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
This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more
7/20/2020
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Age Discrimination ,
Appeals ,
Ballots ,
Business Closures ,
CARES Act ,
Certification Requirements ,
City of Los Angeles ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Orders ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Foreign Workers ,
France ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Notice Requirements ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Posting Requirements ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Right of Recall ,
San Francisco ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unemployment Compensation System ,
Unlimited Benefits ,
Vacation Pay ,
Vicarious Liability
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
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 regarding a DOJ appeal of the EEOC's heightened pay reporting requirements, the NLRB's decision narrowing the circumstances under...more
5/29/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Breastfeeding ,
Class Arbitration ,
Classification ,
Common Law Test ,
Consent ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Drivers ,
Drug Testing ,
Economic Realities Test ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Commissions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay Report ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Guidance ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Lamps Plus Inc v Varela ,
Memorandum of Guidance ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
No-Match Letters ,
NYCHRL ,
NYHRL ,
OMB ,
Over-Time ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retroactive Application ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
Successor Bar Doctrine ,
Training Requirements ,
Uber ,
Union Dues ,
Unions
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