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Same Sex Marriage is the Law of the Land: What Next for FMLA Benefits

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/30/2015

FMLA Rights: Earlier this year, HR Legalist announced the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Final Rule (29 C.F.R. § 825.102) that changed the regulatory definition of “spouse” under the Family and Medical Leave Act...more

Supreme Court Sides with EEOC in Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Case

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/15/2015

On Monday, June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court reversed a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit which had granted Abercrombie & Fitch (“Abercrombie”) summary judgment in a religious...more

What Matters is Motive: Religious Accommodation Need as a "Motivating Factor" in Employment Decisions

Littler on 6/4/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. resulted in an expected outcome but provided an unexpectedly small amount of practical guidance for employers. ...more

Courts May Review the EEOC's Conciliation Efforts – Well, Sort Of

Baker Donelson on 5/1/2015

Title VII is clear: if the EEOC finds discrimination, it is supposed to "endeavor to eliminate [the] alleged unlawful employment practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion." 42 U.S.C. §...more

The Employment Law Authority - March/April 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/7/2015

In this Issue: - Immigration - State Round-Up - Best Practices - Retaliation - Employment Discrimination - Excerpt from Immigration; Spouses of H-1B visa holders will be eligible for work...more

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