When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
12/4/2023
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Fisher Phillips is providing a collection of our recent Insights on various topics as a convenient summary for those wanting a good overview of certain areas of law. The first collection: a review of recent developments in...more
It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we might expect to see in the workplace in the coming year. After all:
- At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted COVID-19.
- None of us had heard the phrase...more
11/1/2022
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Background Checks ,
Blockchain ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Data Security ,
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Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
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Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Relations ,
Leave of Absence ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Trade Secrets ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more
7/21/2022
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Blockchain ,
College Athletes ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
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Hiring & Firing ,
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Transparency ,
Sports ,
Student Athletes ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Thanks to New York City’s pay transparency law that takes effect on May 15, you may have an obligation to make public the expected salary ranges for remote jobs across the country – regardless of whether you have a business...more
During the first State of the Union address with both houses of Congress present since the pandemic began, President Biden made brief references to his ambitious workplace law agenda, touching on several labor and employment...more
3/4/2022
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Given the tumultuous news that occupied all of our attentions last week, you may have missed the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next Secretary of Labor – the first...more
1/11/2021
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Joint Employers ,
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It appears to be official: unless the election results can be overturned in several states, Joe Biden will soon be our nation’s 46th president. Now the work begins to forecast what the next four years will bring. We’ve spent...more
11/9/2020
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Biden Administration ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
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Workplace Safety
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division deftly tackled decades of confusion regarding which establishments might have employees meeting the FLSA’s 7(i) overtime exemption for certain commission-paid employees. Even...more
As governors and local leaders across the country are issuing mandates for employees of “nonessential” businesses to stay home, businesses are grappling with a host of issues, including whether they qualify as an “essential”...more
As part of Connecticut’s continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut Governor Ned Lemont released Executive Order No. 7H on March 20, implementing telecommuting and closures of non-essential businesses or...more
The national conversation around issues of gender equality and the demands for pay equity is driving rapid changes in the law. Many states – including New York, California, Massachusetts, Oregon and New Jersey – have passed...more
11/14/2019
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
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Diversity ,
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Employment Policies ,
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Leadership ,
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Pay Gap ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour
A California federal judge today granted the U.S. Women’s National Team an early victory in their pay equity battle against the U.S. Soccer Federation (the Federation), granting class certification to a group of players who...more
11/11/2019
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Class Certification ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Soccer ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women in Sports ,
World Cup
Co-working spaces are quickly becoming the Uber equivalent to office space rentals for remote-work professionals. On Monday morning, log onto an app and reserve a cubicle space down the street at a price much cheaper than a...more
11/7/2019
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Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Co-Workers ,
Confidential Information ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Proprietary Information ,
Public Accommodation ,
Risk Mitigation
A few months ago, Kamala Harris unveiled an ambitious plan to introduce stricter legal measures to force employers to comply with pay equity standards. Fellow senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has...more
7/8/2019
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Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Low-Wage Workers ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Candidates ,
Race Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour
In a case that has been very closely watched by the higher education community, Spencer v. Virginia State University, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the dismissal of a wage discrimination case by a female...more
4/5/2019
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Dismissals ,
Duties & Responsibilities ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Job Duties ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Professors ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Title VII ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour
A federal judge in Washington D.C. sent shockwaves through the employment law community late last night by reinstating a revised version of the EEO-1 report, which is now once again set to gather compensation information from...more
The Supreme Court took the unusual step today of vacating a 2018 federal appeals court decision because one of the judges counted in the majority was deceased by the time the decision was published, reversing a landmark pay...more
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey just issued much-anticipated and long-awaited guidance regarding the amended Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA), which is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2018. As most know by...more
3/5/2018
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Audits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
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Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Self-Evaluations ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
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 each month in 2017. October was no...more
11/3/2017
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Affordable Care Act ,
Appeals ,
Ban the Box ,
Civil Rights Act ,
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Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
Governor Brown ,
GrubHub ,
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
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OFCCP ,
Over-Time ,
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SCOTUS ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
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Whistleblowers
No one denies the pay gap between men and women exists. However, there is much debate as to how best to close that gap. In the United Kingdom (UK), legislators are employing a “naming and shaming” strategy to try to use to...more
The replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – recently passed the House and is now being considered by the Senate. It has the full support of the president, and barring any...more