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May.08.2012 The NLRB's Acting General Counsel Asserts an Unprecedented Challenge to Employee Handbook Receipt Provisions
May.03.2012 Seventh Circuit Authorizes An "Issue Class Action" in Response to Dukes
May.02.2012 California High Court Rejects Fee Request For Rest Break Claims
Apr.18.2012 NLRB Notice Posting Rule Delayed
Apr.17.2012 Brinker – Was It Worth The Wait For Employers?
Apr.16.2012 Preparing For May Day, And Beyond, At The NLRB
Apr.13.2012 Maryland Takes the Lead on Social Media Access Legislation
Mar.23.2012 Transgender Employees Protected By Federal Law Against Discrimination
Feb.23.2012 Federal Court Imposes Broad Preservation Obligation Regarding Potential Class Members in FLSA Action
Feb.16.2012 California and the USDOL Stake Out Common Ground in Focusing on Alleged Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors
Feb.14.2012 Department of Labor Proposes FMLA Rule on Leave for Caregivers to Servicemembers and Airline Flight Crew Employees
Feb.03.2012 Second Circuit Weighs in Again on Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements
Feb.02.2012 NLRB Clarifies Its Position Regarding Employees' Social Media Usage
Jan.26.2012 “Collyer Lite” -- NLRB Announces Limitation on Collyer Deferral
Jan.25.2012 FMLA Protections from Interference and Retaliation Extended to Pre-Eligible Employees
Jan.12.2012 NLRB and FINRA Signal Federal Push To Create A Right for Employees To Pursue Collective Litigation Regardless of Arbitration Agreements
Jan.05.2012 New DOT Regulations Require Commercial Truckers to Hit the "Breaks"
Dec.22.2011 NLRB Issues Final Rule On "Quickie" Elections
Dec.14.2011 "Sea Change" in OFCCP Disability Regulations Would Mean Increased Turbulence for Contractors
Dec.06.2011 NLRB Scales Back -- But Not By Much -- The New "Quickie" Election Rules it Proposed on June 22, 2011
Nov.21.2011 Federal Court Upholds OFCCP Demand For Data
Nov.09.2011 OSHA Revises Its Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Rules Impacting Public Companies and Their Affiliates and Subsidiaries
Oct.21.2011 California Seating Lawsuits Meeting Resistance, But Employers Shouldn't Sit Idly By
Oct.12.2011 California Enacts Legislation Limiting Employers' Use of Consumer Credit Reports for Employment Purposes
Oct.07.2011 NLRB Postpones Implementation of Its New Employee Rights Posting Requirement
Sep.29.2011 Seattle Enacts Ordinance Requiring Paid Sick Leave and Paid Safe Time
Sep.15.2011 NLRB Makes Employee Rights Poster Available on its Website Shortly After Commencement of a Lawsuit Challenging its Posting Rule
Sep.09.2011 National Labor Relations Board Alters Landscape for Determining the Scope of Petitioned-For Bargaining Units
Sep.08.2011 The NLRB Overrules Prior Decisions to Reinstate "Recognition Bar" Protection for Unions Voluntarily Recognized and "Successor Bar" Protection for Incumbent Unions
Sep.06.2011 NLRB Imposes New Employee Rights Posting Requirement on Covered Employers
Aug.16.2011 OFCCP Seeks Input on Development of New Compensation Reporting Tool
Jul.01.2011 OFCCP Drumbeat Continues: Agency Announces New FAAP Procedures
Jun.30.2011 The NLRB and USDOL Issue Controversial Proposed Regulations To Aid Union Organizing
Jun.28.2011 Supreme Court Changes The Class Action Landscape In Dukes v. Wal-Mart
Jun.09.2011 Connecticut to Become First State to Mandate Guaranteed Paid Sick-Leave Time for Employees
Jun.08.2011 EEOC Proposes to Extend Title VII and ADA Recordkeeping Requirements to Include Entities Covered by GINA
May.31.2011 Fifth Circuit Applies Recent Supreme Court Decision to Revive Son's Title VII Retaliation Claim Based on Father's Protected Activity
May.26.2011 Think That California Lawsuits Over Seating Concern Only Retail Cashiers? Think Again
May.24.2011 Circuit Court Rules No Cause of Action for Discrimination Against Debtors
May.18.2011 NLRB Sues Arizona in Federal Court over Constitutional Amendment Requiring Secret Ballot Elections for Union Representation
May.17.2011 You Wanna Sue Your Employer for Overtime? The Labor Department Has an App for That!
May.16.2011 Philadelphia Is Latest Jurisdiction to "Ban the Box" in Hiring Processes
Apr.12.2011 New York State Department of Labor Issues Guidance and Sample Templates in Connection With the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act
Apr.07.2011 EEOC Issues Final Regulations on ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Apr.04.2011 New York Wage Theft Prevention Act Takes Effect on April 9, 2011
Apr.01.2011 IRS Issues Guidance on Mandatory Form W-2 Informational Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
Mar.28.2011 Oral Complaints are Sufficient to Support an FLSA Retaliation Claim
Jan.26.2011 NLRB Flexes Its Muscles by Opposing State Constitutional Amendments Requiring the Use of Secret Ballot Elections for Union Representation Purposes and Limiting Deferral to Arbitration
Dec.23.2010 New York State Hospitality Industry Wage Order Increases the Wages to Be Paid to Tipped Employees and Authorizes Tip Pooling and Tip Sharing
Nov.24.2010 Proposed OSHA Noise Regulations Reverse Long-Standing Interpretations And Increase Potential Costs To Employers
Oct.27.2010 Marijuana Legalization Under California's Proposition 19: The Impact on Employers
Sep.10.2010 Court Rules Cancer in Remission Is Disability under the ADAAA
Aug.31.2010 New Whistleblower Incentives and Protections in the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Aug.26.2010 D.C. Issues Final Regulations for Accrued Sick & Safe Leave Act
Jul.12.2010 Interim Rule Requires Federal Contractors to Report Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
Jun.30.2010 Health Care Reform Regulations Arrive – Now What? What You Need to Know Right Now About Health Care Reform Regulations (So Far)
Jun.23.2010 Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division Provides Answers, Raises New Questions
Jun.17.2010 New Process Steel – The Supreme Court Sends The NLRB Back To The Drawing Board
May.24.2010 New Labor-Rights Poster Requirement for Federal Contractors
May.12.2010 What Employers, Employees and Health Plans Need to Know Right Now About Health Care Reform
Apr.29.2010 What Should Large Employers Do Now? Implications of Dukes v. Wal-Mart
Apr.21.2010 Fourth Circuit Enforces Employee's Pre-Filing Release of Qui Tam Action under the False Claims Act, Dismisses Suit
Apr.01.2010 Becker Means Change At The Labor Board
Jan.08.2010 New FTC Guidelines Require Employers To Strengthen Social Networking Policies
Dec.23.2009 Congress Limits Arbitration of Employment Disputes by Defense Contractors and Subcontractors
Dec.23.2009 COBRA Subsidy Extended, New Notice Requirements Imposed
Dec.18.2009 Federal Court Grant of Motion for Summary Judgment to Employer Emphasizes Importance of Prompt Remedial Action in Response to Harassment Complaints
Dec.17.2009 New York State Department of Labor Issues Forms Required When Giving Notice to New Employees Concerning Compensation
Oct.27.2009 New York Employers Must Comply With New Notice Requirements
Oct.16.2009 Employee Benefits Update
Aug.10.2009 DOL Issues Proposed Rule Implementing Executive Order 13496 - Notice of NLRA Rights
Jul.24.2009 Minimum Wage Increases Federally And In 16 Jurisdictions
Jul.20.2009 Obama Administration to Begin E-Verify Enforcement For Certain Federal Contractors on September 8, 2009
Jun.30.2009 Supreme Court Shifts To "But For" Test In Age Discrimination in Employment Act Claims
May.14.2009 Fee-Splitting Provisions In Arbitration Agreements Subject To Scrutiny
Apr.06.2009 Full Speed Ahead for San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance
Apr.02.2009 Reaux Decision Provides Wake Up Call for Employers Regarding FMLA Policies
Mar.30.2009 California Delivers More Flexibility With Alternative Workweek Schedules
Mar.17.2009 Tenth Circuit Enforces Release of Qui Tam Claim under the False Claims Act
Mar.11.2009 Card Check Legislation Introduced In Congress
Feb.20.2009 Ninth Circuit Withdraws Sullivan v. Oracle Decision Applying California Labor Laws To Non-California Residents
Feb.18.2009 Economic Stimulus Act Provides COBRA Subsidies And New COBRA Election And Disclosure Requirements; DOL Provides Guidance On Defined Benefit Funding Disclosures
Feb.09.2009 Employee Benefits Update
Feb.08.2009 Supreme Court Weighs in on Plan Documents Rule and Effect of Non-QDRO Divorce Decree on Retirement Benefits
Feb.08.2009 Children's Health Insurance Law Amends ERISA To Impose New Special Enrollment Periods And Notice Requirements
Feb.02.2009 Obama Administration Issues Pro-Union Executive Orders
Jan.29.2009 Good News For California Employers - PAGA Does Not Provide A Second Bite At The Apple
Jan.29.2009 Ledbetter Legislation Enacted – Now What?
Jan.05.2009 New Law Provides Pension Funding Relief And Other Measures In Response To Economic Crisis
Dec.18.2008 Three WARNings for Employers Facing Layoffs Or Bankruptcy in 2009
Dec.11.2008 Employee Benefits Year-End Round-Up
Dec.10.2008 Expansions of Coverage Requirements for Group Health Plans Under Recently Enacted Laws
Dec.10.2008 Ninth Circuit Holds that San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance is Not Preempted by ERISA
Dec.04.2008 Revised FMLA Regulations Clarify Employer Obligations
Nov.12.2008 The District of Columbia's New Paid Sick Leave Law Goes Into Effect This Week
Nov.06.2008 Is "Card Check" In Your Future?
Oct.28.2008 After the California Supreme Court Grants Review Of Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court, the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement Issues Memo Setting Forth Meal Break Enforcement Policy
Sep.24.2008 ADA Amendments Act Rejects Supreme Court Decisions Limiting Scope of ADA
Aug.11.2008 California Supreme Court Leaves Intact Broad Prohibitions On Enforceability Of Non-compete Agreements
Jul.23.2008 Anxiously-Awaited Brinker Decision Holds That Employers Need Not Police Whether Employees Take Meal Periods
Jun.16.2008 New Executive Order and Proposed Rule Require Government Contractors to Use "E-Verify" System
May.27.2008 New Law Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination Raises New Risks For Employers
May.01.2008 New Jersey and Washington D.C. Paid Leave Laws Gain Momentum
Mar.11.2008 California Supreme Court Limits Liability of Individuals for Retaliation Under FEHA
Mar.05.2008 Supreme Court Rules that Filing of Formal Charge No Longer Necessary to Satisfy Administrative Filing Requirements of ADEA
Feb.29.2008 Supreme Court Expands Right of Individual Participants to Sue ERISA Fiduciaries for Damages
Feb.26.2008 Avoiding a Maternal Profiling Claim
Feb.07.2008 Crowell & Moring Establishes that an Employer May Unilaterally Exercise Management Rights Implemented after Bargaining Impasse
Dec.27.2007 New Tax Notice Requirement for California Employers
Oct.12.2007 Commissioned Salespersons in New York State Must, Effective October 16, 2007, Be Paid Under Written Agreements
Apr.20.2007 California Supreme Court Expands Time Limit to File Meal and Rest Period Claims
Apr.16.2007 Non-Statutory Labor Exemption to the Federal Antitrust Laws Does Not Bar Class-Action by Employees Against Hospitals
Apr.02.2007 U.S. Senate Holds Hearings on the Employee Free Choice Act
Feb.07.2007 Large Employers Beware: Ninth Circuit's Wal-Mart Decision Affirms Class of 1.6 Million Current and Former Employees
Sep.15.2006 Long Service Ticking Timebomb – Less Than a Month to Go
Jun.23.2006 Supreme Court Affirms Broad Reach of Title VII’s Retaliation Ban
Jun.16.2006 OFCCP Issues Final Guidance on Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Contractor Self Evaluation
May.08.2006 Monitoring Employee Blogs: Unanticipated Costs And Risks
Mar.09.2006 DOL Announces New LM-10 Guidance and Extended Filing Deadline
Mar.02.2006 U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Title VII's Definition of “Employer” is not a Jurisdictional Issue
Mar.02.2006 The Maryland “Wal-Mart Bill” – Is it Preempted?
Feb.13.2006 Maryland Raises The Minimum Wage
Jan.27.2006 OFCCP Moves To Eliminate Burdensome EO Survey And Offers "Grace Period" For Compliance With Internet Applicant Rule
Dec.01.2005 New DOL Reporting Requirements For Employers
Nov.17.2005 Proposed Changes To EEO-1 Reporting Impact All Employers With 100 or More Employees
Oct.10.2005 OFCCP Issues "Internet Applicant" Definition
Aug.09.2005 Fourth Circuit Decides That An Employer Cannot Obtain A Waiver of An Emplotee's Informal FMLA Complaint
Aug.05.2005 Cracks In The AFL-CIO Federation: Impact On Employers
Aug.05.2005 Employer's Overly-Broad Confidentiality Rule Violates Labor Law
Jul.05.2005 Do You Often Have A Hard Time Getting Out Of Bed In The Morning? Can A Psychological Test Violate The ADA?
Jun.28.2005 Supreme Court Addresses The Statute of Limitations For Retaliation Claims Under The False Claims Act
May.09.2005 Watch That Wording – Appellate Court Invalidates IBM's Standard Release
Apr.07.2005 "Disparate Impact" Theory Available In Age Discrimination Cases
Aug.23.2004 DOL Issues Final Regulations on FLSA Exemptions
Mar.01.2001 Circuit City Stores V. Adams: The Supreme Court Strikes A Blow In Favor Of Resolving Employment Disputes Through Mandatory Arbitration
Dec.01.2000 Age Discrimination Act Waivers: Final EEOC Regulations Prohibit "Tender Back" Provisions And Set Forth New Requirements For Legally-Valid Waivers
Nov.01.2000 OFCCP Finalizes Rule Governing AAPs, Effective December 13, 2000: Ambiguous And Substantial New Requirements Face Contractors
Jul.01.2000 Non-Union Employers Beware! Your Employees Now Have Weingarten Rights
Apr.01.2000 OFCCP — Here They Go Again!
Jun.01.1999 Microsoft Temps Win Another Round
Jun.01.1999 Supreme Court Holds That Schools May be Held Liable Under Title IX for Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment
Jun.01.1999 Supreme Court Eases Standard For Recovery Of Punitive Damages Under Title VII
May.01.1999 Supreme Court Narrows ERISA Preemption Protection For Insured Employee Benefit Plans
Apr.01.1999 Court Bars Employer's Secondary Boycott Damages Action Because Of Arbitration Clause In Collective Bargaining Agreement
Apr.01.1999 Court Scuttles Employer Attempts To Avoid Affirmative Action Plan Reporting Requirements
Mar.01.1999 The EEOC's New ADA Guidance: A Mixed Bag For Employers
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