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• The Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance will affect Chicago employers across a wide reach of industries. • The Ordinance will impose a burden on employers to plan and notify employees of their work schedules up to two weeks in advance. • There are...By: Holland & Knight LLP

Yesterday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, raided several poultry and food processing plants in Mississippi, rounding up nearly 700 workers for immigration violations. The early morning raid of the Koch Foods plant in Morton, MS was...By: Butler Snow LLP

One month after the State of Minnesota’s Wage Theft Statute went into effect, the Minneapolis City Council has unanimously adopted its own Wage Theft Ordinance. The ordinance—which goes into effect on January 1, 2020—applies to employees who work at...By: Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Law firm clients are starting to demand blockchain expertise to guide them through a business, technology, and regulatory environment that is shifting in real time. Brian Burlant, with Major, Lindsey & Africa, explores the essential fields and...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

When we respond to allegations of employment discrimination, reconstructing the timeline of events is crucial. In these situations, the parties often agree what happened (i.e., the employee was terminated). Where they differ relates more to the...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Health Care Company Rescinded Job Offer Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - PHOENIX - A nationwide health care company headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., will pay $150,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for pregnancy...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

After a standout 2018, real estate M&A has dropped significantly in the first half of 2019, but segments of the market such as logistics and hotels have remained attractive....By: White & Case LLP

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: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Refusing to enforce a non-solicitation provision that violated public policy, the Colorado Court of Appeals held that parties to a non-solicitation agreement cannot contractually obligate the court to “blue pencil” the agreement to conform it to...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

In an eye-opening opinion letter issued yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that parents attending certain school meetings for the benefit of their children are entitled to FMLA leave for their absences. The agency concluded that the...By: Fisher Phillips