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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will soon be deciding a case that may have important implications on the viability of class actions for employment discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Harris v. Union...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

On September 3, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require employers seeking to file H-1B cap subject petitions to pay a $10 fee for each electronic registration they submit to...By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Jewelry Retailer Told Applicant She Was Too Old, Federal Agency Charges - KETCHIKAN, Alaska - SAI Investments LLC, a jewelry retailer which does business as Miner's Gems, violated federal law when it refused to hire a 57-year old applicant with...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Non-Hispanic Applicants Discouraged from Applying or Not Hired Are Encouraged to File a Claim, Federal Agency Says - FRESNO, Calif. - Marquez Brothers International, Inc. and its affiliates will pay $2 million and furnish other relief to settle a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5), a landmark piece of legislation that codifies the ABC test and will significantly limit most employers’ use of independent contractors....By: Stokes Wagner

Battery Manufacturer Rescinded Its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and sells stored energy...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

A seemingly innocuous interview question is now illegal to ask job applicants in numerous jurisdictions, and the number of jurisdictions implementing similar bans is increasing rapidly....By: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Summary- The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit held that a subrogation waiver provision in a construction contract barred an association’s insurance company from seeking to recover from an allegedly negligent contractor....By: Husch Blackwell LLP

As employers scramble to meet the September 30, 2019 deadline to submit pay data for years 2017 and 2018, they can find some relief in knowing that the EEOC recently stated that it does not intend to collect pay data for 2019 or after at this time....By: SmithAmundsen LLC

In Belanger v Western Ventilation Products Ltd, 2019 ABQB 571, a Master of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench found that an employee who became disabled after his notice of termination was not entitled to wrongful dismissal damages because the...By: Field Law