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HR Alert: Religious Exemptions

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 30, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As we know, federal law prohibits employers from taking what the law calls an adverse employment action – some kind of negative action – against an employee for her religious beliefs, even when those beliefs conflict...

HR Alert: Local Business Settles For $225k in Discrimination Damages

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 31, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A local tavern is paying two of its former bartenders $225,000 after being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC filed a lawsuit on behalf of the bartenders, alleging that New York Beer Project...

HR Alert: What’s the EEOC?

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 3, 2023. Posted in Employment, Entrepreneurship.

We’ve heard this question a few times recently, and we thought we should share some background on this important federal agency. The EEOC stands for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Among other things,...

HR Alert: My Employee Trashed Our Company on Facebook, What Can I Do?

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 14, 2023. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

You’re a good employer and a responsible business, and you always put your employees first. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your employees will see it that way, especially when a poor performer has a bad outcome or gets...

HR Alert: New FFCRA Under the American Rescue Plan

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 18, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The American Rescue Plan, signed into law on March 11, 2021, made changes to the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act’s (FFCRA) time off provisions. Businesses with fewer than 500 employees may choose to provide leave...

HR Alert: Commission Sales & Overtime in A Retail Establishment

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 20, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Employers in the retail space long have struggled to determine whether their business is considered a “retail or service” establishment according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. This important distinction...

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