This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues, including employers' COBRA obligations and increased minimum wage for federal contractors. We also discuss New York's newly enacted laws prohibiting...more
6/1/2021
/ COBRA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Wage and Hour
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 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