It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. August was no...more
9/9/2017
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Appeals ,
Audio Recording ,
Class Action ,
Classification ,
College Admissions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gig Economy ,
Green Cards ,
Hardship Distributions ,
Hurricane Harvey ,
Identity Theft ,
Independent Contractors ,
NLRB ,
On-Demand Services ,
Online Platforms ,
Over-Time ,
Pay Data ,
Popular ,
Standing ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Vetting ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs
President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty last week to commemorate the National Day of Prayer. Like many before it, the exact contents of this order were hotly anticipated, fueled by White House leaks and...more
It has been fewer than 100 days since Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of the United States of America. In this short time, there has been a flurry of immigration-related activity, which has caused the national...more
4/11/2017
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E-Verify ,
Form I-9 ,
Government Investigations ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Reform ,
Inspections ,
Notice Requirements ,
Raids ,
Search Warrant ,
Trump Administration
The hospitality industry is both a major employer and economic driver in the United States. Yet, historically, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been less than hospitable to the multi-billion dollar...more
Today the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would not entertain arguments in GG v. Gloucester County School Board, a case that would have been the Court’s first significant opportunity to weigh in on gender identity...more
3/7/2017
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Colleges ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Gender Identity ,
Gloucester County School Board v G.G. ,
LGBTQ ,
Obama Administration ,
Public Schools ,
Remand ,
School Restrooms ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities ,
Withdrawal
On Saturday, December 31, 2016, a federal judge in Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of antidiscrimination protections pertaining to transgender and abortion health services and...more
1/5/2017
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Funding ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Section 1557 ,
Trump Administration