Legal News

What’s old is new again at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as numerous district offices have recently expanded their use of fact-finding conferences. Fact-finding conferences are part of the EEOC’s expansive statutory investigation...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Continuing its string of decisions reversing positions taken by the Obama Board, the National Labor Relations Board decided Apogee Retail LLC, No. 27-CA-191574 on December 16, 2019. Apogee Retail applied the approach articulated two years ago in...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

This week, Congress wrapped a bow on 2019 with some significant legislative accomplishments. For example, on December 19, 2019, the House of Representatives approved the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. Next stop is, of course, the Senate. But...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

In a development sure to be welcomed by employers, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations allowing employers to more easily offer perks and benefits to their employees without affecting the employees’ overtime rates. The...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

As Arizona employers prepare for 2020, key minimum wages and exempt salary levels under city, state, and federal law will go into effect. Additionally, employers will want to remain aware of potential legislation and/or voter propositions on...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On December 16, 2019, the Mexican National Commission on Minimum Wages (Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos or CONASAMI) issued a resolution decreeing an increase in the Daily General Minimum Wage (DGMW) applicable in Mexico in 2020. The DGMW...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will accept new H-1B petitions subject to the annual quota for fiscal year 2021 (FY2021) in early 2020 with a new preregistration system being implemented starting March 1, 2020. Overview of the H-1B...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On December 16, 2019, in Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc., Case 28-CA-213783, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed Lincoln Lutheran of Racine, a controversial Obama Board decision that had overruled more than 50 years of precedent....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

In Caesars Entertainment d/b/a Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, Case 28-CA-060841 (December 16, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that employees do not have a statutory right under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to use...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in Yu v. Hasaki Restaurant, Inc., No. 17-3388, that judicial approval is not required to settle Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims via a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,