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Starting January 1, 2020, California employees will have three times as long to file charges alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The new statute of limitations arises from AB 9, which increases the statute of limitations for filing a...By: Orrick - Global Employment Law Group

Zero tolerance against workplace violence is a laudable policy. So too is encouraging employees to withdraw to safety when encountering workplace violence. Thus, when two employees get into a fight, a rational response (and one consistent with these...By: Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

January 1, 2020, organizations that employ individuals based in Illinois will need to keep in mind the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act. This Act sets forth new requirements for video-recorded interviews using AI to analyze such...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

On November 15, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a proposed "Transparency in Coverage" rule that would require most employer-sponsored group...By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s Inter-Agency Taskforce on Worker Misclassification and Payroll Fraud has offered 11 recommendations in its report on employee misclassification. In August 2019, the Governor reconstituted a taskforce charged with...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Shepherd Premier Aims to Open 30 Small-Home Communities By 2022 - Aug 11th, 2019 via Senior Housing News. Small-home senior living provider, Shepherd Premier Senior Living, offers an alternative to traditional large-scale apartment building-styled...By: Benesch

The First Circuit issued a decision holding that two private equity funds involved in a case are not required to pay for the withdrawal limit of a portfolio company. Despite the limited victory, the guiding rule with respect to defined benefit plan...By: McDermott Will & Emery

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the cost of living adjustments dollar limits applicable to benefit plans (see IRS Notice 2019-59)....By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Lessons Learned from a MeToo Settlement - When a high-ranking female company executive endures years of an “Animal House” work culture, suffering discrimination, harassment, demotion, and constructive discharge due to her gender, her pregnancy, and...By: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Case Provides Valuable Guidance for Public Agencies Wanting One Contractor for Two Phases - A contractor that had two separate contracts with a school district — one for preconstruction services and the other for construction services — did not have...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP