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Recent Employment, Labor, EEOC & NLRB Regulatory Law News

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May
5
2017
Mayor De Blasio Signs New York City Law Barring Salary History Inquiries Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
5
2017
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commissioner Heather MacDougall Nominated for Second Term Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
5
2017
Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Employers’ Enigma: How to Balance Pay Equality and Reasonable Business Practices for Salary Determinations Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
5
2017
Pay History: An Improper Factor for Employers To Consider In Starting Salaries? Not Necessarily, According To the Ninth Circuit Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
5
2017
Avoiding the Danegeld: Discouraging Me-Too Claims Following a Settlement Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
5
2017
Are Facebook Vacation Photos Taken During Medical Leave Grounds for Employee’s Termination? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
5
2017
Might New “Comp Time” Bill Actually Pass This Time? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
4
2017
House Passes “The Working Families Flexibility Act” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
4
2017
NLRB Won’t Create Rule Extending to Nonunion Workers Right to Have Union Rep at Disciplinary Interview Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
4
2017
House Passes Bill To Allow Private Employers To Offer Paid Time Off In Lieu Of Overtime Time Pay Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
4
2017
First Circuit Enforces Arbitration of ERISA Dispute Proskauer Rose LLP
May
4
2017
St. Louis’s Minimum Wage Increases to $10 Per Hour on May 5 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
4
2017
House of Representatives Passes American Health Care Act – What it Means and Next Steps Proskauer Rose LLP
May
4
2017
Diamond Trucking Inc: Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of April 24-28 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
4
2017
House Passes Private Sector “Comp Time” Bill, But Is It Practical For Employers? Proskauer Rose LLP
May
4
2017
Read Before You Click: The Enforcement of Web-Based Restrictive Covenants and Arbitration Agreements Against Employees Stark & Stark
May
4
2017
Is Comp Time on its Way? The Working Families Flexibility Act Passes the House Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
4
2017
Republican Lawmakers Pen Letter to Secretary Acosta Encouraging DOL to Delay Fiduciary Rule “in its Entirety” Covington & Burling LLP
May
4
2017
Domestic Violence and its Potential Consequences in Workplace: How to Protect Your Workers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
4
2017
3 Reasons "After-Acquired Evidence” Defense Matters in Your Employment Discrimination Case Zuckerman Law
May
4
2017
Avoiding Illegal Termination of Employees in Nevada Dickinson Wright PLLC
May
4
2017
Delivering New Parental Leave in the Trump Era: Can It Be Born? Chicago-Kent College of Law
May
4
2017
Louisiana Court Holds Employer Responsible for Failing to Protect Employee From Off-Duty Threat of Violence by Coworker Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
4
2017
Protecting Your Qualified Retirement Plan Now that the IRS Determination Program is (Mostly) Closed Proskauer Rose LLP
May
3
2017
Persuader Rule Still in Limbo Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
3
2017
Is Comp Time Coming To The Private Sector? Holland & Hart LLP
May
3
2017
Facebook Post Protected by the NLRA? Second Circuit Says Yes: "!@#$% Vote Yes for the UNION!" Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
3
2017
Ninth Circuit: Prior Pay Can Be Defense to Equal Pay Act Claim Under Certain Circumstances Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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