Employment Law Letter

Harvey Weinstein, originally known for being a cofounder of Miramax, has infamously become synonymous with sexual misconduct. Over the course of at least 20 years, he sexually assaulted and harassed multiple women...

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule describing who will have access to FinCEN’s database containing the names and information of...

A physical education teacher at Hartford Public Schools has filed a lawsuit over an investigation that stemmed from a professional development training seminar the teacher complained about by allegedly using...

Q Are there any laws regulating whether managers and supervisors are allowed to know the compensation of the employees they supervise? Mississippi doesn’t have a law that prohibits management and supervisory personnel...

On April 1, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) began accepting online submissions from covered contractors and subcontractors to certify the current updated status of their affirmative...

The number of employer requests for union elections has exploded since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new framework for representation last summer. In the six months following the NLRB’s release of...

During the pandemic, both employers and employees discovered that remote work could benefit them. Allowing remote work has expanded employers’ pool of applicants nationwide. Despite the advantages of a bigger pool of...

Q: We have an employee whose essential functions require the use of their hands. They have requested an accommodation, and their physician has recommended a few weeks of time off until specific medical restrictions can...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was enacted to promote accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of consumer reporting agencies (CRA). Employment background checks are a form of...

Although we have written before about California’s SLAPP and anti-SLAPP statutes and lawsuits, the factual permutations in the field seem almost endless. We now learn that evolution of the legal doctrines appears to be...

How long does a valid arbitration agreement last? Will it govern an employee after a four-month break in employment? The California Court of Appeal again teaches us the importance of complete documentation. Poor...

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings cover all California employers) had to deal with three novel and complex wage and hour questions and asked the California Supreme Court to provide the answers. Must...

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on employers’ balancing of in-person policy with potential health risks, and recent court decisions have highlighted the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) and Occupational Safety...

On February 16, 2024, the New Jersey Appellate Division dismissed without a trial a former tenured professor’s complaint against a university that was filed because he disagreed with the findings of his discharge hearing...

Employers have seen an enormous number of changes recently to various rules about how they manage their employee base. This includes a notice of proposed rulemaking by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in late 2023...