On July 24, 2019, the Chicago City Council joined a growing number of other municipalities and passed a sweeping new ordinance, dubbed the Fair Workweek Ordinance by its sponsors, that will take effect in July 1, 2020, which is designed to limit an...By: Thompson Coburn LLP
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California employers need to pay heed to the recently announced California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) emergency regulation related to their duty to protect employees from the potential harm caused by...By: Newmeyer Dillion
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Software Company Fired Employee for Perceived Disability, Federal Agency Charged - RALEIGH, N.C. - SoftPro, LLC, a Delaware software company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Under Florida law, all drivers are required to stop at the scene when they are involved in an accident. Unfortunately, despite the criminal penalties for “leaving the scene of an accident,” hit and run accidents are common, and accident victims are...By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
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Since 2016, hundreds of bills and dozens of new laws aimed at closing the pay gap have been introduced and enacted at both the state and local levels. These laws include jurisdiction-specific pay equity laws, salary history inquiry bans, and wage...By: Littler
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Recently, Illinois amended its Equal Pay Act to include a ban on salary-history inquiries, with the stated goal of reducing gender pay inequities. Specifically, the amendments prohibit employers from asking questions regarding job applicants’ pay...By: Polsinelli
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In what is perhaps an agency first, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a letter in response to a request from a concerned parent. The parent sought an opinion on whether the Family Medical Leave Act...By: Franczek P.C.
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On August 14, 2019, the Department of Transportation announced proposed changes that have been in the works for the last couple of years – changes which will hopefully empower (rather than constrain) commercial drivers for transportation companies...By: Burr & Forman
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In the September 2019 Visa Bulletin issued by the US Department of State, all employment-based classifications are again backlogged. The US Department of State has released its September 2019 Visa Bulletin outlining per-country priority date cutoffs...By: Morgan Lewis
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Today, business is increasingly global, and with that global reach comes travel. In 2018, according to the U.S. Travel Association, business travel spending topped $327 billion, and 2019 shows no signs of slowing down. Given the ever-changing global...By: K2 Intelligence Investigations · Compliance
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