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Reverse discrimination claims boosted by Supreme Court

by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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For the best in HR policies, try . . . Chick-fil-A?

Lately, we have been grappling with how to recruit, retain, and keep employees engaged. We have been focusing on where work should take place—at home, at the office, or at some hybrid thereof. We also have placed renewed...

Nov 06, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

Equal Pay Act claim survives while all others fail

The confluence of two new laws creates a dangerous circumstance for employers. The trend toward transparent employment practices now requires many employers to create and publish wage ranges for every job. Once wage...

Nov 06, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

Courts may not shortcut constitutional rights

Workplace violence injunctions are relatively easy to obtain, as judges are motivated to err on the side of preventing jobsite violence. Does that need for expediency trump the constitutional rights of the accused...

Nov 06, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

Vice Chair Samuels speaks on EEOC initiatives

At a recent virtual conference, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Jocelyn Samuels spoke to an employer organization on the commission’s latest litigation and initiatives. Samuels noted that the...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Supreme Court 2022-23 term: major employment cases pending

The U.S. Supreme Court has a number of major cases on its agenda this term, including three that could have a major impact on employment law as we know it. The three cases are on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

What midterm elections will mean for federal enforcement

Most commentors on the midterm elections are properly focusing on issues of international significance and on the very nature of our democracy. The narrower focus here will be on how election outcomes may affect the...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

White House releases AI Bill of Rights

On October 4, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The blueprint is a nonbinding guidance document that advises on the design and use of...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Activist NLRB and conservative courts on collision course

The Biden National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was born in controversy, with the unprecedented termination of General Counsel (GC) Peter Robb and has shown no interest in changing its ways. Acting GC Peter Ohr began his...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

DOL proposes new independent contractor rule

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed its long-awaited independent contractor regulation on October 11, 2022. This is the culmination of a 19-month effort by the Biden administration to replace the regulation...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Can Congress survive ‘The Big Lie’?

The recent collapse of governance in Britain, the war-mongering autocracy in Russia, the solidification of one-man rule in China, the baffling election in Italy, along with various upheavals across the globe, all make us...

Oct 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Gig is up: Uber agrees to pay $100 million in dispute over drivers’ employment status

There’s a growing tendency for workers to request mobility in the labor market. Coupled with this is a growing tendency for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees. This phenomenon...

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What small, private businesses should know about temporary layoffs

Q: We’re a privately owned company with fewer than 100 employees. Do we have to follow the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act regulations in the event we decide to conduct a temporary layoff soon...

Oct 31, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

What to do when an employee becomes unconscious

Q: An employee with an alleged history of substance abuse was found passed out in our parking lot with his car door open. The supervisor who found him made sure he was breathing and then went inside, leaving him there...

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