It is not uncommon for businesses operating in the Washington, D.C., area to require managers, directors and other top-level executives to sign non-solicitation agreements. A person interested in purchasing a business entity may also require a non-solicitation...
Work does not inoculate employees against illness, but most states do not require paid sick leave. However, Washington DC’s employment law for workers requires paid time off for sickness. DC’s mandatory sick leave law Washington DC and 13 states mandate some form of...
Recent studies have shown that over a quarter of female employees working at Veterans Affairs have reported sexual harassment in addition to a smaller percentage of male employees. In response, a group of congressional leaders sent a letter to the VA Secretary urging...
When many people think of an exempt employee, they think of someone who is paid on a salaried basis. In reality, being paid on a salary does not necessarily make you exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Each worker’s duties have to be carefully considered...
The Department of Labor has reported that women account for almost 50% of workers in Virginia and across the country and 85% of women who work will become mothers during the course of their careers. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits employers from...
A group of black employees working for Facebook have joined forces to file a racial discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The complaint alleges that black employees do not possess the same career opportunities as other employees...
Residents of the Washington D.C. area and Virginia might be interested in reading an article regarding the settlement in the Harvey Weinstein case. The disgraced former Hollywood mogul was part of a settlement of $19M by his female employees, who claimed sexual abuse...
Surgical errors are among the worst errors that patients in Virginia can ever suffer from. Patients may have the wrong body part or the wrong side operated on, or they may even undergo an operation intended for a different patient. For this reason, they are grouped...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) establishes the federal minimum wage and other laws relating to overtime pay and recordkeeping. The FLSA applies to all states and Washington D.C. If states like Virginia have their own laws that are more protective of employees...
Electronic health records present a patient's medical history in a way that is seamless and can reduce the workload of doctors and nurses. It can cut down on possible medication errors, too, by alerting users to a potentially harmful interaction between two drugs, an...
