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Synopsis: A recent decision of the federal district court for the Southern District of New York warns ERISA fiduciaries that even innocent mistakes that do not misuse plan assets or unjustly enrich the fiduciaries can cause an unexpected and...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employees in Puerto Rico may take up to 15 days of unpaid leave each calendar year to address situations related to domestic or gender-based violence, child abuse, sexual harassment in employment, sexual assault, lewd acts, or felony stalking under a...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Chicago recently joined a growing trend when City Council approved one of the broadest predictive scheduling laws in the country. The Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance, which was passed on July 24, 2019, will go into effect beginning on July 1, 2020,...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

The New Jersey Appellate Division has clarified the analysis required to determine the effect of restrictive covenant agreements (RCAs) and offered guidance to practitioners drafting RCAs under New Jersey law in a decision on six consolidated...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In April 2019, Governor Jay Inslee signed SHB 1399, which amended the Washington Paid Family Medical Leave Program (PFML)....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The state of Washington has weighed in on the debate as to whether obesity is a disability under disability discrimination laws. In Taylor v. Burlington Northern Railroad Holdings Inc., a case that wound its way through the courts for nine years, the...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance imposes a sweeping, predictive scheduling obligation on employers to provide employees with advance notice of work schedules and pay employees “predictability pay” for late changes to an employee’s work schedule....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Wink of an Eye which aired on November 29, 1968, Star Date 5710.5. Compliance Takeaways: 1. What questions should your Board be asking? 2. As CCO, who do you report to? 3. How...By: Thomas Fox

In this episode I visit with Affiliated Monitor’s Managing Director Jesse Caplan on the recently released DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations. Highlights from the podcast include: How does this...By: Thomas Fox

In this OnPoint, we report on a recent decision of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal on the issue of the covert recording by employees of meetings with their employer, and the legal and practical issues this highlights in relation to the recording of...By: Dechert LLP