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Jun
6
2016
The Ninth Circuit Affirms Employer’s Time-Rounding Practice Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
6
2016
Los Angeles Expected to Join Other Cities with Paid Sick Leave Ordinances Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
6
2016
California Corner: San Francisco Mandates First Employer-Funded Paid Parental Leave Vedder Price
Jun
6
2016
Appellate Courts Set the Supreme Court Stage for Waiver Showdown? Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
6
2016
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 — Ambitions to Modernize and Diversify the Economy Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
6
2016
Expanding the Timer: Supreme Court Gives Employees More Time to File Claims Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
6
2016
Seventh Circuit Invalidates Class Action Waivers and Sets Stage for Supreme Court Battle Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Jun
6
2016
NLRB Curtails Employers’ Right to Hire Permanent Replacements for Strikers – Bolsters Unions’ Ability to Use Intermittent Strikes Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
6
2016
House Considering Legislative Branch Final Passage with Structured Rule, Senate to Move on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Spending Bill in Committee Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
6
2016
House and Senate Defense Bills Target Executive Order Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
6
2016
Colorado’s New Pregnancy Accommodation Law Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
6
2016
Termination For Conduct Caused By Side Effects of Prescription Medication Was Not Disability Discrimination Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
6
2016
No Pregnant Pauses Here: Workplace Laws Protecting Expectant Mothers Becoming the Norm across the United States Vedder Price
Jun
6
2016
Discipline & Disparagement: Does an Employer Have Recourse against Employees Publicly Criticizing Its Products? Vedder Price
Jun
6
2016
Employment Law This Week: Constructive Discharge Claims, Class Waivers Split, Electronic Record-Keeping Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
6
2016
Post-Termination Restrictions: The UK Courts' Strict Approach Vedder Price
Jun
5
2016
Two Hawk Employment Services To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
5
2016
Prime, Inc. to Pay Over $3 Million After Court Ruled it Used Discriminatory Hiring Practices U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
4
2016
EEOC Sues Baystate Medical Center for Religious Discrimination & Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
3
2016
EEOC Plows Ahead on Obama’s Initiatives. Next Up: National Origin Discrimination Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
3
2016
Are Permanent Replacements Permanent Any More? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
3
2016
Summer Hours: Make Sure Summertime Flexible Hours Work ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
3
2016
Ninth Circuit Approves Neutral Rounding of Employee Time Clock Punches Polsinelli PC
Jun
3
2016
The Seventh Circuit Rejects Class & Collective Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
3
2016
Federal Agencies Release Joint Proposed Rule on Financial Institution Incentive-Based Compensation Mintz
Jun
3
2016
Wisconsin Right to Work Law: Reinstated while appeal proceeds Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
3
2016
Digital Investment Advice for Retirement Savings: Does the Robot Know Best? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
3
2016
Eighth Circuit Again Finds Class and Collective Action Waivers Lawful Under NLRA, Contrary To Seventh Circuit Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
3
2016
Supreme Court’s Spokeo Decision Strengthens Standing Defense For Employers In FCRA And Other Statutory Class Actions Mintz
Jun
3
2016
Time To Check That Your Employment Notices Are Properly Posted – EEOC Raises Fines For Notice Posting Violations Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
3
2016
Score One for the NLRB: Seventh Circuit Becomes First Federal Appeals Court to Hold that Class/Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Violate the NLRA Mintz
Jun
3
2016
Desperately seeking substance – BIS Call for Evidence on restrictive covenants Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
3
2016
Supreme Court Review Likely After Seventh Circuit Creates Split on Class and Collective Action Waivers under NLRA Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
3
2016
US Mine Safety and Health Administration Holds Stakeholders’ Meeting to Discuss Safety, Compliance, and Next Steps Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
2
2016
7th Circuit Court Split Decisions Create Uncertainty on Class Action Waivers and likely Supreme Court Review Faegre Drinker
Jun
2
2016
Fourth Circuit Allows Casino Workers to Proceed With Putative Class and Collective Action For Unpaid Training Time at “Dealer School” Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
2
2016
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act: New Pregnancy Provision Taking Effect in August Polsinelli PC
Jun
2
2016
Fiduciary Regulations And The Exemptions : Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #7 Faegre Drinker
Jun
2
2016
EEOC Releases Final Wellness Program Regulations Related to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
2
2016
EEOC Issues New Guidance on Employee Wellness Programs Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
2
2016
Colorado Bill Will Give Employees Right to Review Their Personnel Files Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
2
2016
In Case You Missed It: The EEOC Sneaks in Its Final Wellness Program Rule Ahead of The DOL’s New OT Rule Mintz
Jun
2
2016
Transgender and Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
2
2016
OSHA Issues High Heat Alert in California Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
2
2016
California’s Increased Paid Family Leave Benefits and San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
1
2016
Louisiana Legislature Passes “Ban the Box” for State Employers Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
1
2016
New EEOC Regulations Provide Roadmap for Wellness Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
1
2016
Transportation Network Companies: Will Uber Soon be Driving Country Roads? Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
1
2016
Mine Safety Agency Rolls Out New Fatality Prevention Initiative Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
1
2016
Missouri Federal Court Declines to Decide Whether ERISA Protects Employee From Reprisal For Informal Complaint Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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