With summer temperatures nearing their annual apex in much of the U.S., employers have plenty of leeway to implement dress codes and grooming policies that balance comfort and professionalism, but attorneys say there are still a few land mines to sidestep along the way. Here, experts discuss three ways employers can craft dress codes while staying on the right side of antidiscrimination law.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division unveiled its first regulatory push of President Donald Trump's second term that focuses on doing away with existing wage and hour rules rather than putting forward new ones, a move attorneys expect is just the start of the administration's deregulatory agenda.
A National Labor Relations Board judge properly tossed a former Miami Beach hotel worker's claim that the hotel maintained an unlawful rule pertaining to communications with customers, the employer told the NLRB, asking the board to affirm the judge's dismissal of the case.