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Employer Liability Issues Consent Order

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Consent Orders Are Dead.

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NLRB To End Practice of Consent Orders, Overruling UPMC

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In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) ended the agency’s practice of approving “consent orders,” which permitted an administrative law judge to resolve an unfair labor practice case before...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations

NLRB Requests Amicus Briefs in Two Significant Cases

On Friday, February 19, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board invited interested individuals and organizations to file amicus briefs on two important legal issues where the Board is considering overturning existing...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Settles GINA Lawsuit Against Employer Using Outdated Medical Forms

The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) prohibits employers from asking employees questions about their family medical histories in most circumstances. However, doctors’ medical questionnaires have for decades...more

Snell & Wilmer

Multi-Agency Investigation Successfully Targets Arizona and Utah Construction Companies’ Misclassification of Employees

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Sixteen Arizona and Utah companies accused of misclassifying more than 1,000 construction workers agreed to pay $700,000 in back wages and penalties after a multi-year, multi-agency investigation led to consent judgments,...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Indianapolis Hampton Inn Operators Held in Contempt for Breaching EEOC Consent Decree Settling Earlier Class Race Bias Suit

Federal Court Also Rules That EEOC Is Entitled to Submit a Petition for Fees and Costs. INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge has held that the operators of the Hampton Inn on Shadeland Avenue in Indianapolis in contempt for...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Consent Decree Ends EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against Battaglia Distributing

Grocery Wholesaler Allegedly Tolerated Harassment on Ashland Avenue Docks - CHICAGO - A federal district judge has entered a $735,000 consent decree resolving a race harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Another Hefty OSHA Whistleblower Award + Reinstatement

On September 26, 2014, OSHA issued a preliminary order that an Illinois employer, Stericycle Inc. (the Company), reinstate and pay $262,000 to a supervisor who was discharged after allegedly reporting safety concerns to...more

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