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Headlines can command attention while not always fully informing, as might be the case with these eye-catching story titles, one fresh, the others a few years back......By: Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury

UberX and UberBLACK drivers are independent contractors, not employees, of Uber, the General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined in a recently released Advice Memorandum. The drivers therefore are not employees...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

The EEOC announced that it reached a $74,418 settlement with a hospital in Owosso, Michigan, to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit the agency had filed under Title VII against the hospital in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On June 14, 2019, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in consolidated appeals involving the compensability of pre-exit inspections of employee bags at two retail clothing store chains. While the district courts had...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

As we previously reported, on July 2, EEOC updated the its newly created website with long-awaited materials regarding the obligation of employers with 100 or more employees (or contractors with 50 or more employees) to submit pay data and hours...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In a recent decision in Inferno Restaurant & Pizzeria, Inc. v SW Michaels Pizzeria, Inc., 2019 NY Slip Op 50995(U) (June 13, 2019), the Supreme Court, Albany County, found that where a defendant knew of a plaintiff’s material breaches of a contract...By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The blame and shame for the opioid-drug overdose crisis that kills tens of thousands Americans annually has moved to yet another set of individuals and institutions now — judges and courts that handled Big Pharma lawsuits and may have been too quick...By: Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) have been around for years and are an outstanding benefit to help employees enrolled in an employer’s group health plan pay for their insurance premiums. What happens though when an employee chooses not to...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

“What did I do wrong?” and “Am I doing this correctly” are frequent questions from clients regarding FMLA administration. This is the 24th blog in this series, which digs into the FMLA regulations to address discrete mis-steps that can result in...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

The recent focus on the EEOC’s new Component 2 to its EEO-1 Report has been undeniable. It requires employers report on the race, ethnicity, sex, job type, pay, and hours worked data of its employees....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.