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Recent Employment, Labor, EEOC & NLRB Regulatory Law News

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Apr
6
2022
Employers Should Take Note of Recent Union Organizing Activities Jones Walker LLP
Jul
29
2021
Updated CDC Guidance on Quarantine Length for Exposed Individuals - July, 2021 Jones Walker LLP
May
20
2016
New Minimum Salary Rule Holds Surprises for Employers – and They're Not All Bad Jones Walker LLP
Sep
23
2020
The US First, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits Render Recent Decisions That Analyze the Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements, Teaching Employers Some Valuable Lessons Jones Walker LLP
Jan
31
2020
Are Your Mortgage Loan Officers Properly Compensated Under The Revised Overtime Rules? Jones Walker LLP
Feb
13
2020
Looking for Temporary Employees? Consider Looking to Honduras Jones Walker LLP
Oct
11
2016
Root Cause Analyses: When Safety and Legal Concerns Collide for Marine Employers Jones Walker LLP
Nov
11
2021
IRS Releases 2022 Benefit Plan Limits and Thresholds — Updated FSA Limits Jones Walker LLP
Mar
29
2019
Fifth Circuit Opinion Provides Most Recent Overview of “Borrowed Employee” Test for Offshore Platform Workers Jones Walker LLP
Jan
9
2017
Fifth Circuit Addressed Duties Owed by Vessel Owner to Longshoreman Performing Risky Work in Hazardous Conditions Jones Walker LLP
Apr
17
2020
State Insurance Departments Issue Rules on Policy Cancellations/Renewals During COVID-19 Jones Walker LLP
Jul
10
2023
Practical Considerations for Corporate DEI Programs Following the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Jones Walker LLP
Jun
4
2021
New Louisiana De Minimis Mobile Workforce Exemption Bill Goes to Conference Committee Jones Walker LLP
Jun
15
2020
Title VII: All Persons Are Entitled to Its Benefit Jones Walker LLP
Jun
30
2020
Compensation Considerations for Emerging Biotech and Life Sciences Companies Jones Walker LLP
Jan
14
2020
Louisiana Supreme Court to Address Whether Permanently Moored Casinos Are “Vessels” Under Maritime Law Jones Walker LLP
Oct
19
2020
The Long Arm of OCSLA Extended by the Fifth Circuit in Mays v. Chevron Jones Walker LLP
Sep
27
2021
Highly Compensated Offshore Worker Paid a Day Rate Found Entitled to Overtime Jones Walker LLP
Feb
12
2020
Lawmakers Secure Signatures on the SECURE Act Jones Walker LLP
Feb
28
2024
Employers Take Note: H1B Registration Update Jones Walker LLP
May
10
2024
Reminder to Prepare for Heat Stress Jones Walker LLP
Apr
4
2020
Defining Business in Louisiana Non-Competition Agreements is Essential, Appeals Court Holds Jones Walker LLP
Jan
9
2017
Maritime Collateral Source Rule's Application to Claims of LHWCA Workers Against Third Parties Jones Walker LLP
Mar
23
2021
Workin’ 9 to 5: Fifth Circuit Holds that FLSA Applies to Crewmembers of Liftboats Jones Walker LLP
Mar
24
2021
Apple Sues Former High-Level Employee for Trade Secret Use, Disclosure Jones Walker LLP
Jul
25
2023
SECURE 2.0 Act — A Bigger and (in Some Ways) Better Version of the SECURE Act Part II — Changes Coming in 2024 Jones Walker LLP
Apr
8
2021
Managing COVID-19 in the Workplace: Return to Work, Vaccine Campaigns, and Employee Benefits Jones Walker LLP
May
14
2020
SBA Offers Further Guidance — and Certainty — Regarding Good Faith Certification of PPP Loan; Further Extends Safe Harbor Repayment Date Jones Walker LLP
 

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