This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its decision (overruling an Obama-era decision) regarding confidentiality rules for employees during ongoing workplace investigations. We also discuss...more
2/14/2020
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Criminal Convictions ,
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equality Act ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Form I-9 ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
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Pay Rates ,
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State and Local Government ,
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Tip Credit ,
Title VII ,
UK ,
Union Elections ,
Veganism ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Investigations
This edition examines recent labor and employment developments at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, including a Texas district court ruling invalidating the Department of Labor's overtime rule; a New York appellate...more
9/25/2017
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Appeals ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
France ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Pay Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Slurs ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In This Issue:
- U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Important Decisions Under Title VII
- Supreme Court Holds Lone Plaintiff’s FLSA Collective Action Is Moot When Claims Are Resolved Before Certification
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7/26/2013
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Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Discrimination ,
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Form I-9 ,
Harassment ,
Human Rights ,
Immigration Reform ,
Negligence ,
SCOTUS ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Unemployment Discrimination ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University