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HR News: New-ish Contractor Rules and Documenting Discrimination with Patrick Richter
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In episode 132, Coffey talks with Patrick Richter about HR news from January, including the Department of Labor’s new contractor rule and discrimination settlements.
They discuss the Department of Labor’s final regulation concerning classification of independent contractors, which takes effect on March 11th and whether it will really impact employers; Perdue Foods’ settlement of a lawsuit regarding accommodations under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Americans with Disabilities Act; Walmart's settlement for denying a promotion to a mother; whether and when employers can consider someone's parental status; and how companies can avoid the costly consequences of non-compliance.
Links to stuff they talked about are on our website at https://goodmorninghr.com/EP132 and include the following topics:
- New independent contractor rule signals a busy year for compliance
- Final Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- How Brokers Can Preserve Independent Contractor Status
- Freelancers Challenge New Independent Contractor Rule in Court
- Perdue settles claim HR department put pregnant employee on involuntary leave
- Walmart settles sex discrimination lawsuit, agrees to $60,000 payout and policy changes
- Walmart to pay $60K over claim it did not promote woman with young children
- Noncompliant workers are a $1.6M liability, study shows
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About our Guest:
Patrick is an experienced mediator, litigator, and employment attorney with expertise ranging from first chair trial lawyer to advisor on mergers and acquisitions to counselor on the full spectrum of day-to-day HR issues.
As an employment lawyer, he has significant experience representing employers and employees with wage & hour issues, class and collective actions, and intellectual property and trade secret issues, including non-disclosure agreements and covenants not to compete—both in the drafting and preparation of the underlying agreements as well as litigation and appeals. HE also has considerable experience with matters before the National Labor Rela