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title: "September 2020"
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#  September 2020

 [ ![social media icons on a phone on a table](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/eqspi11rf68-e0e07c4c.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1070:lawful-social-media-restrictions&catid=199)##  [NLRB Rules Broader Restrictions in Social Media Policies are Lawful](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1070:lawful-social-media-restrictions&catid=199)

September 01, 2020 | [September 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=199)

Employers have long sought to limit adverse comments about the employer, its management, and coworkers, with limitations in handbook and social media policies. Many of these restrictions have been successfully challenged by employees or unions on the grounds they restrict legitimate "protected or concerted" activities under the National Labor Relation…

[Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1070:lawful-social-media-restrictions&catid=199)

 [ ![fresh food ingredients on the table](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/kxq3j7_2fpc-8a81b22b.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1071:eeoc-worker-wellness-plans&catid=199)##  [EEOC Approves Incentives for Worker Wellness Plans](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1071:eeoc-worker-wellness-plans&catid=199)

September 01, 2020 | [September 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=199)

On June 11, 2020, the EEOC commissioners voted 2-1 to move forward with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for wellness programs. The EEOC did not actually publish the NPRM and adoption of a final rule is a long way off, in terms of time and procedural steps that must be completed along the way, but the discussion at the June 11 public hearing pro…

[Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1071:eeoc-worker-wellness-plans&catid=199)

##  Top 10 Content (All-Time)

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    Union Fines Employee $22,000.00 for Crossing Picket Lines

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    OSHA Regional Emphasis Program for Poultry Processing Facilities

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    GOVERNMENT Position: Worker Presents New Social Security Number and States Previous Documents Were Not Real

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- [![poultry farm](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/thomas-iversen-4W8FgDVyUME-unsplash-d3ac22fc.jpg)

    OSHA ALERT: OSHA Regional Emphasis Program Targets Southeastern Poultry Processing Facilities

     ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=370:osha-alert-osha-regional-emphasis-program-targets-southeastern-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52)
- [![AI post it note](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/hitesh-choudhary-t1PaIbMTJIM-unsplash-523fd46e.jpg)

    AI Is Another Relevant Area of Employment Law Issues

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- [![What Does It Take to Create a Hostile Work Environment?  Apparently, a Single E-Mail Will Do.](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/030217_2112_whatdoesitt1-25ac7853.jpg)

    What Does It Take to Create a Hostile Work Environment? Apparently, a Single E-Mail Will Do

     ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1030:hostile-work-environment-email&catid=205)
- [![restaurant webinar promo 1](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/WimLaw-Promo-Slide-july-restaurant-tips-01-8bde36e9.jpg)

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     ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1325:restaurateurs-tipping-wages-hour-regulation&catid=221)
- [![NLRB Explains What Employer Rules Are Unlawful and How to Make Them Lawful](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/rules-markus-spiske-pwpvgq-a5qi-unsplash-230cf9e2.jpg)

    NLRB Explains What Employer Rules Are Unlawful and How to Make Them Lawful

     ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=368:nlrb-explains-what-employer-rules-are-unlawful-and-how-to-make-them-lawful&catid=52)
- [![man with a leather briefcase](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/marten-bjork-6dW3xyQvcYE-unsplash-e61a536b.jpg)

    DOL Proposes to Increase Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemption: Will It Raise Wages or Cut Hours?

     ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=369:dol-proposes-to-increase-salary-threshold-for-overtime-exemption-will-it-raise-wages-or-cut-hours&catid=52)
- [![supreme court bench](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/richard-cohrs-DeRk8Mlnd78-unsplash-8c60b2e4.jpg)

    Supreme Court Addresses Wage-Hour Collective Actions and Statistical Proof in Tyson Case

     ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=363:supreme-court-addresses-wage-hour-collective-actions-and-statistical-proof-in-tyson-case&catid=52)

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