Supreme Court Fortifies Standard for Religious Accommodations

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employers can only deny an employee’s request for a religious accommodation under federal law if they can prove it would result in substantial increased costs... Read more »

California Could Revive the Industrial Welfare Commission

?The budget bill currently under consideration in Sacramento contains a startling and momentous provision: reinstatement of the California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), which in the past had regulated the wages, hours and... Read more »

Employers Wary of New Florida Law Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration

?A new Florida law designed to crack down on illegal immigration has prompted workers to leave the state and left employers short-staffed. Manuel Lievano is chief executive officer of MCC USA Global... Read more »

Supreme Court Rules Employers Must Show More Than ‘de Minimis’ Cost to Refuse Accommodation

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employers can only deny an employee’s request for a religious accommodation under federal law if they can prove it would result in substantial increased costs... Read more »

SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action in Higher Education

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted to end affirmative action in higher education, ruling that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling came in response... Read more »

SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted to end affirmative action in higher education, ruling that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling came in response... Read more »

Employers Wary of New Fla. Law Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration

?A new Florida law designed to crack down on illegal immigration has prompted workers to leave the state and left employers short-staffed. Manuel Lievano is chief executive officer of MCC USA Global... Read more »

Court Rejects Class Certification Because Most Members Signed Class Waivers

?Takeaway: This decision provided further support for the option of adopting an arbitration program in California to help manage the risk of wage-and-hour class litigation.    ? A recent decision by a... Read more »

California Case Could Impact Legality of Time Rounding Systems

?The California Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a class-action case that could limit how employers in the state may use time rounding to calculate employees’ work hours. In Camp v. Home... Read more »

New Jersey Court Imposes Limits on Definition of Disability

?Although both the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibit disability and perceived disability discrimination in the workplace, the LAD definition of “disability” is... Read more »
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