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Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed a budget bill, HR 1158, and a related bill, HR 1865, to enact the "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act," referred to as the “SECURE Act.” The SECURE Act makes a number of...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

With the minimum guaranteed salary requirement for the most common Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions being raised from $23,660 to $35,568, effective January 1, 2020, under a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), now seems like an...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

U.S. Department of Commerce proposes to regulate transactions involving Information and Communications Technology and Services - Prior articles in this series have focused on the expansion of CFIUS under FIRRMA and ECRA. The latest expansion of...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What happens if you give an employee an accommodation that goes above and beyond what the ADA requires? Can you change your mind down the road and stop providing that accommodation? Or are you stuck providing that accommodation forever – even though...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The sometimes agonizingly slow Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to be more efficient. According to the latest Agency Financial Report, in fiscal year 2019 the EEOC reduced the level of pending private sector charges to its lowest...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

When, if ever, is swearing at your supervisor or coworkers a federally protected activity? The National Labor Relations Board (Board) currently is reconsidering what constitutes protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

More companies are permitting or even encouraging remote work by employees. Remote work allows flexibility for the employee, helps with recruiting and can reduce overhead by limiting the necessary physical office space used by the business. But...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

One of the essential factors for plaintiffs in discrimination cases can be showing that they were treated differently than a similarly situated co-worker — the inference being that they were treated differently because of their age, sex or race (or...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama’s materialman’s lien statute (specifically, Ala. Code § 35-11-211) was intended to provide construction lenders priority over materialmen as to debts relating to construction projects, and this intent was recently confirmed by the Alabama...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employers who seek to sponsor foreign workers for cap-subject H-1B visas in 2020 will likely see a big change in the process – the use of an electronic pre-registration system that many believe will improve efficiency and reduce costs. The Existing...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP