It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. June 2017 was no different, with...more
7/7/2017
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Advocate Health Care v Stapleton ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Church Plans ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Electronic Records ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Joint Employers ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Microsoft v Baker ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
NLRB ,
Opinion Letter ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Public Accommodation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Title III ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump v Hawaii ,
Trump v International Refugee Assistance Project ,
Uber ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Website Accessibility ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Earlier this week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a new series of enforcement priorities on which it will focus over the next five years. By releasing its second-ever Strategic Enforcement Plan,...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court just ruled that employers are not permitted to shorten the time frame that workers have to file a discrimination claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), reversing a 2014...more
A recent controversy over the hit Broadway show “Hamilton” can teach employers a valuable lesson about hiring and making other employment decisions. The producers of the show were accused of discriminatory hiring practices...more
By this point in the 21st century, most working professionals know that there are certain things that are absolutely unacceptable in today’s workplace. What might have been tolerable at an office setting in the 1970s can get...more
The first Monday in October is the traditional first day of a new U.S. Supreme Court term. As always, the 2015-16 term will have several cases that are of particular interest to the nation’s employers. Here is a review of...more
9/30/2015
/ Affirmative Action ,
Background Checks ,
Campbell Ewald v Gomez ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fisher v University of Texas ,
Friedrichs v CA Teachers Association ,
Green v Brennan ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Public Employers ,
Public Schools ,
Public Sector Unions ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
Text Messages ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
U.S. Navy ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour
Looking back at the recently-completed 2012-2013 Supreme Court term, employers should have reason to feel good about how things turned out. In fact, of the six major decisions that impact employers and can be categorized in...more
9/10/2013
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
American Express v Italian Colors Restaurant ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Comcast v. Behrend ,
Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Fisher v University of Texas ,
Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk ,
Harassment ,
McCutchen v. U.S. Airways ,
Oxford Health v Sutter ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
US v Windsor ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University
The End of the World As We Know It?
If you’re reading this after December 20, that means the Mayans got it wrong and the world isn’t going to end in 2012. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you still have to...more