Through two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory under Title VII....more
5/7/2024
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Federal Arbitration Act ,
Harassment ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
LGBTQ ,
Muldrow v City of St Louis ,
Over-Time ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
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Undue Hardship
After more than a year of considering tens of thousands of public comments, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has voted 3-to-2 to adopt a Final Rule (the “Rule”) that would effectively ban almost all employee non-compete...more
4/25/2024
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Employment Contract ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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FTC Act ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
This alert provides an overview of the EEOC’s updated guidance, as well as a discussion about what employers should do to ensure that their COVID-19 related response activities do not run afoul of the federal...more
3/27/2020
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Job Applicants ,
Medical Monitoring ,
New Guidance ,
Sick Employees ,
Workplace Safety
Key Takeaways
- On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate approved H.R. 6201, the House of Representative’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Families First Act”) and shortly thereafter, the President signed it into...more
Companies doing business in the U.S. invariably encounter a legal system and employee relations laws that differ in many significant respects from those in other countries. The sources of U.S. law come from the U.S. federal...more
4/27/2017
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Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Medical Leave ,
Military Leave ,
Multinationals ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Vacation Leave ,
Wage and Hour
In employment law, a very hot topic continues to be the issues surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) which entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified...more
In This Issue:
- Supreme Court to Address “Changing Clothes” under the FLSA
- First Appellate Court Decision on FLSA’s Nursing Mother Provision
- Courts Continue Trend in Favor of Class Waivers in Arbitration...more
2/22/2013
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Breastfeeding ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Discrimination ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
NLRB ,
Passwords ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Protective Gear ,
Recess Appointments ,
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