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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”). AB-5 codifies into California’s Labor Code the “ABC test” for determining employee or independent contractor status, as adopted by the California Supreme Court in Dynamex...By: Lewitt Hackman

Tom Teacher has long been employed by the Nutmeg Board of Education. He has been a pain in the neck in recent years, complaining whenever he can about the “low salaries and lower respect” that he claims that Nutmeg teachers receive from the community...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

As noted previously in EmployNews, Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act protects concerted activity by employees who complain about terms and conditions of employment. Obviously, email and social media did not exist when the NLRA was...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

On October 10, 2019, Governor Newsom signed AB 51, codified as Labor Code section 432.6, which prohibits California employers from requiring an employee to sign an arbitration agreement “as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the...By: Arent Fox

In the UK, the definition of "worker" includes both employees and anyone else working under a contract under which they undertake to do or perform work or services for the other party personally. This definition is generally applied, including for...By: Dentons

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in the health care industry—and in particular health care within the university academic setting—are consistently some of the most-frequent targets for equal pay lawsuits. A series of cases decided in 2019 reveal...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

This October there are no tricks, but there are plenty of treats (assuming you have a sweet tooth for minimum wage, overtime, and tip developments at all levels of government)....By: Littler

On October 22, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations providing guidance for retirement plan administrators using electronic delivery for required disclosures, including a new safe harbor....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Employee Benefits Practice is pleased to present the Employee Benefits Developments Newsletter for the month of October 2019....By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Jobs Report Friday again. Here’s what we’re watching, including the possibility of scary low numbers thanks to the only-recently-resolved GM strike....By: Robins Kaplan LLP