Workforce Bulletin

On March 13, 2014 President Obama issued a memorandum instructing the Department of Labor ("DOL") to review and revise overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Under the FLSA employees are eligible to receive overtime for all hours worked over 40 per week, unless they fall within certain specified exemptions. The most common of exempt classifications in the retail industry are executive, administrative, and commission sales.

Our Epstein Becker Green colleagues Susan Gross Sholinsky and Nancy L. Gunzenhauser discuss "Five New Challenges Facing Retail Employers" in this month’s Take 5 newsletter. Below is an excerpt:

Retailers face new challenges every day as a result of legislation, litigation, and technology. This Take 5 addresses some of these challenges. …

1. Pregnancy Accommodation
2. Releases and Other Considerations Attendant to Layoffs
3. Racial Profiling
4. Data Security
5. Social Media in Hiring

Read the full newsletter here.

In an article written by Corporate Counsel's Shannon Green published on May 23, 2013, Epstein Becker Green labor and employment attorneys, Jeffrey M. Landes and Susan Gross Sholinksy, were interviewed concerning the legal issues that retail industry employers are currently facing.

We are pleased to announce today that the Employer Defense Law Blog has a new look and a more focused approach.   The Employer Defense Law Blog will now be known as the Retail Labor and Employment Law Blog, which  will provide insights, news, updates, and commentary on labor and employment law developments affecting employers in the retail industry.

For more than three decades, Epstein Becker Green attorneys have been advising and representing retail clients on a wide array of matters that impact their businesses. Our services have included, among other things, drafting worldwide ...