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Minnesota

Life Time Fitness pays $976k in back pay in 26 states

12/22/2016
Chanhassan, Minn.-based Life Time Fitness will pay nearly a million dollars in back pay and liquidated damages to resolve charges it violated the Fair Labor Stan­d­­ards Act at fitness centers nationwide.

Have contractors use official business name on invoices

12/22/2016
Make sure independent contractors invoice your company in their official business entity’s name, not simply with their name.

Good records help win discrimination cases

12/22/2016
Employers that keep good records seldom lose when an employee claims he was fired for discriminatory reasons.

Document efforts to identify reasonable ADA accommodations that will work

12/22/2016
Employers that document the ADA’s interactive process and offer multiple options seldom lose lawsuits alleging failure to accommodate.

Court: Employer can’t be held responsible for failing to predict employee violence

12/22/2016
So-called negligent retention doesn’t require employers to predict who may turn violent.

Lawsuit-proof protection: Support your harassment policy with robust training program

12/22/2016
Employers that have a solid anti-harassment policy and make sure employees understand it are far less likely to lose a sexual harassment lawsuit than those who don’t.

OK to discipline for bullying online posts

12/01/2016
If you have solid policy guidance on proper workplace behavior, you shouldn’t worry too much about punishing abusive or offensive online behavior that crosses the line into bullying or worse.

Absolute proof not required, just good faith

12/01/2016
As long as you conduct a fair and impartial investigation aimed at getting to the truth, courts don’t demand that you get every fact right.

Is it legal for us to ban all guns at work?

11/14/2016
Q. Many of our employees bring their hunting rifles and shotguns to work, especially on Fridays during hunting season. We generally prohibit guns or other weapons in the workplace. Can we stop employees from bringing their guns to work?

What can we do? We suspect one of our employees is often drunk at work

11/14/2016
Q. We have an employee who often appears to be inebriated at work. Can we require that he take an alcohol test? Can we require that he get into a rehab program to keep his job?