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Seyfarth Synopsis: As an early and aggressive response to potential threats related to the novel coronavirus disease, now identified as COVID-19, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated its Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The frank discussion during the roundtable highlighted contractors’ ongoing concerns regarding OFCCP’s approach to the evaluation of the compensation of small groups of specialized employees and smaller AAP groups....By: Polsinelli

The circumstances surrounding COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the “coronavirus”) are unfolding each day. Currently, there is no evidence of widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the U.S. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...By: Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

The Family and Medical Leave Act - Employers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") must allow an eligible employee to take leave due to a serious health condition of the employee or to care for the employee’s close family member with...By: Miller Canfield

In late 2019, the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta federal court) addressed the duties owed when an independent contractor leaves one trucking company to work for another. In Wind Logistics Prof’l v. Universal Truckload, Inc., Universal...By: FordHarrison

Iowa driver’s licenses expire on the driver’s birthday, and are renewable for an eight-year period – unless, as I was reminded last year when I sought an upgrade to a “REAL ID,” you are “older.” Depending on your age at renewal, a license will not be...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Pay Equity: Philadelphia’s Salary History Ban Upheld by Third Circuit - The Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a First Amendment challenge by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce to a city ordinance that prohibited employers from...By: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

In 2016, Millennials surpassed Generation X as the largest generation in the American workforce. Given their reputation as the driving force behind workplace change – from the birth of the #MeToo movement to the expansion of technology – it isn’t...By: Fisher Phillips

Despite news of additional COVID-19-related deaths and infections in America, central bankers appear to have bought at least one day of peace for US markets, which posted strong gains on a late surge on Monday, breaking a week straight of losses....By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In our fourth installment on the presidential candidates’ stances on future of work issues, we focus on their approach to training employees for a highly technical workplace, and how they plan on investing in the ever-changing...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP