Balancing Life’s Responsibilities: Canadian Human Rights Developments In The Accommodation Of Family Status

With an increase in the number of dual-income households in Canada, it is not surprising that employers are facing growing demands from workers for flexible work regimes that allow for the fulfillment of childcare obligations. As many parents struggle to meet both work and family obligations, Canada’s legal perspective on the duty to accommodate has expanded, placing an increased onus on employers to accommodate family status, both federally under the Canadian Human Rights Act, […]

By | February 13th, 2015 ||

United States: The California Supreme Court Holds That Certain Security Guards Must Be Paid To Sleep

On December 31, 2014, the California Supreme Court held in Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc. (Case No. S212704) that security guards who work shifts of 24 or more hours under Wage Order 4 must be compensated for their sleep time.  The Court also held that, under the particular facts of the case, the security guards were required to be paid for their “on-call” time.

CPS Security Solutions provides security services to various clients.  Generally, […]

By | February 13th, 2015 ||

United States: Article Featuring Co-Chair Connie Bertram Examines Best Practices To Increase Voluntary Responses To Disability Self-Identification Form

As regular readers of this blog are well aware, new OFCCP regulations require federal government contractors to invite applicants to self-identify as individuals with disabilities at both the pre- and post-offer stages of the hiring process.  This requirement has raised numerous questions and challenges for federal government contractors.  The Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”) recently published an article analyzing some of these issues.

One issue addressed in the SHRM article is how to increase […]

By | February 12th, 2015 ||