A federal appellate court recently held that an employer did not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act when it discharged an employee shortly after she informed her manager that she was pregnant. According to the Fifth...more
3/14/2016
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Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
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New York City’s Displaced Building Service Workers Protection Act (DBSWPA) is one of numerous local worker retention laws, which apply to various industries in jurisdictions across the country, such as Los Angeles, San...more
On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision regarding the employment status of unpaid interns that should prove helpful to employers. In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., Nos. 13-4478 and...more
7/14/2015
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Collective Actions ,
Continuing Education ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fox Searchlight Pictures ,
FRCP 23 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Internships ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour