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Carroll v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 41 Cal. App. 5th 805, 254 Cal. Rptr. 3d 519 (2019) - Summary:  Each alleged reduction of monthly disability retirement benefit payments for discriminatory reasons was continuing violation that reset statute of...By: Payne & Fears

Effective January 1, 2020, the earnings threshold for an employee to qualify as an exempt executive, administrative or professional employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is rising to $684 per week (or $35,568 per year) pursuant to an...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The recent Employment Tribunal decision in Dewhurst and others v. Revisecatch & City Sprint has held that the protections offered to employees by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) are also to be afforded to...By: Dentons

Often some things look good on paper and just don’t look good in practice like Crystal Pepsi or Arch Deluxe. Those business bombs cost the businesses that pushed them out. For 401(k) plan sponsors, they can ill afford to implement practices and...By: Ary Rosenbaum

With its sole Democratic member’s term expiring as of December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued a flurry of decisions this week in advance of her departure, including two decisions rolling back Obama-era restrictions on workplace...By: Foley Hoag LLP

Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board ("Board") issued an important decision, returning to its prior precedent with respect to employee use of employer-provided email for Section 7 purposes. In Caesars Entertainment and International...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

In August 2018, Governor Northam signed Executive Order 16, which established the Inter-Agency Taskforce on Misclassification and Payroll Fraud. The Taskforce’s purpose was to make recommendations on how to measure and combat “misclassification” of...By: Vandeventer Black LLP

As we head into the busy holiday season, employers may be faced with having to request uncommon tasks of their employees in order to meet high demands associated with this time of year.  If these tasks occur while traveling to or from work, what...By: Chartwell Law

Back in 2016, the government commissioned the Hampton-Alexander Review to address gender inequality at the top levels of some of the UK's largest companies. As a result, they set FTSE350 businesses a target of having women make up 33% of all board...By: Dentons

Because the term “consumer” is so broad in the CCPA (remember: it’s any California resident), it would have applied to employee and job applicant data and all business contact information across the board. After much negotiation, the legislature...By: Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints