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Mandatory “Captive Audience” Meetings Now Illegal

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Since the 1940’s, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) has held the position that mandatory meetings with employees where the employer expresses its views on unions, typically referred to as “Captive Audience...more

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State of the Workplace

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In this special end of year publication, we take a look back at another tumultuous year in Australian employment law following significant changes. Almost every area of Australian employment law has over the past two years...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Reminder for Massachusetts Employers About Wage Data Report Deadline on Feb. 1, 2025

Earlier this year, Massachusetts enacted a new law entitled an Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the “Act”). The Act contains numerous new requirements for Massachusetts employers, including pay range disclosure...more

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Handbook Season Arrives with a Flurry of Potential Policy Updates

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Legislatures across the United States continued to enact new employment laws in 2024, many of which require review and revision of current handbooks, including adding new policies and updating existing policies, for legal...more

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Feds Focus on Construction Industry Harassment Again with New Guide for Federal Contractors: 7 Key Takeaways

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The federal contractor watchdog is hammering down on harassment in the construction industry, in a follow-up to a report from civil rights officials last year on industry-wide issues involving allegations of harassment. The...more

Decipher Investigative Intelligence

Nine Actions Smart Law Firms Take in Q4

The fourth quarter presents law firm leaders with a critical period for addressing strategic planning, financial management, and compensation adjustments. However, firms that extend their focus beyond immediate financial...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Steps Large Organizations Should Consider Taking to Protect the Safety of Their Executives

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With the jarring news this week that Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel, many Fortune 500 and other large companies are suddenly finding themselves in the...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast] AI at Work: Training Data Issues

In part two of our insightful artificial intelligence series, partner Guy Brenner, who leads Proskauer’s D.C. Labor & Employment practice and is co-head of the Counseling, Training & Pay Equity Group, and Jonathan Slowik,...more

Fisher Phillips

In Defense of the PIP: 6 Steps to Develop Effective Performance Improvement Plans

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The Wall Street Journal recently ran a column entitled “The Most Hated Way of Firing Someone Is More Popular Than Ever. It’s the Age of the PIP,” arguing that using a performance improvement plan (PIP) is the worst way to...more

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The 12 Days of California Labor and Employment Series – Day 3 "Further Expansions in Discrimination Protections"

In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 Days of California Labor and Employment" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on employers. On the third day of the holidays, my labor and...more

Fisher Phillips

European Union Takes Another Step Towards Banning Forced Labor: 5 Compliance Tips for Employers

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The European Council recently approved a regulation that will ban products in the European Union that were made using forced labor. The new regulation covers products made with forced labor across the globe that are placed...more

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Labor Department Seeks to End Lower Minimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities: 6 Things Employers Need to Know

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The federal government wants to phase out the lower minimum wage that employers can pay to certain workers with disabilities, according to a proposal that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just announced. Supporters of the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

THE DESK: MVA’s Swaps and Derivatives Newsletter - December 2024

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With the CFTC still in the early stages of its fiscal year, in the month of November, we did not see a lot of action by way of publicly-released enforcement actions from the CFTC or enforcement-related public statements from...more

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NLRB Changes Standard for Evaluating Employer Statements on Employee Access to Management in a Unionized Environment

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NLRB Changes Standard for Evaluating Employer Statements on Employee Access to Management in a Unionized Environment  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overturned decades of precedent on November 8, 2024, by...more

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Alaska Ushers in Increased Minimum Wage and Guaranteed Sick Leave

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Voters in Alaska approved Ballot Measure 1, which will boost Alaska’s minimum wage and provide guaranteed sick leave to workers. First, Ballot Measure 1 increases Alaska’s minimum wage to $13.00 per hour, effective July 1,...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New York Court Ruling Highlights Risks of Noncompete and Non-Solicitation Restrictions in Health Care

A federal court in New York recently allowed a lawsuit against a major anesthesia provider to proceed. The case, brought by an upstate New York hospital, claims that the anesthesia provider’s use of restrictive employment...more

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Missouri Implements Automatic Annual Increases to Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Requirements

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Missouri voters similarly approved a state ballot measure—Proposition A—that will increase the state minimum wage starting in 2025 and provide employees in the state with paid sick and safe leave. On January 1, 2025,...more

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Earned Wage Access Is the Safe Alternative to Workers’ Needs–Policymakers Should Respond Accordingly

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The election made it clear: Americans are concerned about their financial wellness and the economy. Too many families are navigating the fine line between stability and hardship. In fact, the Federal Reserve reports that 38%...more

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DOL Proposes Nixing Subminimum Wages for Workers With Disabilities

On December 4, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed ending the practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with certain disabilities. The proposed rule would phase out subminimum wages for workers with...more

Jones Day

Spain Adopts New Measures to Fight Corruption

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As part of the Action Plan for Democracy, the Government of Spain recently established two new specialized prosecutorial units and a new independent whistleblower protection agency....more

Cozen O'Connor

Texas AG Wins Over $100 Million in Penalties Stemming from Plant Explosion

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced a settlement with TPC Group, Inc. and TPC Group LLC (collectively, “TPC”), to resolve lawsuits alleging that TPC violated Texas law through conduct that resulted in an explosion that leveled...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Registered Pension Plans Impacted by Recently Amended Income Tax Regulations

Regulations Amending the Income Tax Regulations (Technical Amendments) (Regulations) were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on December 4, 2024. Draft versions of the Regulations had previously been released on August...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) Change Becomes Effective January 1, 2025

As discussed in our recent Employment Law Update Webinar, the Minnesota Legislature passed and amended several statutes significantly impacting employment laws in Minnesota during the 2024 session....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Mandatory COVID Testing Did Not Violate Employee's Religious Beliefs

Lawsuits challenging employers' authority to require measures intended to prevent COVID-19 infections continue to wend their way through the federal judiciary. Last month, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a claim...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Five Year End To Dos for Your Self-Insured Health Plan

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Santa is not the only person who should be making a list and checking it twice this December. All sponsors of self-insured medical plans should also make sure that they double-check their year end to do lists....more

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