After months of uncertainty over what aspect of employer DEI (or diversity, equity and inclusion) policies could be discriminatory, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ)...more
Several new laws approved by the Illinois General Assembly and signed into law this year by Governor JB Pritzker are aimed at protecting and expanding the rights of employees in the state. The new measures’ effect will also...more
12/10/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Freedom To Work Act ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Human Rights Act ,
Illinois ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Personnel Records ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
In the first definitive ruling on the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning most noncompete agreements, the Texas federal judge that previously granted a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the Final Rule from...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a much-debated “Final Rule” earlier this year that banned most noncompete agreement nationwide. In support of its position, the FTC declared that such agreements are an “unfair method...more
A federal judge in Texas granted a preliminary injunction on June 28, 2024, barring the July 1, 2024, effect of a new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) overtime regulation that would have increased the salary threshold for...more
7/5/2024
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Salaried Employees ,
Texas ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with Starbucks Corp. over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a decision that would severely delay the process for the NLRB to obtain preliminary injunctions...more
7/1/2024
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Injunctive Relief ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Starbucks ,
Starbucks Corp. v McKinney ,
Termination ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions