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On July 29th OSHA submitted a draft Request for Information (RFI) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding Table 1 in OSHA’s construction standard for silica. If approved by OMB, OSHA intends to issue the RFI in the Federal Register to...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

• A recent amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act generally prohibits employers inquiring about a job applicant's compensation history. • There are severe penalties for violations of the amendment. • By Sept. 29, 2019, Illinois employers should...By: Holland & Knight LLP

On July 31, 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a law prohibiting Illinois employers from asking job applicants or their previous employers about salary history. The law amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003, which made it illegal to discriminatorily pay...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court’s restriction of class actions in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), courts have granted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) broad power to issue nationwide pattern-or-practice...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

"New sheriff" gets employer in trouble. Employers who have departments or units that need to be cleaned up should beware of the “new sheriff in town” who can make things worse than they were before. One rogue supervisor can create legal havoc for...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The IRS issued final regulations on June 20, 2019 (the “Final Regulations”), which will allow employers to offer two new categories of health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2020: an individual coverage...By: Dickinson Wright

You’re a restaurant owner and enjoy the beautiful hardwood floors in your restaurant. But, one day, a customer enters your restaurant, slips, falls, and breaks her leg. What do you do?...By: Davis Brown Law Firm

Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How Enforceable is Your Non-Compete Clause? Courts frequently hold non-compete clauses, that state that an individual cannot compete with a certain company in a designated geographical area...By: WilmerHale

Employers, you see this movie all too often. You tolerate, and then ultimately discharge, a poor-performing employee who displays a bad attitude. Unfortunately, supervisors have not documented the employee’s prior instances of insubordinate and...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

This Employment Law This Week® Monthly Rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into August 2019. The episode includes: 1. Increased Employee Protections for Cannabis Users Employment protections for pot users are on...By: Epstein Becker & Green