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In light of a critical U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting an employer’s ability to enforce employment arbitration agreements, careful drafting is critical. Arbitration agreements may be useful when an employee raises employment-related disputes...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

With the new year fast approaching, employers with Washington-based workers should ensure—if they have not already—that they are prepared to comply with legal changes substantially limiting the enforcement of non-compete agreements. As you may recall...By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

As peer-to-peer payment applications proliferate and on-demand technologies reach new facets of people’s lives, it is only natural that these programs now offer services geared particularly for employees. On-demand, daily pay apps, also known as...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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 17, 2019, the US House of Representatives passed a year-end fiscal year 2020 spending bill for the federal government that includes a one-year extension of the production tax credit under Section 45 (PTC) for wind and other technologies....By: McDermott Will & Emery

Diversity and inclusion - Does your organisation pride itself on having a diverse workforce? If so, it is highly likely that you have different religions and cultural backgrounds, a mix of sexes and sexual orientations, and disabilities included in...By: Dentons

On December 6, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that judicial approval is not required for offers of judgment to settle Fair Labor and Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims made pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68(a). This...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The NLRB issued two decisions that continue to roll back some of the restrictions the Obama-Era Board had placed on employers. In the first case, Caesars Entertainment, 28-CA-060841 (Dec. 17, 2019), the Board held that employers are permitted to...By: Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC

For many, the words “trade secret” conjure up thoughts of a recipe, a formula or source code that underpins a company’s entire business model. The Coca-Cola recipe is perhaps the most famous example; Google’s search algorithm is another....By: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C

The National Labor Relations Board decided Tuesday, December 17th, that employees have no statutory right to use an employer’s equipment, including work emails and IT resources. Therefore, employers may legally restrict the use of their equipment,...By: Fisher Phillips