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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 30: Plaintiff Legal Trends with Paul Porter of Cromer, Babb & Porter
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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 27: The Importance of Employment Counsel in Corporate Transactions with Laura Mallory and Ashley Parr of Maynard Nexsen
California Employment News - Navigating the New PAGA Reforms: What Employers Need to Know
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Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs
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The Burr Broadcast: FLSA Overtime Exemption
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California Employment News: Can Pre- and Post-Shift Activities Be Compensated
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 21: Economic, Industry, and Workforce Development in the City of Greenville with Mayor Knox White
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Labor and Employment News for Government Contractors
EEO-1 Filing After June 4: What to Do Now, and How to Prepare for Next Year - Employment Law This Week®
California Employment News: Brief Overview of Leave Laws All California Employers Should Be Aware Of (Podcast)
California Employment News: Brief Overview of Leave Laws All California Employers Should Be Aware Of
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In a recent decision, the Colorado Supreme Court reminded employers that state law often differs from federal law when it comes to properly paying employers. One such area involves calculating the regular rate of pay for...more
New Jersey could be the next state to enact a pay transparency law – which means employers should have an action plan ready for compliance. New Jersey already has one of the most robust pay equity laws in the country, and a...more
How'd that happen? An employer who terminated an employee after he took intermittent FMLA leave for diabetes won its case, and recently won again on appeal. According to both courts, the employee appeared to be trying to...more
As Summer transitions to Fall, political ads are everywhere. Pumpkins, pigskins, polls and prognostications abound. Unless you live under a rock, you know 2024 is an election year. As election day approaches, employers...more
On September 18, 2024, at the request of the State of Michigan and its attorney general, the Michigan Supreme Court clarified issues relating to future minimum wage rates and minimum cash wage rates for tip-credit employees...more
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its next term on October 7, 2024, and it will hear oral argument in E.M.D. Sales Inc. v. Carrera and Lackie v. Stinney, two cases of potential significance to employers across the country. This...more
In its September 13, 2024 decision in Bodge et al. v. Commonwealth et al., SJC-13567 (2024), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) ruled that an employer’s policy of denying the accrual of certain benefits to...more
On Aug. 23, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the DOL’s 2021 rule on tip credits under the Fair Labor Standards Act. While the tip credit lives on, the Fifth Circuit’s ruling simplifies compliance for many...more
The national and global hyperpolitical atmosphere inevitably touches the workplace, where employers and employees must remain productive while navigating the intersection of political expression, workplace culture and...more
What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this short video, Woods Rogers L&E attorneys Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan discuss putting in place...more
Kilpatrick’s Brodie Erwin and Sarah Spangenburg recently presented an “Employment Law Update: What You Need to Know Now and Next” at the firm’s annual In-House Counsel Summit in Raleigh. Mr. Erwin and Ms. Spangenburg explored...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a welcome turn of events, the Seventh Circuit has taken up the question of what is the appropriate standard for court-authorized notice in collective actions....more
On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit, in Restaurant Law Center v. U.S. Department of Labor, No. 23-50562 (Aug. 23, 2024), struck down the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2021 rule restricting an employer’s ability to claim tip...more
Según cifras de la Organización Mundial de la Salud se estima que cada año se pierden 12 000 millones de días de trabajo debido a la depresión y la ansiedad, a un costo de US$ 1 billón por año en pérdida de productividad...more
Workplace stress affects millions globally, and Mexico has one of the highest rates of work-related stress in the world. Given this context, companies doing business in Mexico have become acutely aware of the significant...more
For manufacturers and suppliers expanding their operations into New York State for the first time, there are a myriad of legal idiosyncrasies to navigate. Businesses must proactively identify areas in which a different...more
A trio of cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit have challenged the core of US Department of Labor rulemaking. With varying levels of success. Restaurant Law Center v. DOL pertains to the DOL’s...more
Florida’s minimum wage will rise yet again on September 30, jumping to $13/hour (and to $9.98 for tipped workers) as part of a series of scheduled increases approved by voters in 2020. While employers across the Sunshine...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Legislature concluded its 2023-24 session in the wee hours of its August 31, 2024, deadline to pass bills. Now it’s up to Governor Newsom to call the plays as to what employment bills he will sign into...more
Election Day is almost upon us, Gentle Reader. Behave! Dear Miss Mannerly: My employees have strong political views, and since the Presidential debate the other night, they are out of control. They are split about evenly...more
Election Day will be here before we know it, and with record-breaking turnout expected in some states, it's essential to understand your obligations regarding employee voting leave. Do you know the rules that apply to your...more
In Tesco Stores Ltd v USDAW the UK Supreme Court has reinstated an injunction stopping Tesco from dismissing and re-engaging employees on new terms to remove their contractual pay protection. The circumstances in which the...more
On April 11, 2022, Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88), received Royal Assent and became law. Among other things, Bill 88 enacted the new Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 (DPWRA).1 The DWPRA did not...more
Spoiler alert: DEI policy wasn't enough to establish discrimination. Five journalists who were formerly employed with Gannett Co., Inc., alleged that the media company’s diversity policies resulted in “reverse”...more
Recent surveys indicate the widespread use of generative AI (artificial intelligence) and other artificial intelligence tools by employees in the workplace. This is hardly surprising, given the astonishing level of...more