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The South Carolina Supreme Court just ruled that the state will no longer recognize common-law marriages. This decision will have a direct impact on South Carolina workplace law, requiring many employers to adjust their employment policies and...By: Fisher Phillips

On July 24, 2019, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed the most comprehensive “predictive scheduling” ordinance in the nation that includes significant notice, scheduling, and rest provisions for many employers in Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot...By: Cozen O'Connor

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Evandro Gigante and associate Laura Fant discuss the recent New York law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of certain hairstyles. This law expands the definition of race under the New York State...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Westchester County employers will soon need to provide paid safe time leave to employees who are the victims of domestic violence or human trafficking. Earlier this year, county lawmakers passed the Safe Time Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence...By: Fisher Phillips

Dominick’s Finer Foods was a contributing employer to the UFCW Unions and Employers Midwest Pension Fund.  Pursuant to collective bargaining agreements in effect from 2008 to 2012, Dominick’s agreed to make additional voluntary payments to the Fund....By: Hodgson Russ LLP

For years, courts applied the de minimis doctrine “to excuse the payment of wages for small amounts of otherwise compensable time upon a showing that the bits of time are administratively difficult to record.” Troester v. Starbucks Corp. 5 Cal. 5th...By: Polsinelli

The divisions in this country are not just political, they also relate to attitudes toward responsibility. In a survey and study that Persuasion Strategies conducted this past month (July, 2019), we asked respondents about their views of individual...By: Holland & Hart - Persuasion Strategies

The construction industry is starting to engage more widely with new and emerging technology like Building Information Modelling, drones and 3D printing. Various bodies are now working on the multitude of challenges that implementation of such "new...By: Dentons

New York’s Workers’ Compensation Law, as it stands, permits an injured worker to treat with any physician authorized by the Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Board to render medical care as provided under the Medical Treatment Guidelines, where...By: Chartwell Law

New Supreme Court Precedent on “Substantial Evidence” Standard of Review On April 1, 2019, the Supreme Court decided a case providing a detailed explanation of the meaning of “substantial evidence” when applying that standard of review. In Biestek v....By: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP