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Dec
23
2016
D.C. Council Advances Expansive Family and Medical Leave Bill Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
23
2016
He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice… the year’s best misconduct cases Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
23
2016
Small Employers Permitted To Reinstate Health Premium Reimbursement Arrangements Holland & Hart LLP
Dec
22
2016
Termination of Employment Contracts for Misconduct in Singapore: Practical Guidelines K&L Gates
Dec
22
2016
Reminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2017 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
22
2016
The NLRB Elevates Form Over Substance to Give Union Another Bite at the Apple Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
22
2016
OSHA “Clarifies” Employers’ Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Obligations Beveridge & Diamond PC
Dec
22
2016
Business Immigration Update, December 2016: New Form I-9 Effective Date January 22, 2017; New Form N-400; Changes in Government Filing Fees; Government Fee Increases!; Immigration Changes Under the New Administration Vedder Price
Dec
22
2016
Paid Family Leave Law Approved by D.C. Council in Veto-Proof Vote Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
22
2016
401(k) Plan Sponsor ERISA Fiduciary Litigation Update: Sequoia Fund Litigation K&L Gates
Dec
22
2016
Peter Kirsanow Possible Trump Choice for NLRB Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
22
2016
Employers Prepare for Patchwork of Minimum Wage Rates for 2017 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
22
2016
Ohio Adopts Preemption Legislation, Blocking Local Minimum Wage Hikes and Other Local Employer Restriction Proposals Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dec
22
2016
Chambers v. RDI Logistics: Independent Contractor or "Employee, Inc"? Murtha Cullina
Dec
22
2016
Weekly Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of Dec. 12-16 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
22
2016
Gender Pay Gap Analysis – JFK Approach Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
22
2016
Employment Based Immigration: New Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dec
22
2016
City of Los Angeles Adopts Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
22
2016
Number of Paid Sick Leave Laws Expands Rapidly in 2016 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
22
2016
Key Trade Secret and Non-Compete Developments in 2016 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
Los Angeles Passes Rigid “Ban the Box” Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
Wheeling, West Virginia, Ordinance Protects LGBTQ Residents Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
21
2016
The Rising Minimum Wages and Tip Credits for 2017: An Overview Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
OSHA Sustainability Paper Notes Opportunity to Integrate Sustainability and Nanotechnology Research Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
Fair Labor Standards Act and Overtime Pay: No Such Thing As A Free Lunch! Holland & Hart LLP
Dec
21
2016
Motor Carriers Unable to Preempt Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
21
2016
Are You Ready? City of Santa Monica’s Sick Leave Ordinance Becomes Effective January 1, 2017 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
21
2016
New Jersey Legislature Postpones Vote to Override Pay Equity Veto Faegre Drinker
Dec
21
2016
Fifth Circuit Joins Sister Circuits in Holding That Employees May Recover Emotional Distress Damages in FLSA Retaliation Suits Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
21
2016
EEOC to Employers: Remember Mental Health Conditions are Disabilities Too Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Dec
21
2016
Defend Trade Secrets Act, Non-Compete Agreements, Paid Sick Leave: Employment Law This Week - December 19, 2016 [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
USCIS Issues Final Rule That Will Codify Several Positive Improvements for Foreign Employees and Their Employers Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Dec
21
2016
Breaking: D.C. Council Passes Generous Employee Paid Leave Mandate Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
21
2016
NLRB Moves to Strengthen Unions’ Hand in Bargaining with Informational Picketing and Intermittent Short-Term Strikes Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
Expanding Union’s Organizing Rights: Miller & Anderson, 364 NLRB No. 39 (2016) Polsinelli PC
Dec
21
2016
Overtime Rule Litigation: Action Continues While DOL Appeals Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
EU Directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP II) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
21
2016
How Trump Administration MIGHT Change Labor and Employment Landscape with Stroke of Pen Polsinelli PC
Dec
21
2016
UK High Court Decision Serves as Cautionary Tale for Office Holiday Parties Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
21
2016
State Law Round-Up: 2017 Minimum Wage Rates, Paid Sick Leave Compliance, and More Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
20
2016
“Un-levelizing” Level Fee Fiduciaries: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #31 Faegre Drinker
Dec
20
2016
Federal Contractor Whistleblowers Now Permanently Protected from Retaliation Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
20
2016
San Francisco’s New Fully Paid Parental Leave Ordinance Goes Into Effect January 1, 2017 [VIDEO] Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
20
2016
EEOC Offers Compliance Tips for Small Businesses Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
20
2016
New York’s New Wage Orders, Raising Minimum Salaries for Exemption, Could Take Effect December 31 Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
20
2016
Winter Is Coming—Wage and Hour Considerations During Weather-Related Emergencies Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
20
2016
Ohio Governor Signs Guns in Trunks Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
20
2016
Seventh Circuit Sets Groundbreaking Precedent, Reverses FRSA Retaliation Judgment Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
20
2016
Second Circuit Court Expands Title VII Protections to Sexual Orientation Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
20
2016
Paycheck Transparency Mandates of Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces E.O. Take Effect January 1 Jackson Lewis P.C.
 

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