?A federal appeals court is reviewing a case that could change what constitutes an adverse employment action in workplace discrimination cases. Nine female detention officers at the Dallas County, Texas, jail brought... Read more »
?McDonald Oil Corporation, which owns gas stations and convenience stores in Alabama and Georgia, recently agreed to pay $400,000 to five female employees to settle a class-action sexual harassment lawsuit. The company... Read more »
?Minnesota has now joined at least 19 other states in enacting the CROWN Act, which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” The law, which in Minnesota has... Read more »
John Ring served as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from April 12, 2018, to Jan. 20, 2021. On Dec. 16, 2022, he finished his tenure as a member of... Read more »
?The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a field assistance bulletin (FAB) on Feb. 9 to clarify the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to nonexempt remote workers, as well... Read more »
?Los Angeles recently joined Berkeley, San Francisco and Emeryville, Calif.; New York City; Philadelphia; Chicago; Seattle; Euless, Texas; and Oregon as jurisdictions that have enacted fair workweek legislation. The Los Angeles Fair... Read more »
?Employers need to understand that the timeline for submitting their demographic data to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is somewhat different this year. The agency recently confirmed that EEO-1 reporting... Read more »
?Nondisclosure agreements are one way to prevent the misappropriation of trade secrets. Employers can still use them after the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Jan. 5 proposed rule to prohibit noncompetes, but only... Read more »
?Takeaway: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 generally requires an employee to file a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 300 days in deferral... Read more »
?Takeaway: Employers should not use a general release for all medical records, but rather a release specifically related to the employee’s medical condition at issue. Such medical record requests should be consistently... Read more »
