On April 16, 2024, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. Khan announced that a special open commission meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, where the FTC is...more
In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more
3/25/2024
/ California ,
Classification ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Reporting ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Delaware ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
EU ,
France ,
Germany ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Partnership Agreements ,
Pay Transparency ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Private Right of Action ,
Profit Sharing ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
State Bans ,
State Labor Laws ,
UK ,
Vaccinations ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
This edition summarizes key employment law developments during the last quarter of 2021, including, among other COVID-19 vaccine mandates instituted around the globe, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...more
1/12/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
OSHA ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety
This edition summarizes key employment law issues, including new clarifications of employers’ COBRA obligations and restrictions on noncompete agreements. We also discuss New York’s new conditions for background check...more
9/2/2021
/ COBRA ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Form I-9 ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues, including the Department of Labor's proposal for determining independent contractor status, revised DOL regulations that clarify who qualifies for...more
10/16/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Amended Rules ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Bias ,
California ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Collective Redundancies Directive ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Earned Sick and Safe Time Act ,
Economic Realities Test ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
France ,
Germany ,
Governor Newsom ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Local Ordinance ,
LPTA ,
Mayor de Blasio ,
Mileage Reimbursement ,
New Rules ,
New York ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OFCCP ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Pay Data ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Reduction in Hours ,
Remote Working ,
Ridesharing ,
Safe Time ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
Issues of racial equality have at times dominated news cycles this year. Against this backdrop, and notwithstanding the other challenges of 2020, many employers are working to meaningfully enhance their approaches to...more
10/2/2020
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Recruitment Policies ,
State Labor Laws ,
Strategic Planning ,
Title VII
This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its decision (overruling an Obama-era decision) regarding confidentiality rules for employees during ongoing workplace investigations. We also discuss...more
2/14/2020
/ Arbitral Deference ,
Arbitration ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Dynamex ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equality Act ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Form I-9 ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
H-1B ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Internal Investigations ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Applicants ,
Joint Employers ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Rates ,
Recreational Use ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Severance Agreements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Title VII ,
UK ,
Union Elections ,
Veganism ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Investigations
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
1/30/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Attorney General ,
Backstop Agreements ,
BEPS ,
BitLicense ,
Blockchain ,
Board of Directors ,
Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
CFIUS ,
CFTC ,
Chapter 11 ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Common Stock ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Congressional Subpoenas ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Corwin Doctrine ,
Covenant Lite Deals ,
Creditors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
DACA ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Debt Financing ,
Debtors ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dischargeable Debts ,
Disgorgement ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Down Rounds ,
Drug Pricing ,
EBITDA ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ,
Enterprise Act 2002 ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Issuers ,
FRCP 23 ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
General Elections ,
GILTI tax ,
High-Yield Markets ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong Stock Exchange ,
Individual Accountability ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intercreditor Agreements ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
IRS ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Japan ,
Joint Venture ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Listing Rules ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Make-Whole Premium ,
Mergers ,
MFW ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
PCAOB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Political Parties ,
Preferred Shares ,
Private Offerings ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Proxy Advisory Firms ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Refinancing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Separation of Powers ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Litigation ,
Technology Sector ,
Third-Party Release Agrements ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Valuation ,
White Collar Crimes
The #MeToo Movement, now in its third year, continued its evolution from grassroots activism to legislative change in 2019, with new laws addressing discrimination and harassment emerging from state governments and resulting...more
1/23/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Cal Code of Civil Procedure ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Deregulation ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Mandatory Requirements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
NYSHRL ,
OMB ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Secret Settlements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Standard of Proof ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms
This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its issuance of a decision suggesting two members would be willing to reconsider a precedent regarding surveillance of employees’ union activity. We...more
12/13/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitrators ,
Ballot Measures ,
Bipartisan Agreement ,
Burden of Proof ,
Dynamex ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Governor Vetoes ,
H-1B ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Judicial Review ,
Minimum Salary ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NYHRL ,
OFCCP ,
Offer of Judgment ,
Pay Data ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Repeal ,
Rescission ,
Retaliation ,
Retroactive Application ,
Right to Picket ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Strict Liability ,
Sun Capital Partners ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Union Organizers ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
White-Collar Exemptions
This edition of Employment Flash looks at a series of recent NLRB decisions, many of which apply to all employers, not just those with unionized employees. We also discuss other U.S. federal and state labor and...more
9/26/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Bonuses ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Class Action ,
Competition ,
Contract Modification ,
Data Collection ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Domestic Violence ,
Dynamex ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Workweek ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Independent Contractors ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Non-Union ,
NYCHRL ,
Opinion Letter ,
Over-Time ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Public Schools ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Abuse ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Social Media Policy ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unilateral Modification ,
Union Membership ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Work Schedules
This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including a Supreme Court ruling that Title VII’s charge-filing requirement is nonjurisdictional and new state legislation in New York,...more
8/1/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Complaints ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimis Claims ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
EU ,
Faragher/Ellerth defense ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Forfeiture ,
Fort Bend County Texas v Davis ,
France ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Violence Acts ,
International Labor Laws ,
Jurisdictional Requirements ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NYHRL ,
Off-The-Clock ,
Pay Gap ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Transparency ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including with respect to minimum salary thresholds for the DOL's new overtime rule, the EEOC's collection of compensation data for increased...more
3/25/2019
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Expression ,
Gender Identity ,
H-1B ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lobbying ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Union ,
NYCHRL ,
OMB ,
On-Call Employees ,
Opinion Letter ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Preemption ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retail Workers ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Dues ,
USCIS ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Many employers make annual employee equity grants in late February and March. This year, companies should review their form equity award agreements to determine whether a different form is needed for participants who live or...more
This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including with respect to restrictive covenants; new state anti-harassment laws; minimum wage increases; age bias claims; and the employee...more
1/31/2019
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Amended Rules ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Appeals ,
Common Law Test ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Germany ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Pay Gap ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Restraint of Trade ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
Over the past couple of years, heightened awareness of and activism about pay inequity has resulted in public commitments from major companies to take steps to address the issue, both in the U.S. and in Europe....more
1/22/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Obama Administration ,
Pay Gap ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Shareholder Activism ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration
This edition of the Employment Flash looks at the new Department of Labor directive regarding contractor compensation practices; recent NLRB developments, including a draft rule regarding joint employment; the rise of...more
9/27/2018
/ Breastfeeding ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Class Action ,
Compensation ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Decertification ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
DLSE ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FEHA ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Interactive Process ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NYCHRL ,
OFCCP ,
Off-The-Clock ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Popular ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Securities Litigation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Departments ,
State Labor Laws ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
This edition of Employment Flash provides an overview of employment laws going into effect in July 2018 in certain jurisdictions, three recent employment-related U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the National Labor Relations...more
6/29/2018
/ ABC Test ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration ,
Article III ,
China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
NLRB ,
Pay Gap ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Standing ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tolling
This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more
5/2/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Car Dealerships ,
Classification ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Data Controller ,
Data Protection ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Equal Pay Act ,
EU ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internal Reporting ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
Payroll Audit Independent Determination program (PAID) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Salespersons ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Service Advisors ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Technology Sector ,
Title VII ,
Voluntary Self-Audit ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Recently Passed US Federal, State and Local and International Employment Laws -
This November 2017 special edition of the Employment Flash summarizes certain noteworthy U.S. federal, state and local, as well as...more
12/2/2017
/ Breastfeeding ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
FEHA ,
Form I-9 ,
France ,
Germany ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Parental Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
White-Collar Exemptions
This edition examines recent labor and employment developments at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, including a Texas district court ruling invalidating the Department of Labor's overtime rule; a New York appellate...more
9/25/2017
/ Agency Deference ,
Appeals ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
France ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Pay Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Slurs ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
This edition examines recent labor and employment developments at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, including the House of Representatives' American Health Care Act and the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act, the...more
6/29/2017
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Comp Time ,
Conditional Certification ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Day of Rest Laws ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Essential Health Benefits ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Workweek ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Food Service Workers ,
France ,
Germany ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Kindred Nursing Centers v Clark ,
Misclassification ,
Parental Leave ,
Retail Workers ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Whistleblowers
Supreme Court Adopts Deferential Standard of Review for EEOC Cases -
On April 3, 2017, in McLane v. EEOC, 137 S.Ct. 30 (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that appellate courts should review lower court decisions to...more
5/1/2017
/ Congressional Review Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
H-1B ,
Local Ordinance ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
OSHA ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
Standard of Review ,
State Labor Laws ,
Subpoenas ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Work Visas ,
Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting
On February 28, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices.” The Skadden panelists were labor and employment law partner David Schwartz,...more
3/22/2017
/ Breach of Duty ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Director Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EEO-1 ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entire Fairness Standard ,
Executive Compensation ,
Form 8-K ,
GAAP ,
Golden Leash Arrangements ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Nasdaq ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Ratio ,
Popular ,
Profits ,
Proxy Season ,
Regulation S-K ,
Rule 16b-3 ,
Say-on-Pay ,
Section 162(m) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Approval ,
Short-Swing Trading ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Withholding Tax