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The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) grants employees “the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities...By: Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.

On November 21, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution (HR) 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, in a 251-158 vote. HR 1309 would direct the Occupational Safety and Health...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Tampa-Based Janitorial Service Provider Rejected African-Americans for Jobs and Punished Black Employee for Opposing Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Janitorial Service Provider Diversified Maintenance Systems, LLC will pay...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

As far as an industry watchdog group, let’s just say that the American Retirement Association (ARA) does its job. Regardless of party affiliation, the ARA takes on politicians with proposals that are harmful to the retirement plan industry and plan...By: Ary Rosenbaum

In an announcement sure to please federal contractors, the OFCCP announced Friday that it would not use any of the pay data gathered by the EEOC in this year’s expanded collection efforts for enforcement purposes. The November 22 release is just the...By: Fisher Phillips

Closed defined benefit plans—i.e., defined benefit plans that are frozen to new participants but that allow existing “grandfathered” participants to continue to accrue benefits—are nearly certain to face challenges in passing nondiscrimination...By: Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

In 2020, we will start to see private UK companies including the new corporate governance and reporting regulations of The Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 in their annual reports. The annual reports of large UK companies,...By: Morgan Lewis

Even before “active shooter” became a mainstay in today’s discussions, workplace violence has long been a concern in the corporate world. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines workplace violence as “any act or threat of...By: Morgan Lewis

On Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a consumer-friendly privacy law inspired by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, will take effect. Originally published in the North Bay Business Journal - November 22,...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

On November 15, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amended the regulations that govern the H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker certifications. Changes have been made to the...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.