?Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s interview statements on unionization at the company violated labor law, according to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint filed Oct. 26. Amazon has denied any wrongdoing. We’ve... Read more »
?California’s Court of Appeals recently clarified that a defendant in a petition for restraining order under California’s Workplace Violence Safety Act (WVSA) is entitled to cross-examine witnesses at the evidentiary hearing for... Read more »
?As of Nov. 1, the beginning of a new era starts for New York City employers, who must include salary information in advertisements and job postings. It’s time for employers—who have at... Read more »
?Delaware is joining a growing list of states that require employers to automatically enroll their workers in a state-sponsored retirement savings plan, unless the employer already provides retirement benefits. The state is... Read more »
Effective Oct. 1, Maryland employers are obligated to reasonably accommodate not only the disabilities of employees, but also the disabilities of applicants. Until the new legislation was passed, Maryland’s disability discrimination law... Read more »
?Grounds for immediate dismal vary from company to company—violations of certain policies can lead to an employee’s quick exit. “Violations of anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and anti-retaliation policies may justify immediate termination,” following an... Read more »
?A jury recently granted a $3.3 million award in a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by a former legislative analyst for the Missouri House of Representatives. On Sept. 30, the Circuit... Read more »
?Businesses with at least 15 employees need to replace their workplace discrimination poster with a new poster that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published. Although the EEOC issued the initial... Read more »
?A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded that a company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) 45,600 times over six years... Read more »
?The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the comment period for its proposed rule on classifying independent contractors by 15 days. Comments on the proposal were due by Nov. 28, but... Read more »
