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For those of you who have put off thinking about complying with the new EEO-1 pay data reporting requirements until “the end of summer,” per my 14-year-old nephew, the end of summer is here! So, it’s time to get cracking....By: Miller & Martin PLLC

On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board issued notice of the first stage of newly proposed representation case regulations, which were published this morning in the Federal Register. The Republican Board majority advanced the proposed...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A new wage theft ordinance coming to the City of Minneapolis in 2020 places more stringent requirements on employers than the new statewide wage theft law that took effect on July 1, 2019. On August 8, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed...By: Faegre Baker Daniels

On August 6, 2019, in State of Texas v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) overstepped its limited rulemaking and enforcement power...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On August 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) announced a series of proposed new rules that, if implemented, will make it easier for employees to reject unionization or vote a union out....By: Faegre Baker Daniels

In this five-part podcast series, we consider some of the basic questions around monitors and monitorships. I am joined in this podcast series by Jay Rosen, the Vice President of Business Development and Monitoring Specialist at Affiliated Monitors,...By: Thomas Fox

Perhaps the most shocking aspect of employment-related cases from the 2018-2019 Supreme Court term that just wrapped up was the number of unanimous decisions – seven of the eight rulings – were agreed upon by all of the Justices. And most them...By: Fisher Phillips

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced today its intent to publish a proposed “Election Protection Rule” that would amend regulations governing the filing and processing of petitions for secret ballot union elections. A Board majority...By: Fisher Phillips

We have long encouraged employers and schools to add a basic Trauma/Stop the Bleeding kit and provide the approximately one-hour of additional first aid training to interested employees. Stop the Bleed is an effort by the American College of...By: Fisher Phillips

On July 31, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-0177, which, for the second time this year, amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (“IEPA”).1 The most recent amendments are consistent with trends seen in other jurisdictions...By: Vedder Price