August 28, 2026 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A Standard That Stood for Nearly 50 Years For decades, employers facing a religious accommodation request could deny it fairly easily, as long as granting the request would cost the business more than a genuinely trivial amount. That changed in June 2023, and the shift has real consequences for St Petersburg employees seeking accommodations today. […]
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August 14, 2026 | Posted By: Sean Estes
A quiet but significant shift is underway in how the federal government enforces anti-discrimination law, and it could change the rules for employers and employees alike. Over the past year, several federal agencies have moved to eliminate what is known as “disparate impact” liability from their regulations. The latest came in late June 2026, when […]
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August 04, 2026 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor published a technical amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations governing overtime exemptions for white-collar employees. The practical effect: the salary thresholds that determine whether an employee can be classified as exempt from overtime pay are substantially lower than the rule would have required, and […]
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July 28, 2026 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
If your company completes Form I-9s, pay close attention. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) has significantly overhauled its Form I-9 Inspection fact sheet, and the changes are not minor. Without any public notice, proposed rulemaking, or announcement in the Federal Register, ICE quietly reclassified dozens of I-9 errors, changed how penalties are calculated, and […]
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July 21, 2026 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
If you have ever received a Performance Improvement Plan at work, you know it rarely feels like a neutral event. Most employees experience a PIP as a warning shot, a sign that management is building a paper trail toward termination. But does a PIP cross the legal threshold of an “adverse employment action” under federal […]
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June 25, 2026 | Posted By: Emma Doull
Retaliation is the most frequently charged violation in the country. For the 17th consecutive year, retaliation topped the list of charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in fiscal year 2024, accounting for more than 42,000 filings. That number reflects a persistent and costly problem for employers who fail to take it seriously. […]
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June 17, 2026 | Posted By: Emma Doull
Overtime pay is one of the most regulated areas of employment law, and for good reason. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), most employees who work more than 40 hours in a week must be paid at one and a half times their regular rate. Employers generally cannot contract around that requirement, even in […]
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June 09, 2026 | Posted By: Emma Doull
A recent federal appeals court decision offers a useful blueprint for employers navigating one of the trickiest areas of employment law: disability discrimination and retaliation claims. The case, decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, shows how careful documentation, multi-level decision-making, and prompt investigations can protect an employer when a termination […]
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June 05, 2026 | Posted By: Emma Doull
If you signed an employment agreement before your first day of work, you may not have read every line. Most people don’t. But buried in some of those agreements is a provision that could seriously undermine your legal rights if you ever experience workplace discrimination by shortening the time you have to file a claim. […]
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May 13, 2026 | Posted By: Sean Estes
A Florida federal judge’s recent sanctions order in a First Amendment retaliation case is sending a message to government employers and their attorneys across the state: dishonesty in litigation has consequences. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker in the Northern District of Florida, arose from a former state employee’s wrongful termination […]
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April 22, 2026 | Posted By: Emma Doull
Two jury verdicts from January 2026 offer a sobering preview of what is at stake when employers mishandle workplace complaints. In one case, a jury in the Northern District of Georgia awarded an employee $5.5 million in a sexual harassment and retaliation case. In another case, a Utah jury awarded a former HR worker more […]
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April 09, 2026 | Posted By: Emma Doull
Summer hiring season is almost here, and for hotels, restaurants, bars, and other hospitality businesses, that means one thing beyond staffing headaches: making sure your wage and hour practices are airtight before the first seasonal employee clocks in. Tip credit rules, in particular, have been shifting at the federal, state, and local levels, and getting […]
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