| Jun.12.2013 |
Supreme Court OK's Arbitrator's Decision Ordering Class Arbitration |
| May.06.2013 |
New Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form Required as of May 7, 2013 |
| Apr.26.2013 |
Supreme Court Holds that FLSA Collective Action Must be Dismissed Because Named Plaintiff’s Claims Became Moot After Her Rejection of Offer of Judgment |
| Apr.05.2013 |
Federal Court Rules Hospitals Contracting with FEHBP HMO are "Subcontractors" Subject to Federal Affirmative Action Requirements |
| Apr.02.2013 |
New York City Employers Beware – New Law Prohibiting Unemployment Discrimination to Take Effect in June |
| Mar.29.2013 |
401k Plan Investment Selection Triggers ERISA Violation |
| Mar.26.2013 |
Third Circuit Upholds Reduced Pleading Requirements for SOX Whistleblowers |
| Mar.22.2013 |
Good News for Goldman: Second Circuit Requires Individual Arbitration of Title VII Claim |
| Mar.14.2013 |
DOL Issues Guidance on Additional Annual Funding Notice Disclosures for Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plans |
| Mar.11.2013 |
New OFCCP Compensation "Guidance" Offers Little to Guide Contractors |
| Mar.05.2013 |
California Employees' Entitlement to Leave for Pregnancy Disability not Limited to Four Months |
| Feb.20.2013 |
U.S. Department of Labor Publishes New FMLA Regulations that Significantly Expand Military Leave Provisions and Modify Eligibility Rules for Airline Flight Crews |
| Feb.14.2013 |
No Feasible Trial Plan – No Class Action |
| Feb.12.2013 |
California Supreme Court Approves Partial Mixed Motive Defense Under FEHA |
| Feb.06.2013 |
California Employee Accused of Discrimination Barred from Proceeding With Own Discrimination and Defamation Claims |
| Feb.01.2013 |
In the Wake of Canning - Turmoil at the NLRB Because of Recess Appointments |
| Jan.28.2013 |
California Employment Law Developments for 2013 |
| Dec.28.2012 |
Brinker Warrants Certification of Meal and Rest Break Class Claims in Two Recent California Decisions |
| Dec.21.2012 |
NLRB Overturns 50-Year Precedent on Dues-Checkoff |
| Nov.29.2012 |
California Family Leave – Employer's Honest Belief That Employee Took Leave For Improper Reason Not Enough to Justify Discharge |
| Nov.20.2012 |
Lead Plaintiff's Failure to Report Alleged Unpaid Work Time Under The Employer's Reporting Policies Dooms FLSA Collective Action |
| Nov.12.2012 |
Participants in TRICARE Program Celebrate the Administrative Review Board's Florida Hospital Decision – Should Other Companies Care? |
| Nov.07.2012 |
California Appellate Court Approves (Finally) of Neutral Time Rounding |
| Oct.15.2012 |
NLRB Says "Yes," You Can Be Fired for Something You Post Online |
| Sep.24.2012 |
NLRB Issues its First Social Media Policy Decision |
| Sep.21.2012 |
California Enacts Legislation that Substantially Broadens Employers' Obligations to Provide Religious Accommodations |
| Aug.14.2012 |
NLRB Rules Against Routine Requests for Confidentiality in Ongoing Employer Investigations |
| Aug.01.2012 |
DOL Issues WARN Act Guidance to Federal Contractors in Light of Sequestration |
| 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.13.2011 |
Trade Secret Misappropriation and Non-Competes Across (California) State Lines: What Law Governs? |
| 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 |