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We feature the latest news on emerging compliance issues such as Affordable Care Act (“ACA”/”Obamacare”) and Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) mandates, EEOC and Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) enforcement, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) investigations, employee benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), the Department of Labor (“DOL”) Fiduciary Rules, joint employers status, E-Verify, workplace privacy, whistleblower actions, overtime requirements, and prevailing wage laws.

Employers can find the latest information on employment agreements and documents including: executive employment and compensation agreements, employee handbooks, sexual harassment policies, independent contractor agreements, social media policies, internet and email usage policies, separation agreements, equity compensation agreement and employee arbitration agreements.

On a state level, the National Law Review covers the latest on legislation, from laws banning-the-box and limiting the questions employers may ask during the hiring process; including limitations on questions about previous salary history and criminal history.  Additionally, the nation-wide push for employers to establish paid family leave & sick policy and the resulting patchwork of rules.  The National Law Review also  offers an analysis of employees rights to post about their work experience and how employers can respond to employees' on-line reviews and provides information to help companies remain compliant.

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Recent Employment, Labor, EEOC & NLRB Regulatory Law News

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Feb
25
2015
Law Professors Raise Concerns With Title IX Procedures Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
25
2015
Nurse’s Request to Use Cane in Behavioral Health Unit Not a Reasonable Accommodation, Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
25
2015
Spouses of Certain H-1B Employees May Apply for Work Authorization Beginning May 26 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
25
2015
“Too Black”: Waitress’s Claim of Color Bias Raises Novel Title VII Claim McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Feb
25
2015
Add Philadelphia to the Paid Sick Leave Mega-Trend Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
25
2015
FMLA Final Rule: “Spouse” Means Same-Sex Spouse (Even in Alabama) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
24
2015
Final Anti-Trafficking Rule to Impose New – and Uncertain – Obligations on Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
24
2015
Department of Homeland Security Shutdown 2015: The Effect on Immigration Services Mintz
Feb
24
2015
NY Acting Commissioner of Labor Issues Wage Board Order Reducing New York Tip Credit to $1.50 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
24
2015
Work Authorization for (Some, But Not All) H-4 Visa Holders Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
24
2015
USCIS Publishes Rule to Permit Employment Authorization for Some H-4 Spouses Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
24
2015
District of Columbia Wage Theft Prevention Act Takes Effect February 26, 2015 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
24
2015
Employment at Will Comes with Many Exceptions in Kentucky McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Feb
24
2015
Department of Homeland Security Extends Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Spouses Mintz
Feb
24
2015
FMLA "Spouse" Definition Now Includes Same-Sex Spouses and Common-Law Spouses von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
24
2015
Congress Takes Action to Renew and Make Permanent the Regional Center Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
24
2015
USCIS to Extend Eligibility for Employment Authorization to Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses of H-1B Nonimmigrants Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Feb
24
2015
Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors Beware – Potential Liability Related to Facility Closings and Sales of Business Units Faegre Drinker
Feb
24
2015
White House Budget Proposal Includes Many Retirement-Related Provisions McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
24
2015
Same-Sex Spouse Has No Standing to Assert COBRA Notice Claim Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
24
2015
Impressive Gains Reported in IT Outsourcing for Small- to Mid-Sized UK Businesses Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
23
2015
Wisconsin “Right to Work” – No Longer a Distraction, Will Likely Advance Quickly Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Feb
23
2015
Federal Court Throws Fifield Bright Line Rule on Illinois Restrictive Covenants Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
23
2015
Eleventh Circuit Rules That Employer Cannot Assert Worker Misconduct Equitable Defenses in FLSA Unpaid Overtime Claim Mintz
Feb
23
2015
Are You In Compliance With the Illinois Employment Laws That Went Into Effect on January 1, 2015? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
23
2015
More Than Employers Bargained For: Do Union Employees Have a Right to Bargain Over Company Data Breaches? Mintz
Feb
23
2015
Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment against EEOC in Background Check Suit Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
23
2015
Fifty Shades Of Grey Area – It’s Prostitution For Tax Reasons, Virtually Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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