Legal News

The Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Services (“VETS”) issued a new fact sheet (“Fact Sheet”) to help employers better manage their pension obligations under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...By: Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

On August 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it issued three new opinion letters. The letters cover issues related to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On August 8, 2019, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed the Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance, which reinforces safeguards for the city’s labor force....By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

An enforceable restraint of trade can be a key business asset, giving an employer time to recover when a senior employee has left the business for a competitor. Like a good insurance policy, it’s a big relief to have it when you need it....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

We have been tracking certain class actions filed against Applied Underwriters, Inc. and Applied Risk Services, Inc. alleging that the companies fraudulently marketed and sold workers’ compensation insurance programs to California employers in...By: Carlton Fields

The EEOC portal is now open and employers who had 100 or more employees in 2017 or 2018 have until September 30, 2019 to submit the earnings and hours data required by the new Component 2 part of the EEO-1 form. As we have previously reported here...By: Akerman LLP - HR Defense

The National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB" or "Board") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Monday, August 12, 2019, which proposes amendments to certain interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"). Those changes included...By: Miller Canfield

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently held that R.C. § 2305.131, the real property construction of repose, applies to any cause of action, whether sounding in tort or contract, so long as the cause of action meets the requirements of the statute....By: Reminger Co., LPA

On August 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing three amendments to the representation election regulations contained in 29 CFR Part 103.  The first proposed amendment would...By: Littler

The US Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule in the August 2 Federal Register that revises DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program. The program appears in 10 CFR Part 708 (Part 708) and extends employee protections to employees of...By: Morgan Lewis