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In December of 2018, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the interaction between a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and a work attendance policy holding that unauthorized absences under an attendance policy can be used to terminate an employee for whom accommodations are being made under the ADA. In Lipp v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, the 8th Circuit affirmed dismissal of an employees lawsuit alleging her employer discriminated against her when it failed to accommodate her need for intermittent absences under the ADA and ...
Posted in Wage & Hour
If you have been following the attempts to change the exempt employee salary rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), you know that it has been a long, involved story that includes a series of court decisions and moves that have changed the trajectory of the story. In other words: a saga. We now have word that the saga is continuing.
The final ruleadopted by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in 2016 would have increased the minimum salary level required for employees to qualify for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions under the FLSA from $455 per week ($23,660 ...
There is never a shortage of changes in employment law. By now, Minnesota employers should be aware that Minnesotas minimum-wage rates changed on January 1, 2019. For 2019, the states minimum wage is $9.86 an hour for large employers and $8.04 an hour for smaller employers. As you may recall, large employers are those with annual gross revenues of $500,000 or more.
Remember, also, that your Minnesota posting needs to be updated. The revised poster pack can be found online at
www.dli.mn.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mn_poster_pack.pdfand printed. For federal government ...