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Recent Employment, Labor, EEOC & NLRB Regulatory Law News

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Mar
8
2017
St. Louis Minimum Wage: City’s Press Release Raises More Questions Than it Answers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
9
2021
Beltway Buzz, April 9, 2021 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
16
2018
Highlights of the Alberta Employment Standards Code Update Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
2
2023
Mental Health Parity Compliance Remains a Key Focus for Federal Agencies Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
19
2018
Second Circuit Upholds Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claim Under Title VII, Primes Debate for Supreme Court Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
9
2019
Beltway Buzz, August 9, 2019 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
18
2017
Congress Passes Resolution to Block Obama Administration Restrictions on Drug Testing Those Seeking Unemployment Benefits Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
21
2018
Austria: Greater Harmonisation of Laws on Office Workers and Manual Workers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
12
2019
OFCCP’s Busy Friday: A New Ombudsman and Contractor Assistance Portal Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
13
2019
Indiana Court of Appeals Decision Signals Change in State’s Restrictive Covenant Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
6
2022
Massachusetts SJC: Employers Are Strictly Liable for Treble Damages for Late, Pre-Suit Wage Payments Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
16
2023
Illinois Issues Emergency and Proposed Rules to Implement Day and Temporary Labor Services Act Amendments Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
16
2020
IRS Updates FAQs to Expand Eligibility for Employee Retention Credits Under the CARES Act Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
21
2023
Verbal Disclosure of Employee’s COVID-19 Status Didn’t Breach Health Record Disclosure Law, Wisconsin Appeals Court Rules Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
3
2018
Absence Does Not Make the Heart Grow Fonder: Texas Court Holds Attendance Issues Can Preclude Disability Claims Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
28
2021
California Court Affirms PAGA Claims Based on Cal/OSHA Violations: Are Further PAGA-Cal/OSHA Actions to Come? Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
31
2017
Acosta One Step Closer to Becoming Secretary of Labor Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
18
2022
U.S. Virgin Islands Enacts CROWN Act to Ban Discrimination on the Basis of Hair Texture and Protected Hairstyles Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
4
2017
Canada Labor: Employment Insurance Changes Pending Under 2017 Canadian Federal Budget Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
28
2019
DOL Opinion Letter Applies the Highly Compensated Employee Exemption to Paralegals Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
11
2018
FY 2019 H-1B Visa Cap: USCIS Reaches Annual Cap in 5 Days Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
6
2017
Seventh Circuit Finds Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination Under Title VII, SCOTUS Review Likely Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
21
2020
Texas Workforce Commission Provides Form for Employers to Report Employee Reemployment Offer Refusals Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
27
2022
USCIS Publishes FY 2023 H-1B Cap Registration Statistics Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Sep
5
2019
Workplace Preparation for Natural Disasters in View of Hurricane Dorian Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
24
2020
Minnesota Governor Slows the Planned Reopening of Bars, Restaurants, and Places of Public Accommodation Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Sep
11
2019
Component 2 No More After 2019? EEOC Doesn’t Request Renewal of EEO-1 Component 2 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
27
2020
Cell Phone Use on Hold in Manufacturing Plants After Recent NLRB Decision Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
 

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