This edition summarizes key employment law issues, including new clarifications of employers’ COBRA obligations and restrictions on noncompete agreements. We also discuss New York’s new conditions for background check...more
9/2/2021
/ COBRA ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Form I-9 ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Recently Passed US Federal, State and Local and International Employment Laws -
This November 2017 special edition of the Employment Flash summarizes certain noteworthy U.S. federal, state and local, as well as...more
12/2/2017
/ Breastfeeding ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
FEHA ,
Form I-9 ,
France ,
Germany ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Parental Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The city of Los Angeles recently passed an ordinance called the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box), which will impact employers located or doing business in Los Angeles who employ more than 10...more
The February 2016 edition of the Employment Flash looks at the EEOC's proposal for collecting equal pay information, the DOL's recent interpretation of joint employment liability under the FLSA and MSPA, Lyft's settlement of...more
3/1/2016
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Background Checks ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Campbell Ewald v Gomez ,
Classification ,
Credit History ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
DirecTV v Imburgia ,
Drivers ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Independent Contractors ,
Iskanian v CLS Transportation ,
Joint Employers ,
Lyft ,
Migrant Workers ,
Mootness ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Act (PEA) ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement Offer ,
Wage and Hour
In This Issue:
- SEC Pays First Whistleblower Award to Audit and Compliance Professional
- Supreme Court Allows Affordable Care Act Contraceptives Religious Exemption
- EEOC Adopts New Pregnancy...more
9/30/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Ban the Box ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Franchises ,
Franchisors ,
Gender Identity ,
Independent Contractors ,
Mailbox Rule ,
Misclassification ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Religion ,
Religious Exemption ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers