On March 26, 2024, the Phoenix (Arizona) City Council unanimously passed n ordinance requiring all city contractors and subcontractors to develop and maintain a written heat safety plan to prevent heat-related illnesses and...more
On February 14, 2023, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would be withdrawing its proposal to reconsider and revoke Arizona’s State Plan. This announcement was expected by many...more
2/24/2023
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Health and Safety ,
OSHA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Workplace Safety
Dear Littler: Now that our employees have returned to the office, we have discovered that something else has also unfortunately returned – bedbugs! Word is getting around, and people are freaking out. Based on where we found...more
Arizona recently expanded provisions of the Arizona Civil Rights Act (ACRA) to cover pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions. Additionally, following a national trend in response to perceived state and federal inaction,...more
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey recently signed Senate Bill 1377 after a push from Republican legislators to limit civil liability exposure for “Good Samaritans” who have worked to protect and provide for Arizonans during the...more
4/22/2021
/ Civil Liability ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Entities ,
Health Care Providers ,
Immunity ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Negligence ,
New Legislation ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Public Health Emergency ,
State and Local Government
On February 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will oversee worker retaliation complaints filed under the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act...more
3/1/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
BSA/AML ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Labor Reform ,
OSHA ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Arizona 2020 voters decidedly adopted Proposition 207 – The Smart and Safe Arizona Act – which legalizes the possession and use of marijuana by adults age 21 and over for recreational or non-medicinal use. The initiative...more
In addition to other measures New Mexico is taking to try to control the coronavirus pandemic, effective August 5, 2020, the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau of the New Mexico Environment Department (NM OSHA) implemented...more
For over 20 years, the State of California has used tribal gaming compacts to accomplish what federal law and tribal sovereignty would otherwise forbid: forcing tribes to follow state labor law in their casinos. Recently...more
3/4/2020
/ Bad Faith ,
Casinos ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Indian Gaming ,
Indian Gaming Regulation Act ,
Labor Relations ,
Native American Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tribal Governments ,
Tribal-State Gaming Compacts
On January 16, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued its decision in Mendoza v. Isleta Resort and Casino, holding that a tribe does not waive its sovereign immunity to workers’ compensation claims merely by committing in...more
1/28/2020
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Casino Employee ,
Casinos ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Employment Litigation ,
Indian Gaming ,
Insurance Claims ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Native American Issues ,
Private Right of Action ,
Reversal ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State and Local Government ,
State Insurance Administrations ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tribal Governments ,
Tribal-State Gaming Compacts ,
Waivers ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Injury
Throughout the United States, tribal governments and businesses employ thousands of non-Native Americans. Indeed, in many rural counties, the largest employers are tribal. ...more
One of our employees noticed bedbugs in our office. Word is getting around, and people are freaking out. Based on where we found them, we believe we can identify the employee who introduced them to the workplace. What do we...more
On July 1, 2017, all Arizona employees became eligible to begin accruing “Paid Sick Time” benefits under the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the Act”). For several months following the law’s enactment on November 8,...more
The extent of the National Labor Relations Act's application to tribal-owned and operated enterprises on reservations is an open question in many circuits. Recently, two Sixth Circuit decisions resolved the question in favor...more
7/8/2015
/ ADEA ,
Casinos ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Corporations ,
Tribal Lands