News & Analysis as of

Paid Leave Civil Rights Act

Venable LLP

Five Employment Law Remarks in President Biden's State of the Union Address

Venable LLP on

In his March 1, 2022 State of the Union Address, President Biden briefly touched upon a handful of employment reforms he is urging Congress to pass. This article is intended to help employers understand five of President...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Nevada Legislative Update 2021

Similar to 2019, in 2021, the Nevada Legislature passed several bills implicating employment issues for both private and public employers. High level summaries of the relevant provisions of these bills and their effective...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Nevada Legislative Update - June 2021

Holland & Hart LLP on

Similar to 2019, in 2021, the Nevada Legislature passed several bills implicating employment issues for both private and public employers. High level summaries of the relevant provisions of these bills and their effective...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - October 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

A Tribute To The Late, Incomparably Great, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Exactly two weeks to the day, the Country began collective mourning over the loss of one of the greatest jurisprudential minds in a century. Justice...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Fisher Phillips

Web Exclusive: November 2019: The Top 12 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Butler Snow LLP

#MeToo sexual harassment claims against court clerk go to jury trial

Butler Snow LLP on

Like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA) forbids sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination. To be actionable, the harassment must be so severe or pervasive that it creates...more

Jackson Walker

The Labor and Employment Horizon—2019

Jackson Walker on

If there has been one constant in employment law over the last generation, it is change. The forecast for 2019 is no different. In Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Texas Legislature, employers can expect developments that...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Changing Tides in Parental Leave Policies: Maintaining a Lawful Policy in Light of Recent EEOC Scrutiny

Over the past five years, parental leave policies have become increasingly commonplace among employers. Such policies are important tools for recruiting and retaining talented employees, and are important components of a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Parental Leave Benefits are Under Scrutiny – Be Sure Yours Don’t Discriminate!

Foley & Lardner LLP on

As the pool of talented employees tightens, more and more employers are offering perks and benefits to lure the best and the brightest into their ranks. Offering generous benefits for working parents is one of the...more

BakerHostetler

Lessons Learned From the EEOC’s First Parental Leave Lawsuit

BakerHostetler on

In the U.S., many employers’ parental-leave programs prioritize birth mothers and offer limited benefits to fathers, adoptive parents, foster parents and LGBT parents. In 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Equal treatment for dads: EEOC settles first of its kind parental leave case

Bricker Graydon LLP on

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a settlement agreement in the agency’s first lawsuit challenging parental leave policies that grant more rights to new mothers than new fathers....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Paid Family Leave Policies May Not All Be Equal: Starbucks Investors Questioning Differing Application of Paid Family Leave Policy

If your company has a family leave policy that goes beyond the legal requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), does that policy need to apply to all employee levels equally? No. But as Starbucks is currently...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues Estée Lauder for Sex Discrimination

Cosmetics Giant Gave Men Lesser Paid Parental Leave and Related Benefits, Federal Agency Says - PHILADELPHIA - Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of skin care, makeup,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Sad Dad Wants Paid Leave to Care for Newborn Lad; Employer’s Leave Policy Is Not So Rad; ACLU Gets Mad

Can an employer distinguish between moms and dads when granting paid parental leave for care for a newborn? Bank JP Morgan appears to believe so. Derek Rotondo requested parental leave when his wife was expecting their second...more

Littler

These Foolish Things – The Oddest Employment Issues of the Past Year

Littler on

Even outside the Capital Beltway, this has been a strange year. Those of us who handle labor and employment issues everyday often think we’ve seen it all—only to be proven wrong time and again. As April Fools’ Day approaches,...more

Littler

With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?

Littler on

The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more

Morgan Lewis

Final Gender Discrimination Rule for Federal Contractors Issued

Morgan Lewis on

Federal contractor healthcare plans, leave policies, accommodation practices, gender identity protections, and other employment practices to face increased scrutiny. For the first time in more than 40 years, the US...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

California Legislation 2014

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a number of bills that will impact the employer community. Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014—Paid Sick Leave (AB 1522) - On September 10, 2014,...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Top New Jersey Legal Developments - January 2014

Proskauer Rose LLP on

2013 was a busy year for employment law in New Jersey. This newsletter summarizes noteworthy developments in ten key areas—social media, the Law Against Discrimination ("LAD"), whistleblowing, background checks, drug and...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

’Tis the Season To Review Holiday Pay Practices & Employee Requests for Time-Off

With Thanksgiving coinciding with Hanukkah this year and Christmas fast-approaching, employers should review carefully their obligations regarding requests for time-off and holiday pay practices. Specifically, the latter...more

21 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide