The #MeToo Movement, now in its third year, continued its evolution from grassroots activism to legislative change in 2019, with new laws addressing discrimination and harassment emerging from state governments and resulting...more
1/23/2020
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Cal Code of Civil Procedure ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Deregulation ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Mandatory Requirements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
NYSHRL ,
OMB ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Secret Settlements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Standard of Proof ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms
This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more
5/2/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Car Dealerships ,
Classification ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Data Controller ,
Data Protection ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Equal Pay Act ,
EU ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internal Reporting ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
Payroll Audit Independent Determination program (PAID) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Salespersons ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Service Advisors ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Technology Sector ,
Title VII ,
Voluntary Self-Audit ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
The July 2015 edition of Employment Flash covers a number of developments, including: the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that job applicants need only show that a religious accommodation was a factor in denying employment to...more
7/17/2015
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Barack Obama ,
Class Action ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Credit Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
EEOC v Abercrombie ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Restrooms ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FEHA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Horizontal No-Hire Agreements ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internships ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Presidential Veto ,
Public Policy ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Transgender ,
Unemployment Discrimination ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Veterans ,
Wellness Programs
In This Issue:
- Supreme Court Rejects Sixth Circuit Yard-Man Vested Benefits Presumption
- Supreme Court Revives Pregnancy Discrimination Light Duty Case
- NY Wage Theft Protection Act Amended
- Senate...more
4/2/2015
/ Class Certification ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Benefits ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
H-1B ,
Home Health Care ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Tipped Employees ,
Vesting ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act ,
Yard Man