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Recent Employment, Labor, EEOC & NLRB Regulatory Law News

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Sep
17
2021
Ninth Circuit Decision Holds That California Law Addressing Mandatory Arbitration Agreements May Go Into Effect Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
28
2020
CDC Broadens “Close Contact” Guidance – Employment Law This Week [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
8
2019
California Court of Appeal Holds That An Employee’s “Imprecise Evidence” Can Provide a Basis for Damages When an Employer Does Not Keep Accurate Records of Hours Worked – But That an Employer is Not Liable for Missed Meal Periods of Which It Was Unaware Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
10
2019
Illinois Employers Must Reimburse Employee Expenses Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov
2
2020
Evolving Considerations for Multinational Employers: COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
6
2024
Wage War: Massachusetts Trial Court Rejects Globe Ex-President’s Profit-Sharing Claim Disguised as Wage Act Violation Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
16
2019
Federal Appellate Courts Ring In the New Year by Taking Up Website and Mobile Application Accessibility Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
19
2020
#WorkforceWednesday: Component 2 Pay Data Shutdown, CDC Coronavirus Guidance, and California Employers Fight Back Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
25
2020
Multiple Illinois Bills Seek to Govern Covenants Not to Compete Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
7
2016
Employee’s Disparaging and Misleading Tweets May Be Protected Under NLRA: Holy Guacamole! Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
1
2015
As Promised, OSHA Targets Health Care and Nursing Homes for Enforcement Actions Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov
17
2020
Michigan COVID-19 Workplace Updates: Three Week “Pause” and Office-Based Enforcement Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
2
2015
Maryland’s Montgomery County Freezes Base Pay for Tipped Employees at $4 per Hour Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov
20
2020
COVID-19 Spike Prompts NJ Governor to Issue New Restrictions for Indoor Bars/Restaurants, Indoor Organized Sports, and Gatherings Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
7
2015
If You Can’t Touch It, You Must Acquit Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
19
2016
ACA Information Reporting: Ensuring Big Data Analyses Do Not Lead to Big Penalties Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
21
2016
Twenty-One States Allege the New White Collar Salary Thresholds are Unlawful Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
6
2019
Third Circuit: Federal Law Does Not Preempt New Jersey’s ABC Test for Independent Contractors Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
13
2015
D.C. Circuit Reverses NLRB License for Union’s Trespass: Employer’s Good-Faith Request that Police Redress Union Trespass Protected by the First Amendment Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
11
2020
Employment Law This Week®:Coronavirus and Work-from-Home Policies, HIPAA and Coronavirus, Arbitration Agreements Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
27
2021
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance to Address Vaccine Mandate Religious Exemptions Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
9
2020
#WorkforceWednesday: NY Travel Advisory Changes, CA’s COVID-19 Exposure Notice, Executive Order Reversals Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
13
2024
Employment Law This Week Episode 337 - Termination Meetings on the Record [Video, Podcast] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
17
2020
Coronavirus Considerations for Employers with a Unionized Workforce Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
3
2023
NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Restrict Employers’ Right to Permanently Replace Strikers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov
6
2021
Medicare and Medicaid Providers, Take Note: New CMS Rules Require Health Care Workers to Be Fully Vaccinated by January 4, 2022 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
8
2023
Whistleblower Risks in an Economic Downturn, Whistleblower Protection Settlement [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
19
2020
Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19: Continuing Employer Group Health Coverage During Temporary Layoffs or Furloughs Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 

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