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Pilot program offers improvement in H and L employment-based visa renewal process

A major improvement in U.S. immigration processing is on the horizon for employers. The U.S. State Department just announced a pilot program to once again offer visa renewals by mail without traveling to a U.S. consular...

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NLRB rules overbroad employee severance agreements violate the NLRA

In a recent ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it offered furloughed employees a severance agreement that included overbroad...

You will never see this ad—Wanted: employees to do bare minimum

You can tell a lot about people’s attitude toward work by the phrases they use. For a long time, the workplace promoted what was popularly known as “the Puritan ethic”—success comes from keeping your nose to the...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Shove at a bar after work leads to potential federal assault case

While at a bar at the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, Sana Kappouta was shoved by a drunk coworker but wasn’t injured. After she reported the incident, her employer tried to transfer her to a different position...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Police reform dodges a bullet

In this George Floyd era, the country at large is grappling with many areas in which police reform is needed, including use-of-force policies, disciplinary practices, overly technical legal impediments to holding errant...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Please stay home: PAGA swallows paid sick leave

In 2003, California passed the Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA), which allows employees to file claims as a ‘proxy’ for the state to collect civil penalties. The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (HWHFA)...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Dangers in a dubious discharge

One solid way to avoid liability for disability discrimination is showing the termination occurred before the employer was aware of any disability. That, in turn, may hinge upon when the termination decision was made and...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Courts wrestle with when labor code violation is willful, knowing, or intentional

A case that made it up to the California Supreme Court is back again. Last time around, the supreme court decided meal and rest break penalties were wages. Now the issue is whether the failure to timely pay or report the...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Arbitration agreement enforceable, but court wrong in denying new claims

Employers are becoming very sophisticated in drafting arbitration agreements that comply with procedural and substantive unconscionability standards. In a recent decision, however, even a valid arbitration agreement...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Part and parcel, UPS worker delivers empty FMLA claim

A federal appeals court recently upheld dismissal of an employee’s claim that his employer interfered with his right to take FMLA leave. The court found that the worker wasn’t entitled to an indefinite, medically...

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My former employee is sharing confidential information—Help!

As an employer, one of your worst fears may be that a disgruntled or entrepreneurial former employee may try to share your internal operations, documents, or trade secrets. What you can do to protect your business in...

Mar 01, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Beware of impersonators hijacking your company’s identity

Just when it seems consumers have caught on to one particular online scam or phishing expedition—think of the ubiquitous Nigerian prince email scam that first began making the rounds in the 1990s—a new one comes along...

Mar 01, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Secure Act 2.0 encourages employee participation in retirement savings

At the very end of 2022, Congress passed the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (Secure 2.0) as part of the omnibus spending bill. The provisions have a broad effect on a range of retirement and other benefit...

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FTC issues proposal to ban noncompete agreements

On January 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would ban noncompete clauses in the employment context and void those currently in effect. Noncompete agreements restrict an employee’s ability to...

Sheriff need not accommodate correctional officer unable to quell violence

An employer’s obligation to make reasonable accommodations under Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) remains one of the most challenging aspects of equal employment opportunity (EEO) compliance. A recent decision from...

Arkansas Stephen W. Jones of Jack Nelson Jones, PLLC, and Audra Hamilton and Nathan Read of Mitchell Williams
Kansas Boyd A. Byers, Teresa L. Shulda, and Tara Eberline of Foulston Siefkin LLP
Missouri Robert A. Kaiser, Jeremy Brenner, and Ida S. Shafaie of Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Oklahoma Charles S. Plumb, Courtney Bru, Paul Ross, Philip Bruce, and Jacob Crawford of McAfee & Taft

Delaware Lauren Russell of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Maryland Steven E. Bers and David M. Stevens of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
New Jersey John C. Petrella and Dina M. Mastellone of Genova Burns LLC
Pennsylvania Dena Calo, Lisa Koblin, Carolyn Pellegrini, and Zachary Kimmel of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Virginia Jonathan Mook and Bernard J. DiMuro of DiMuroGinsberg PC

Illinois Steven L. Brenneman and Kelly Smith-Haley of Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
Indiana Brian R. Garrison of Faegre Drinker
Michigan Gary S. Fealk and John T. Below of Bodman PLC
Ohio Fred G. Pressley, Jr., Jourdan D. Day, and John M. Stephen of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Wisconsin Saul Glazer, Troy D. Thompson, Michael J. Westcott, Leslie A. Sammon, and Heath Straka of Axley Brynelson LLP

Kentucky Richard S. Cleary, John T. Lovett, Robert D. Hudson, and Kathleen Biggs Wright of Frost Brown Todd LLC
North Carolina Richard L. Rainey of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
South Carolina Richard J. Morgan, James K. Gilliam, Jonathan C. Eggert, and Chandler E. Aragona of Burr & Forman LLP
Tennessee Kara E. Shea and David Johnson of Butler Snow LLP
West Virginia Larry J. Rector and Allison B. Williams of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Alabama Albert L. Vreeland and David J. Middlebrooks of Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C.
Florida G. Thomas Harper of The Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC, Lisa Berg and Andrew Rodman of Stearns Weaver Miller, and Robert J. Sniffen and Jeff Slanker of Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.
Georgia Raanon Gal of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Glianny Fagundo of Thompson Hine LLP and Chris Butler of the Chris Butler Firm
Louisiana H. Mark Adams and Jennifer Kogos of Jones Walker LLP
Mississippi Martin J. Regimbal of The Kullman Firm

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