Legal Blog

This blog revisits a blog post published by The Law Group of Northwest Arkansas on October 26, 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in late 2022 regarding the Biden administration’s approach to determining…

What Is a Service Animal? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service animal as a working animal trained to do certain tasks for a person with a disability. The work or task must be directly related to that…

Employers are required under federal law to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious observances or practices unless doing so would cause undue hardship to the employer. Accommodations can include adjusting work schedules or allowing leave for religious observances, providing a private…

When you start or operate a small business, there is so much to consider inside the walls of your business that it is easy to forget about things that need to occur outside of them. Those outside things often come…

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published in the Federal Register a highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Biden administration’s approach to determining independent contractor status under federal wage law as provided by the Fair Labor Standards…

Consumer reports are an important aspect of the hiring process for many employers. Often referred to as “background checks,” consumer reports provide information to employers about an employee’s or prospective employee’s criminal history, character, credit history, and other factors that…

Unemployment benefits were a welcome relief for many Arkansans during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is possible to have an overage of unemployment compensation. If you applied and were approved for unemployment benefits, but collected too much, that’s an overage….

This is Part II in our series summarizing federal employment discrimination law as it applies to private employers (see Part I). Today we’re going to discuss what happens when an employee believes her employer has violated a federal discrimination law….

This post is Part I of a pair of posts that will provide a summary of federal employment discrimination law as it applies to private employers. The purpose of these posts is to provide employers with a background for a…