Happy Holidays from all of us at Hanft Fride

December 2017 – Vol. 19, No.12

The Employer E-Letter:  Labor and Employment Law News 
from the Duluth, Minnesota law firm of
Hanft Fride, A Professional Association.

Co-Editors, Scott A. Witty, saw@hanftlaw.com and Richard R. Burns, rrb@hanftlaw.com, or 218-722-4766. Please feel free to forward this e-mail or share it with others.  If there are other topics of interest to you or any other suggestions concerning this newsletter, please let us know.

This Month’s Topics:

• Browning-Ferris Joint Employer Standard Overruled by NLRB
• Third Circuit Rules Short Rest Breaks are Compensable Time
• Employer’s alleged Failure to Follow Policy is Not Pre-text
• Employee’s Complaint to HR May Suspend MHRA Statute of Limitations
• Tip Of The Month

This Month’s Topics:

• 7th Circuit Limits Leave After FMLA Exhausted
• Wrongful Termination of Wage Activist
• 5th Circuit Rejects Employee’s FMLA Interference Claim
• No Constructive Discharge or Adverse Employment Action
• Tip Of The Month

October 2017 – Vol. 19, No.10

The Employer E-Letter:  Labor and Employment Law News 
from the Duluth, Minnesota law firm of
Hanft Fride, A Professional Association.

Co-Editors, Scott A. Witty, saw@hanftlaw.com and Richard R. Burns, rrb@hanftlaw.com, or 218-722-4766. Please feel free to forward this e-mail or share it with others.  If there are other topics of interest to you or any other suggestions concerning this newsletter, please let us know.

This Month’s Topics:

• Anti-Tip Sharing Statute Provides Wrongful Termination Claim, MN Supreme Court Decides
• Requirements If You Have a Hostile Work Environment
• Single Racial Slur Can Trigger Title VII
• OMB Halts Pay Data Collection Portion of EEO-1
• Tip Of The Month

September 2017 – Vol. 19, No. 9

The Employer E-Letter:  Labor and Employment Law News 
from the Duluth, Minnesota law firm of
Hanft Fride, A Professional Association.

Co-Editors, Scott A. Witty, saw@hanftlaw.com and Richard R. Burns, rrb@hanftlaw.com or 218-722-4766. Please feel free to forward this e-mail or share it with others.  If there are other topics of interest to you or any other suggestions concerning this newsletter, please let us know.

This Month’s Topics:

• NEW MINIMUM SALARY FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES INVALID
• PERSUADER RULE IS ON THE OUT
• New Face Comment Isn’t Proof of Age Bias
• NLRB RULES AGAINST HANDBOOK PROVISIONS
• Tip Of The Month

This Month’s Topics:

• TRUMP’S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NOT TO SUPPORT SALARY LEVEL
• RACIAL BARBS ON PICKET LINE DID NOT CREATE A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT
• WHISTLEBLOWER STANDARDS
• Reasonable Explanation Required of Denial
• Tip Of The Month

This Month’s Topics:

• Notice and Cure Period Now Required Before Commencement of MHRA Public Accommodation Litigation
• UNION TRIES TO TAKE BITE OUT OF JIMMY JOHN’S
• Statutory Supervisor Cannot Vote
• Arbitration Not Always the Best Avenue for Employers
• Tip Of The Month 

June 2017 – Vol. 19, No. 6

The Employer E-Letter:  Labor and Employment Law News 
from the Duluth, Minnesota law firm of
Hanft Fride, A Professional Association.

Co-Editors, Richard R. Burns, rrb@hanftlaw.com and Scott A. Witty, saw@hanftlaw.com, or 218-722-4766. Please feel free to forward this e-mail or share it with others.  If there are other topics of interest to you or any other suggestions concerning this newsletter, please let us know.

This Month’s Topics:

• NEW SECRETARY OF LABOR WITHDRAWS JOINT EMPLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR INFORMAL GUIDANCE
• COMPENSATORY TIME MAY BE AVAILABLE SOON TO PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
• EMPLOYEES’ E-MAILS CRITICAL OF EMPLOYER ARE PROTECTED
• EEOC FINAL RULES RE: EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMS
• Tip Of The Month