light of widespread criticism that ...

Comparison of the Discovery Process in Civil Litigation in the U.S. and Germany – An Introduction

by Murchison & Cumming in Legal. Posted August 6, 2015

Co-Authored By: Claudia Borsutzki, Attorney admitted in California and Germany and Hagen Weiss, Attorney admitted in Germany. In light of the growth of border-crossing commerce and rapid development of international business relations, international law is becoming a more and more important part of the structure of our growing global society. This article focuses on the law ...

Employer’s Use of Criminal History in the Hiring Process – What Does the EEOC Say?

by Scott West in Human Resources. Posted August 6, 2015

If you have a box on your employment application that asks if the prospective employee has ever been convicted of a felony/spent time in jail, you may want to consider removing it. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued new enforcement guidance making clear that they will scrutinize employers’ use of arrest ...

Will Kazarian Change the O-1 Visa?

by Gary Endelman in Legal, Travel. Posted August 6, 2015

Co-authored by Cyrus D. Mehta The value of the O-1 visa is its flexibility, an adaptive quality that enables it to respond to the different needs of different petitioners. Any formulaic approach that restricts the full and open expression of such subtlety not only reduces the value of the O-1 but undermines its bedrock utility. ...

Weather Channel Unhappy About This Year’s Hurricane Season?

by Scott West in Travel. Posted August 6, 2015

The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is humbling forecasters by shaping up as the first in almost two decades without a significant storm, confounding predictions (for the fourth year in a row) that this year would be more active than normal. We now find ourselves several weeks past the season’s statistical peak, with nothing to indicate a ...

Becoming a Resume Lie Detector

by James Holland in Human Resources. Posted August 6, 2015

Society of Human Resource Management studies show that 53% of job applicants lie on their resumes. Other research has placed the number at between 30% and 50%, with one 2011 study saying that 80% of resumes are – at a minimum – “misleading.” Whatever the accurate statistic, it’s clear that resume fabrication – from inflated salaries to embellished job titles to trumped-up ...

Are You Keeping Your Smartphone Smart?

by Harris Schwartz in Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted August 6, 2015

More and more companies are empowering their workforce and executives to stay engaged with the office when traveling, by providing a myriad of devices such as iPhones, iPads, Laptops and other smartphone devices. The threat to corporate information protection increases when employees are traveling for business. Let alone, the physical threat of device theft; the ...

Think Your Workers’ Compensation Covers Everything? Think Again!

by Petra Risk Solutions in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted August 6, 2015

You might think your workers’ compensation covers all work-related injuries and illnesses. This could prove a costly mistake. In most cases, workers’ compensation will cover work-related injuries and illnesses. But in certain special circumstances—which might apply to your company—the basic workers’ compensation policy will not provide coverage. This could leave your company on the hook for a costly workers’ compensation claim. Out-of-State Coverage On any work ...

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