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The California wildfire smoke regulation, an emergency regulation that took effect on July 30, 2019, is scheduled to become permanent on January 28, 2020. In the wake of the wildfires that have emerged throughout California, employers may want to...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

NLRB News. Here are a couple recent developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that are worthy of note: ..Over the last two decades, the Board has flip-flopped three different times on the question of whether students who perform...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

California recently enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 51, a law that attempts to ban certain mandatory employment arbitration agreements in the state. But what is the practical impact of AB 51 in light of its possible preemption by the Federal Arbitration...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The Trump administration’s public charge rule is on hold, at least temporarily. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State each introduced a version of the rule....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

In a recent decision, a majority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) finding that an employer’s confidentiality rule and media rule violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Applying the...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The Department of Paid Family and Medical Leave (DFML) continues to issue updates concerning compliance with the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (PFML). The DFML’s most recent updates address private plan exemptions and how the DFML...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The Florida Minimum Wage Act, which applies to all employees in Florida covered by the federal minimum wage, requires the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity to calculate a new minimum wage rate each year on September 30. The wage rate is...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

California employers have long grappled with two wage and hour questions: ..What rate of pay should be used to calculate meal and rest period premiums in California? ..Does the facially neutral “rounding” of employee work time, which results in a...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

California is set to become the only state to outlaw predispute mandatory arbitration of statutory employment claims. On October 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill (AB) 51, which prohibits employers from requiring...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Washington Nationals Stay in the Fight. The Washington Nationals are heading to the World Series for the first time ever, and the Buzz is shocked - shocked! - that members of Congress are jumping on the bandwagon and looking to take advantage of the...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,